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1 day ago · Party Description Labour Party: A social democratic party that has its roots in the trade union movement. The party has several internal factions, which include: Progressive Britain, which promotes a continuation of New Labour policies and is considered to be on the right of the party; the soft-left Open Labour; Momentum, which represents the party's left-wing, democratic socialist grouping ...
1 day ago · Scottish Libertarian Party: 4 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: 4 Communist Party of Britain: 3 Socialist Labour Party: 3 UKIP: 3 British Unionist Party: 2 Christian Party: 2 Independence for Scotland Party: 2 Scottish Socialist Party: 2 Social Democratic Party: 2 Sovereignty 2 Workers Party of Britain: 2 Freedom Alliance (UK) 1 Heritage ...
2 days ago · 1987 United Kingdom general election: Government: Third Thatcher ministry First Major ministry House of Commons; Members: 650: Speaker: Bernard Weatherill Leader: John Wakeham Geoffrey Howe John MacGregor Prime Minister: Margaret Thatcher John Major Leader of the Opposition: Neil Kinnock Third-party leader: David Steel & David Owen Paddy ...
2 days ago · The Labour Party was a founder member of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The European Parliamentary Labour Party's 10 MEPs were part of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the second largest group in the European Parliament. The Labour Party was represented by Emma Reynolds in the PES presidency. [210]
4 days ago · James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; [1] 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was a Scottish born Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland.
2 days ago · In 1905, when the Ulster Unionist Council was established to bring together unionists in the north including, the Order was given 50 of 200 seats, It was a position within the constitution of the Ulster Unionist Party that the order was to maintain until voting to sever ties with the party in 2005.
1 day ago · Of the British parties, the Conservative Party is explicitly unionist; it has formally been called the Conservative and Unionist Party since a merger with the Liberal Unionist Party in 1912. The UUP was affiliated with the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations until 1985.
