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3 days ago · The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [3] Beginning as an alliance of Whigs, free trade–supporting Peelites, and reformist Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century, it had formed four governments under William ...
2 days ago · Conservative Party, U.K. political party whose guiding principles include promoting private property and enterprise, the maintenance of a strong military, and the preservation of traditional cultural values. Since World War I the Conservative Party and the Labour Party have dominated British politics.
5 days ago · Nigel Farage (b. 1964) is a British politician who in 2019 founded the populist Brexit Party, which became Reform UK in 2021. He led the populist libertarian United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in 2006–09 and 2010–16 and was a European MP 1999–2020, becoming one of the most visible faces in the Brexit campaign that separated Britain from the European Union.
2 days ago · In 2010, the Conservative Party had about 177,000 members according to activist Tim Montgomerie, [276] and in 2013 membership was estimated by the party itself at 134,000. [277] The Conservative Party had a membership of 124,000 in March 2018. [278] In May 2019, its membership was thought to be around 160,000, with over half of its members ...
4 days ago · The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect the Mayor of London, ... leader of Britain First and former British National Party councillor, ...
1 day ago · The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 5 May 2005, to elect 646 members to the House of Commons. The governing Labour Party led by the prime minister Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with Blair becoming the second Labour leader after Harold Wilson to form three majority governments.
1 day ago · In Scotland the Scottish National Party was reduced from forty-eight seats to nine and lost its status as the third-largest party in the Commons. [8] In Northern Ireland, which has a distinct set of political parties , [ 9 ] Sinn Féin retained its seven seats and therefore became the largest party; this was the first election in which an Irish ...
