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Чеснокова Лора Лин – Д - 2 -2 POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UK

Political Party is a group people who share the same ideas about the way the country should be governed. They work together to introduce new laws. Political parties try to control what happens in Parliament by securing a majority of seats (Members of Parliament).

Parties in England Conservative Party Labour Party Liberal Democrats UK Independence Party Green Party of England Wales British National Party

Conservative Party is the main centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Their policies usually promote conservatism and British Unionism. They are the largest party in the British House of Commons with 302 out of 650 seats and the party leader David Cameron is the Prime Minister.

Labour Party is the main centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. They are a social democratic party and have been one of the UK's two main political parties from the early 20 th century, to the present day. They are currently the second largest party in the British House of Commons, with 258 out of 650 seats. Their current leader is Ed Miliband.

Parties in Scotland Scottish National Party Scottish Green Party Scottish Labour Party Scottish Conservative Party Scottish Liberal Democrats

Parties in Wales Welsh Labour Party Plaid Cymru Welsh Conservative Party Welsh Liberal Democrats

Parties in Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Fein Social Democratic and Labour Party Ulster Unionist Party Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Scottish National Party It campaigns mostly for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom and become an independent country. It is a social democratic party and is currently the largest party in the Scottish Parliament, with 69 out of 129 seats and its party leader Nicola Sturgeon is First Minister of Scotland.

From 1929 to 2010, power alternated between the Conservatives and the Labour Party. Following the general election of 2010, no single party emerged with an absolute majority of MPs; so for the first time in living memory, a coalition government was formed, with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats sharing power.

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