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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections:
House of Commons, 5-year term, single member majority system (FPTP) |
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· Queen:
Elizabeth II. · Prime Minister: David Cameron (CON) ·
Government: CON, LD |
| Party |
Ideology,
Affiliation,
Founding |
2010 |
Seats |
2005 |
Seats |
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Conservative
and Unionist Party (CON) 
|
Conservatism;
Ecomomic liberalism, Euroscepticism, Unionism |
AECR, IDU
1832 |
36,1% |
307 |
32,3% |
197 |
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Labour Party (LAB)
|
Social democracy;
Third Way
|
PES, SI
1906 |
29,0% |
258 |
35,2% |
356 |
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Liberal Democrats (LD)
|
Liberalism
|
ELDR, LI
1988 |
23,0% |
57 |
22,0% |
62 |
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Scottish National Party
(SNP)
|
Separatism;
Scottish nationalism, Social democracy |
EFA
1934 |
1,7% |
6 |
1,5% |
6 |
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Green Party of
England and Wales (GP)
|
Green politics
|
EGP, GG
1990 |
1,0% |
1 |
1,0% |
- |
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Sinn Féin (SF)
We
Ourselves |
United Ireland;
Irish nationalism, Republicanism, Socialism |
-
1905 |
0,6% |
5 |
0,6% |
5 |
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Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
|
Unionism; National
conservatism, Social conservatism, Evangelicalism |
-
1971 |
0,6% |
8 |
0,9% |
9 |
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Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales (PC)
|
Separatism; Welsh
nationalism,
Social democracy |
EFA
1936 |
0,6% |
3 |
0,6% |
3 |
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Social Democratic and Labour Party
(SDLP)
|
United Ireland;
Irish nationalism, Social democracy |
PES, SI
1970 |
0,4% |
3 |
0,5% |
3 |
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Ulster
Unionist Party (UUP)
(2010:
Conservatives and Unionists) |
Unionism;
Conservatism, Euroscepticism
|
AECR
1905 |
0,3% |
- |
0,5% |
1 |
 |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
(APNI)
|
Liberalism
|
ELDR, LI
1970 |
0,1% |
1 |
0,1% |
- |
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Respect
Party (RES)
|
Socialism;
Anti-capitalism, Eco-socialism |
-
2004 |
0,1% |
- |
0,3% |
1 |
| Independents |
- |
- |
6,5% |
1 |
4,5% |
2 |
| Others |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
- |
- |
- |
650 |
- |
645 |
| Turnout |
- |
- |
65,1% |
61,3% |
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