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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections:
House of Commons, 5-year term, single member plurality system (FPTP): |
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· Queen:
Elizabeth II. · Prime Minister: David Cameron (CON) ·
Government: CON, LD |
| Party |
2010 |
Seats |
2005 |
Seats |
 |
Conservative
and Unionist Party (CON) 
|
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism |
1832
AECR
IDU |
36,1% |
307 |
32,3% |
197 |
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Labour Party (LAB)
|
Social democracy
Third Way
|
1906
PES
SI** |
29,0% |
258 |
35,2% |
356 |
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Liberal Democrats (LD)
|
Liberalism
Social
liberalism
|
1988
ALDE
LI |
23,0% |
57 |
22,0% |
62 |
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UK
Independence Party (UKIP)
|
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
|
1993
|
3,1% |
- |
2,2% |
- |
 |
Scottish National Party
(SNP)
|
Separatism
Social democracy
|
1934
EFA
|
1,7% |
6 |
1,5% |
6 |
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Green Party of
England and Wales (GP)
|
Green politics
|
1990
EGP
GG |
0,9% |
1 |
1,0% |
- |
 |
Sinn Féin (SF)
We
Ourselves |
United Ireland
Democratic socialism
|
1905
|
0,6% |
5 |
0,6% |
5 |
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Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
|
Unionism
National conservatism
Social conservatism |
1971
|
0,6% |
8 |
0,9% |
9 |
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Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales (PC)
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Separatism
Social democracy
|
1936
EFA
|
0,6% |
3 |
0,6% |
3 |
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Social Democratic and Labour Party
(SDLP)
|
United Ireland
Social democracy
|
1970
PES
SI |
0,4% |
3 |
0,5% |
3 |
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Ulster
Conservatives and Unionists (UCU)
(2005:
UUP) |
Unionism
Conservatism
Euroscepticism |
2009
AECR
|
0,3% |
- |
0,5% |
1 |
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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
(APNI)
|
Liberalism
|
1970
ALDE
LI |
0,1% |
1 |
0,1% |
- |
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Respect
Party (RES)
|
Socialism
Anti-capitalism
|
2004
|
0,1% |
- |
0,3% |
1 |
| Independents |
0,2% |
1 |
0,5% |
2 |
| Others |
3,3% |
- |
1,8% |
- |
| Total |
- |
650 |
- |
645 |
| Turnout |
65,1% |
61,3% |
©
2010 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk). |
Archive: Officeholders
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