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Parent topics
- Democracy [r]: A form of government in which ultimate sovereignty rests with the people. [e]
- Election [r]: Formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold office. [e]
- General election (UK) [r]: An election in which all seats in the UK House of Commons (the lower house of Parliament) can be contested. [e]
- House of Commons (United Kingdom) [r]: The primary legislative chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [e]
Subtopics
- Political party [r]: An organization that seeks to advance the interests of its members by obtaining political power [e]
- Constituency [r]: Add brief definition or description
Political parties
- Conservative Party (UK) [r]: A right-wing political party which espouses conservatism. [e]
- Liberal Democrats (UK) [r]: Centrist political party which is a merger of the former Liberal Party and the short-lived Social Democrat Party. [e]
- Labour Party (UK) [r]: The main socialist party in British politics; founded in 1900. [e]
- Scottish National Party [r]: Left-leaning party which campaigns for an independent Scotland outside the UK; founded 1934 and formed a minority administration in the Scottish Parliament (2007-2011), then a majority government (since May 2011). [e]
- Plaid Cymru [r]: (Welsh: 'Party of Wales') political party which campaigns for more political independence for Wales. [e]
- Democratic Unionist Party [r]: The largest Unionist party in Northern Ireland. [e]
- Sinn Féin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Alliance Party [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Green Party of England and Wales [r]: Left-leaning UK political party which campaigns on a variety of issues, particularly the environment. [e]
- UK Independence Party [r]: British right-wing political party best-known for its campaign for the UK to leave the European Union and for other policies to control immigration. [e]
Elections
- 2010 United Kingdom general election [r]: Nationwide election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament, resulting in no party winning a majority of seats. [e]
- 2005 United Kingdom general election [r]: Nationwide election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament, won by the Labour Party with a majority of 66. [e]
- 2001 United Kingdom general election [r]: Nationwide election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament, won by the Labour Party with a majority of 167. [e]
- 1997 United Kingdom general election [r]: Nationwide election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament, won by the Labour Party with a majority of 179. [e]
- Winston Churchill [r]: British Prime Minister and war leader during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945; second term from 1951 to 1955. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature as a historian. [e]
- David Cameron [r]: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 2010 to July 2016 and leader of the country's Conservative Party December 2005 - July 2016; Member of Parliament for Witney from May 2001 to September 2016 (born 1966). [e]