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Political Parties in the UK

There are 14 major political parties in the United Kingdom. Can you name them all?
This includes parties which are elected to seats in either the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Parliament (Senedd), or the Northern Ireland Assembly
Does not include unelected seats such as in the House of Lords
Quiz by MiaTheGoose
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Last updated: July 13, 2023
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United Kingdom
Seats
Party
357
Conservative
200
Labour
44
Scottish National Party
14
Liberal Democrat
8
Democratic Unionist Party
3
Plaid Cymru
2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
Alba
1
Green
1
Alliance
7
Sinn Féin
10
Independent
1
Speaker
Scotland
Seats
Party
64
Scottish National Party
7
Green
31
Conservative
22
Labour
4
Liberal Democrat
1
Presiding Officer
 
 
Wales
Seats
Party
30
Labour
16
Conservative
13
Plaid Cymru
1
Liberal Democrat
Northern Ireland
Seats
Party
27
Sinn Féin
25
Democratic Unionist Party
17
Alliance
9
Ulster Unionist Party
8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
Traditional Unionist Voice
1
People Before Profit
2
Independent Unionist
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Level 85
Jan 16, 2022
Interesting but need to be consistent -- some answers require "party" others do not.
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Level 65
Jan 16, 2022
Thanks for pointing that out – I've now updated the type-ins so that "party" isn't required for any of them.
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Level 70
Jan 16, 2022
What the heck is going on in NI? I knew four of them and that was still only half.

Nominated!

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Level 75
Jan 16, 2022
Very nice, nominated. Those Scottish defections in Westminster caught me off guard!

A local government version would be good too, although much more work clearly...

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Level 55
Jul 20, 2022
I'm from NI and I missed more NI parties than ones for any of the other parliaments...
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Level 81
Sep 11, 2022
"Tory" and "Tories" should be acceptable type-ins for the Conservatives.
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Level 65
Sep 11, 2022
I honestly don't know how I missed that when I did type-ins, I've added them now