Political party

The Australian Democrats is an Australia political party espousing a centrist or social liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader. The party's representation in the Parliament of Australia will end on 30 June, 2008, after the loss of its four remaining Senate seats at the 2007 election. A single state representative...

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the centre-left in Great Britain—that is, England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where the Social Democratic and Labour Party occupies a roughly similar position on the political spectrum (although people in Northern Ireland are permitted to join the Labour Party). Labour surpassed the Liberal Party as the main opposition to...

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; the two parties had been in alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of the SDP. The party's leader is Nick Clegg. The Lib Dems are the third-largest party in the UK Parliament, behind Labour and the Conservatives. There are 63 Lib Dem Members of Parliament (MPs) – 62 were elected at the general...

The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a European political party. It consists of various Europe political parties which advocate either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-government for their country or region. The alliance has generally limited its membership to progressive parties. Therefore not all European regionalist parties are members of EFA. It participates in the European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. Since the 1979...

Mebyon Kernow (Cornish for "Sons of Cornwall", often abbreviated MK) is a political party in the United Kingdom. The main objective of MK is to establish greater autonomy in Cornwall, through the establishment of a legislative Cornish Assembly. They claim to campaign for all the people of Cornwall with a political programme that offers an alternative to the London-centred parties. MK was founded on January 6, 1951 at a meeting held in Redruth. Helena Charles was elected the party's first chair...

The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982. Federally, in New South Wales, and to an extent Victoria, it has generally been the minor party in the traditional coalition with the Liberal Party of Australia in government and in opposition since the 1940s, and the UAP/NPA since the 1920s, against the...

Shiv Sena (Devanāgarī: शिव सेना Śīv Senā), meaning Army of Shiva, referring to Shivaji, is a Hindu nationalist, militant nativist political party in India founded on June 19, 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who is currently the chief of the party his son Uddhav Thackeray is president. The Sena's ideology is based on the concepts of 'Bhumiputra' (Marathi for "Sons of the Soil") and Hindutva or Hindu nationalism. The 'Bhumiputra' ideology refers to the Shiv Sena's belief that Maharashtrians (Marathi...

The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. Both were associated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, leader of Transcendental Meditation. Maharishi holds the view that natural law is the supreme organizing principle that governs the universe. Adherents believe that all political problems can be solved through aligning one's self with the Unified Field of all the laws of nature. The U.S. version of the Natural Law Party ran John...

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. It is often referred to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, the Republican Party rose to prominence with the election of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president. The party presided over the American Civil War and Reconstruction and was harried by internal factions and scandals...

The Constitution Party is a conservative United States political party. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992. The party's official name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999; however, some state affiliate parties are known under different names. According to ballot access expert Richard Winger, the editor of Ballot Access News, who periodically compiles and analyzes voter registration statistics as reported by state voter agencies, it ranks third nationally amongst all...

Plaid Cymru (; ; often referred to simply as Plaid) is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966. Plaid Cymru has 1 of 4 Welsh seats in the European Parliament, 3 of 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 15 of 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales, where it is the junior partner in the coalition government with the Welsh Labour Party and 207 of 1,264...

The Bloc Québécois (BQ) is a federal political party in Canada that defines itself as devoted to the promotion of sovereignty for Quebec. It holds as its goal the "defence of the interests of all Québécois in Ottawa" (notably by promoting, in the federal parliament, the consensus of the National Assembly of Quebec). As such, it contests elections only in constituencies in Quebec. The Bloc Québécois has very close relations with the Parti Québécois (PQ, whose members are known as "Péquistes"),...

The Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy (ICM) is a monarchist political party in Iraq led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein. Al-Hussein is related to the Hashemite royal family which ruled Iraq until 1958. He has succeeded in establishing himself as claimant in the international press and currently (in the politics of Iraq) Prince Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein is the only Iraqi royal campaigning in Iraq for the return of a monarchy based on a constitutional monarchy. Some critics assert he is not even in...

One Nation is a nationalist and protectionist political party in Australia. It gained 22 percent of the vote translating to 11 of 89 seats in Queensland's unicameral legislative assembly at the 1998 state election and made major inroads into the vote of the existing parties. Federally, the party peaked at the 1998 election on 9 percent but progressively lost ground at the 2001 and 2004 elections. Pauline Hanson's One Nation was formed in 1997 by Pauline Hanson, David Oldfield and David...

Bevara Sverige Svenskt (BSS), which in English basically means "Preserve Sweden Swedish", is the name of a former Swedish nationalist political movement based in Stockholm, Sweden, and a slogan used by various nationalist parties in the country. The stated objective of the BBS party and the aim of the slogan were to initiate a debate in order to reduce immigration from non-Europe countries and repatriate non-ethnic Swedes. Founded in 1979 by Leif Zeilon, BSS was at first involved in abortive...