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1951, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_%28UK%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 540, "name_short": "Lib", "name": "Liberal Party", "name_english": "Liberal Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1859, "year_last": 1988, "share": 36.1, "share_year": 1923, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7364, "name_short": "BP", "name": "Brexit Party", "name_english": "Brexit Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2018, "year_last": "", "share": 31.6, "share_year": 2019, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1388, "name_short": "LD", "name": "Liberal Democrats", "name_english": "Liberal Democrats", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1988, "year_last": "", "share": 23, "share_year": 2010, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2123, "name_short": "NLP-LG", "name": "National Liberal Party – Lloyd George", "name_english": "National Liberal Party – Lloyd George", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1918, "year_last": 1926, "share": 20, "share_year": 1918, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_%28UK,_1922%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2050, "name_short": "IN", "name": "Irish Nationalist [Northern Ireland]", "name_english": "Irish Nationalist [Northern Ireland]", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1945, "year_last": "", "share": 12.8, "share_year": 1885, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 601, "name_short": "UKIP", "name": "United Kingdom Independence Party", "name_english": "United Kingdom Independence Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1993, "year_last": "", "share": 12.7, "share_year": 2015, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independence_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2120, "name_short": "LUP", "name": "Liberal Unionist Party", "name_english": "Liberal Unionist Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1886, "year_last": 1912, "share": 12.5, "share_year": 1886, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 957, "name_short": "SDP", "name": "Social Democratic Party", "name_english": "Social Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1981, "year_last": 1988, "share": 11.6, "share_year": 1983, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 141, "name_short": "NLP", "name": "National Liberal Party", "name_english": "National Liberal Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1931, "year_last": 1968, "share": 10.2, "share_year": 1922, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_%28UK,_1931%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6687, "name_short": "SGP", "name": "Scots Green Pairty", "name_english": "Scottish Green Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": "", "share": 8.1, "share_year": 2014, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Green_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 1477, "name_short": "All", "name": "Alliance Party of Northern Ireland", "name_english": "Alliance Party of Northern Ireland", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1970, "year_last": "", "share": 7.7, "share_year": 2011, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5695, "name_short": "RA", "name": "Repeal Association", "name_english": "Repeal Association", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1830, "year_last": 1848, "share": 6.4, "share_year": 1832, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6374, "name_short": "C-P", "name": "Conservatives (Peelites)", "name_english": "Conservatives (Peelites)", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1846, "year_last": 1859, "share": 5, "share_year": 1852, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelite", "description": "about 45 of 330 of Conservative seats in 1852 (654 total seats)", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8360, "name_short": "PO", "name": "Páirtí na nOibrithe", "name_english": "Workers' Party of Ireland", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1970, "year_last": "", "share": 5, "share_year": 1989, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Ireland", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2119, "name_short": "INP", "name": "Irish Nationalist [Parliamentary] Party", "name_english": "Irish 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Britain", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1920, "year_last": 1991, "share": 0.4, "share_year": 1945, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8263, "name_short": "UKUP", "name": "UK Unionist Party", "name_english": "UK Unionist Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1995, "year_last": 2008, "share": 0.2, "share_year": 1997, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Unionist_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "United Kingdom — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of United Kingdom from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 48 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "United Kingdom — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download United Kingdom — Political Parties dataset with 48 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 48 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }