A large number of parties stood candidates in the 2010 general election.

Parties standing in England and Wales

There are 573 seats in England and Wales; the Labour Party,

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

and Liberal Democrats contested every seat, except in the constituency of the

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

. The

UK Independence Party The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest par ...

Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; cy, Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr, kw, Party Gwer Pow an Sowson ha Kembra, often simply the Green Party or Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Since October 2021, Carla ...

and

British National Party The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK gover ...

also contested a large number of seats, while

Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid wa ...

stood in every seat in Wales. Parties that won seats in 2005 * Labour Party (572 candidates in 2010,Thousands set to run in election race
/ref> includes 36

Labour Co-operative Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. Candidat ...

candidateshttp://party.coop/images/2010%20candidates%20profiles.pdf) *

(572) * Liberal Democrats (572) *

(40) * Respect - The Unity Coalition (10) *

Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern, (often known as Independent Community And Health Concern and abbreviated as ICHC) is a political party based in Kidderminster, United Kingdom. The party was founded in 2000, having grown ou ...

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United Kingdom Independence Party The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member ...

(539 candidates in 2010UK Independence Party: Candidates
) *

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English Democrats Party The English Democrats is a right-wing to far-right, English nationalist political party active in England. A minor party, it currently has no elected representatives at any level of UK government. The English Democrats were established in 2 ...

(106) * Christian Party (70Candidates
, Christian Party) * Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (31Candidates for TUSC
/ref>) *

Official Monster Raving Loony Party The Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP) is a political party established in the United Kingdom in 1982 by the musician David Sutch, also known as "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", or simply "Lord Sutch". It is notable for its ...

(27) * Socialist Labour Party (19"General Election and Local Election – SLP Candidates as at 20th April 2010"
) * National Front (17) *

Christian Peoples Alliance The Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA) is a Christian rightist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in its present form in 1999, having grown out of a cross-party advocacy group called the Movement for Christian Democracy. ...

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Pirate Party UK The Pirate Party UK (often abbreviated PPUK; in cy, Plaid Môr-leidr DU) was a political party in the United Kingdom. The Pirate Party's core policies were to bring about reform to copyright and patent laws, support privacy, reduce surveillance f ...

(9Pirate Party UK Candidates
, Pirate Party UK) * Workers' Revolutionary Party (7) * Alliance for Green Socialism (6) *

Mebyon Kernow Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall (, MK; Cornish for ''Sons of Cornwall'') is a Cornish nationalist, centre-left political party in Cornwall, in southwestern Britain. It currently has five elected councillors on Cornwall Council, and s ...

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Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain (CPB) is a communist party in Great Britain which emerged from a dispute between Eurocommunists and Marxist-Leninists in the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1988. It follows Marxist-Leninist theory and s ...

(5Communist Party
/ref>) *

Animal Protection Party The Animal Protection Party (APP) was a political party founded in England in 2006 to represent an animal rights perspective. It stood four candidates in the 2010 general election. The party de-registered in 2016. 2010 general election The APP ...

(4Candidates - Other Parties
, Richard Kimber's Political Resources) * Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality (4) * Independents Federation UK (4) *

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

(42010 General Election
, Liberal Party) * Impact Party (3) *

Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire Independents is a British political party based in the county of Lincolnshire. They were founded in July 2008. Local Government At the 2009 election, Lincolnshire Independents stood 19 candidates for Lincolnshire County Council of ...

(3) * Magna Carta Party (3) * Peace Party (3) * Your Right to Democracy Party Ltd (3) * Best of a Bad Bunch (2) * Christian Movement for Great Britain (2) * Common Sense Party (2) * Democratic Nationalists (2) * Equal Parenting Alliance (2) * Residents' Association (2) * Scrap Members Allowances (2) *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

(2) * Socialist Equality Party (2) * UK Libertarian Party (2) * You Party (2) *

Alliance for Workers' Liberty The Alliance for Workers' Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers' Liberty, is a Trotskyist group in Britain and Australia, which has been identified with the theorist Sean Matgamna throughout its history. It publishes the newspaper ''Solidarity''. ...

(1) * All The South Party (1) * Animals Count (1) * Apolitical Democrats (1) * A Vote Against MP Expense Abuse (1) * Basingstoke Common Man (1) * Battersea Party (1) * Better Britain Party (1) * Blaenau Voice (1) * Blue Environment Party (1) * Bromsgrove Independent Conservative (1) * Bus-Pass Elvis Party (1Election 2010: Potholes to peace - more unusual pledges
, ''

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

'', 28 April 2010) * Campaign for Independent Politicians (1) * City Independents (1) * Clause 28 Children's Protection Christian Democrats (1) * Common Good (1) * Communist League (1Jonathan Silberman,
Communist candidates run in United Kingdom
, ''

The Militant ''The Militant'' is an international socialist newsweekly connected to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the Pathfinder Press. It is published in the United States and distributed in other countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Aus ...

'', 19 April 2010) * Cornish Democrats (1) * Democratic Labour Party (1) * Direct Democracy (Communist) Party (1The Far Left and the 2010 UK General Election
/ref>) * English Independence Party (1) * Fancy Dress Party (1) * Fight for an Anti-War Government (1) * Freedom and Responsibility (1) * Get Snouts Out The Trough (1) * Humanity (1) * Independent Ealing Acton Communities Public Services (1) * Independent English Delegate (1) * Independent Leave-The-EU Alliance (1) * Independent People Together (1) * Independent Save Our Green Belt (1) * Independent Voice for Halifax (1) * Integrity UK (1) * Islam Zinda Baad Platform (1) * Justice & Anti-Corruption Party (1) * Justice Party (1) * Lawfulness Trustworthiness and Transparency (1) * Lewisham People Before Profit (1) * Local Liberals Before Politics Party (1) * The Macclesfield Independent (1) * Mansfield Independent Forum (1) * Medway Independent Party (1) * Middle England Party (1) * Money Reform Party (1) * Movement for Active Democracy (1) * National Democrats (1) * Nationwide Reform Party (1) * New Independent Conservative Chelsea and Fulham (1) * New Party (1) * Nobody Party (1) * No Candidate Deserves My Vote! (1) * Northampton - Save Our Public Services (1) * People's National Democratic Party (1) * Peoples Party Essex (1) * Radical Reform Group (1) * Reduce Tax On Beer (1) * Reform 2000 Party (1) * Restoration Party (1) * Save King George Hospital (1) * Save Queen Mary's Hospital (1) * Science Party (1) *

Socialist Party of Great Britain The Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1904 as a split from the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), it advocates using the ballot box for revolutionary purposes and oppo ...

(1) * Staffordshire Independent Group (1) *

Tamsin Omond Tamsin Omond (born 19 November 1984) is a British author, environmental activist and journalist. They have campaigned for the government of the United Kingdom to take action to avoid climate change. Early life and education Tamsin Omond was bo ...

To The Commons (1) * Tendring First (1) * True English (Poetry) Party (1) *

Trust Trust often refers to: * Trust (social science), confidence in or dependence on a person or quality It may also refer to: Business and law * Trust law, a body of law under which one person holds property for the benefit of another * Trust (bus ...

(1Selected Candidates
, Trust) * United Voice (1) * Unity for Peace and Socialism (1) * Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party (1) *

Wessex Regionalist Party The Wessex Regionalists are a minor English regionalist political party in the United Kingdom. It seeks a degree of legislative and administrative home rule for Wessex, an area in the south and south-west of England loosely based on the Anglo-Sax ...

(1) * Workers' Power (1) * Youth Party (1)

Parties standing in Northern Ireland

There are eighteen seats in Northern Ireland. The

Social Democratic and Labour Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland ...

and

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), or simply Alliance, is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland. As of the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, it is the third-largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembl ...

stood in every one. The

Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

stood aside only against an

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, the Democratic Unionist Party against independents both there and in North Down.

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

stood aside only against the SDLP in Belfast South.

Traditional Unionist Voice The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. In common with all other Northern Irish unionist parties, the TUV's political programme has as its sine qua non the preservation of Northern Ireland's place ...

stood in the majority of seats. The other parties which stood are the

Green Party in Northern Ireland The Green Party Northern Ireland (sometimes abbreviated as Green Party NI) is a political party in Northern Ireland. Like many green political parties around the world, its origins lie in the anti-nuclear, labour and peace movements of the 197 ...

and

People Before Profit Alliance People Before Profit ( ga, Pobal Roimh Bhrabús, PBP) is a left-wing to far-left Trotskyist political party formed in October 2005. It is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. History PBP was established in 2005 as ...

. Parties that won seats in 2005 * Democratic Unionist Party (16) *

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Parties standing in Scotland

There are fifty-nine seats in Scotland. The Scottish National Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats stood in every one. Parties that won seats in 2005 * Labour Party (59 candidates in 2010, includes 6

candidates) * Liberal Democrats (59) * Scottish National Party (59) *

Conservative and Unionist Party The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. ...

(59) Other parties *

(34 candidates in 2010) *

Scottish Green Party The Scottish Greens (also known as the Scottish Green Party; gd, Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Green Pairtie) are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 20 ...

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Scottish Socialist Party The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP; gd, Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Socialist Pairtie) is a left-wing political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent socialist Scotland. The party was founded in 1998. It c ...

(10SSP's 10 seat election challenge puts Labour and SNP front benchers in its sights
Scottish Socialist Party) * Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (10) * Socialist Labour Party (5) *

Scottish Jacobite Party The Scottish Jacobite Party was a political party in Scotland. It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 8 July 2005, and launched in Glenfinnan to coincide with the 31st G8 summit and roughly with the 260th anniversary of Bonnie Princ ...

(2) * Communist League (1) *

(1) * Joy of Talk (1) * Land is Power (1) *

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Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

(1) * Scottish Christian Party (1) *

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References

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Parties standing in England and Wales

Parties standing in Northern Ireland

Parties standing in Scotland

See also

References