Political Parties

A political party is an:
1. Association of people who share a common ideology, political belief, and aspirations
2. Parties normally seek to gain power (or share power) in order to further their beliefs and aims
What Parties are there (UK)
1. Conservative
  Annotations:
  - https://www.conservatives.com/
2. Labour
  Annotations:
  - http://www.labour.org.uk/content/splash#utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F
3. Liberal Democrats
  Annotations:
  - http://www.libdems.org.uk/
4. The Green Party
  Annotations:
  - http://www.greenparty.org.uk/
5. SNP
  Annotations:
  - http://www.snp.org/
6. UKIP
  Annotations:
  - http://www.ukip.org/splash2?splash=1
7. Plaid Cymru
  Annotations:
  - http://www.plaid.cymru/
8. BNP
  Annotations:
  - http://www.bnp.org.uk/
Parties only emerged in the 19th Centuary
1. Before this there were factions
  1. The main ones being the 'Whigs' and the 'Tories'
2. The 'Tories later became the Conservative party
3. The 'Whigs' became the Liberal Democrat party
4. The Labour Party formed in the 1900, due to trade Union movements, and to full the gap for the working class
Functions
1. 1. Representation
2. 2. Policy Formation
3. 3. Recruitment of Leaders
4. 4. Organisation of government
5. 5. Participation and mobilisation of the electorate

Resource summary

	Created by Phoebe Fletcher almost 10 years ago