Political Parties in the UK

There are 16 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

This quiz will be updated after elections to each legislature and after major changes in party numbers

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United Kingdom
Government (411)
Seats	Party
411	Labour

Opposition (231)
Seats	Party
121	Conservative
72	Liberal Democrat
9	Scottish National Party
5	Democratic Unionist Party
5	Reform UK
4	Greens (England and Wales)
4	Plaid Cymru
2	Social Democratic and Labour Party
1	Alliance
1	Traditional Unionist Voice
1	Ulster Unionist Party
6	Independent

Other (8)
Seats	Party
7	Sinn Féin
1	Speaker

Scotland
Government (63)
Seats	Party
63	Scottish National Party

Opposition (65)
Seats	Party
31	Conservative
22	Labour
7	Scottish Greens
4	Liberal Democrat
1	Alba

Other (1)
Seats	Party
1	Presiding Officer

Wales
Government (30)
Seats	Party
30	Labour

Opposition (30)
Seats	Party
16	Conservative
12	Plaid Cymru
1	Liberal Democrat
1	Independent

Northern Ireland
Executive (78)
Seats	Party
27	Sinn Féin
24	Democratic Unionist Party
17	Alliance
9	Ulster Unionist Party

Opposition (13)
Seats	Party
7	Social Democratic and Labour Party
1	People Before Profit
1	Traditional Unionist Voice
2	Independent Unionist
1	Independent Nationalist

Other (1)
Seats	Party
1	Speaker

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11 Comments

Level 89

Jan 16, 2022

Interesting but need to be consistent -- some answers require "party" others do not.

Level 67

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.

Level 73

Jan 16, 2022

What the heck is going on in NI? I knew four of them and that was still only half.

Nominated!

Level 74

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...

Level 87

Jan 11, 2025

Would love that quiz but would you include all the residents parties? The likes of Ashfield Independents and Aspire currently have large groups and have been around for a while, so maybe you'd say include them? But then some localist parties only have 1 or 2 seats on 1 council and may be very short-lived. Don't how anybody could possibly know them all without simply learning them for the purpose of the quiz. But maybe that doesn't matter!

Level 60

Jul 20, 2022

I'm from NI and I missed more NI parties than ones for any of the other parliaments...

Level 93

Sep 11, 2022

"Tory" and "Tories" should be acceptable type-ins for the Conservatives.

Level 67

Sep 11, 2022

I honestly don't know how I missed that when I did type-ins, I've added them now

Level 96

Aug 29, 2024

You forgot the Count Binface party, everyone knows he was the real winner of the last election.

Level 61

Dec 15, 2025

Are the seats that are not taken up by Sinn Fein treated as Independent in the UK section or are they just ignored? They probably should be there somewhere.

Level 67

Dec 24, 2025

They're in the "Other" section below Government and Opposition!

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