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Minor Political Parties, Historical Barriers - Coggle Diagram
Minor Political Parties
DUP Party
- They are a unionist, loyalist and national conservative party
- They have been described as a right-wing populist party, opposed to abortion, same-sex marriage and supported Britain leaving the EU
-They have been linked ti groups supporting ethnic nationalism and paramilitary groups
- They have also revived calls for a 25 mile long sea bridge linking Northern Ireland to Scotland
- In 2015 there were talks of a UKIP and DUP, conservative coalition
- In Theresa May's 2017 snap election, an attempt to increase the conservative majority, they actually lost seats
- -Founded in 1971 during the troubles in Northern Ireland
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SNP
- Founded in 1934 and hold 38 out of the 59 seats in Westminster
- They hold 64 out of 129 seats in Holyrood
Their ultimate aim is for Scottish independence from Westminster, or a vote of independence
- They have taken seats from Labour Lib dem, to the point it limits Labour's ability to win elections
- Due to them taking more seats in Westminster they can hold the government to account along with the opposition, they are also another party in Parliament
Policies: - 100,000 new affordable homes by 2032,
- provide free school meals
- invest £1bn to close school attainment gap
Increase NHS funding by 20%
- There were not many overlap Policies between the SNP and Conservative party
- In 2019 both SNP and Labour had increasing Health spending, Both had plans to stop Brexit, tackle the climate net zero target earlier
Brexit Party
- Founded in 2018 by Nigel Farage and Catherine Blaiklock
- Advocating Brexit
- Focused on reform of democracy in Britain
- The party stated in 2019 that Nigel would stand as a candidate for the party in the European Parliament elections contested in the UK
Key Policies:
- Brexit was their main aim and they have very similar policies to UKIP
- Want to abolish the House of Lords
- Want to Abolish HS2, TV licenses and reduce immigration
Plaid Cymru
- Founded in 1925, committed to gaining independence from the UK and recognition of the Welsh language
- THe party got their first seat in parliament in 1966
- They also aim to make the Welsh lives better
- Policies include; free lunches for school children and tackle the housing problem
- in 2019 they got 153,265 votes and got 4 seats
in the Welsh assembly they got 21.6% of the seats
- ow many would argue that Plaid Cymru has lost its signifigance
Key Policies: - free childcare available to children 2 years old till school
- Build more social housings
- Gain independence from the UK
- New Welsh assembly to better the environment
- Help schools by getting more teaching assistants
UKIP
- Founded in 1933 by Alan Sked and currently lead by Neil Hamilton
- A right wing party, with primary emphasis on Euroscepticism, calling for the exit of the EU
- Greatest success in the mid-1010s and achieved 2 members of parliament
- Received almost 4 million votes in 2015 and only 22,817 in 2019
- There are currently no UKIP MPs in the House of Commons
- Very controversial which got the media to talk about them
Key Policies:
- They gave a strong message of 'patriotic agenda for defending our country and our way of life'
- Believe they had a crucial role in the Brexit referendum
- They want a full Brexit, in which they will recover our sovereign independence
- Want to uphold freedom of expression and end the 'suffocating culture of political correctness'
Siin Fein
- Founded in 1905 by Irish Republicans who were fighting for the rights of the Irish people
- It's the largest Irish nationalist party in Northern Ireland
- They won 27 out of the 90 seats in the 2022 NI assembly
In 2019 they recieved 22.8% of the Northern Irish vote
- they refuse to take their seats in the House of Commons
They have 105 councillors across Northern Ireland
- Sinn Fein work for Irish Unity and to move away from England
- Key Policies: - Delivering the biggest council-led house building program the state has ever seen
- Giving workers and families a break by increasing incomes and reducing the unsustainable cost of living
Historical Barriers
- Class based voting - Use of FPTP - sense of a wasted vote
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