The Origins of Political Parties in Britain: Consensus or Conflict? The Situation in Britain Today

Abstract

There are currently three main parties in British politics—the Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats—and since the general election of May 2010, the country has had a coalition government comprising two of these parties: the Conservatives led by David Cameron and the Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg. As the leader of the largest party in the House of Commons, with the Conservatives having 306 seats in May 2010, David Cameron is the prime minister, with Nick Clegg acting as his deputy.KeywordsPolitical PartyLabour GovernmentLabour PartyLiberal PartyConservative PartyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.