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Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party Logo   Australia Peter Garrett
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. Known as the ALP for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia. Kevin Rudd is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia. As of the 2007...
Penny Wong
Kevin Rudd
Mike Rann
Bob Hawke
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Australian Democrats   Australia Don Chipp
The Australian Democrats is an Australia political party espousing a centrist or social liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, after principals of those minor parties secured the...
Robin Millhouse
Brian Greig
Cheryl Kernot
National Alliance   Italy  
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale, AN) is a conservative Italian political party. Gianfranco Fini has been the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995. National Alliance was formed by current secretary Gianfranco Fini from the Italian...
Labour Party Labour logo   United Kingdom Tony Benn
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the centre-left in Great Britain —that is, England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern...
Leslie Plummer
Jim Fitzpatrick
David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore
H. T. Muggeridge
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British National Party The logo of the British National Party     Nick Griffin
The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right and whites only political party in the United Kingdom. It claims to have around 100 councillor in local government in England (including parish councillors) - although the BBC estimates only 58 at May...
John Tyndall
Charles Parker
Richard Edmonds
Eddy Morrison
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Liberal Democrats Lib Dem "Bird of Freedom" logo   United Kingdom Paddy Ashdown
The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; the two parties had been in alliance for seven years, from shortly...
Lorely Burt
Nicol Stephen
Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby
Stephen Williams
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Country Liberal Party   Australia Denis Burke
The Country Liberal Party (CLP) is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal and National parties. It is a member of the Coalition. The CLP dominated the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from its establishment in...
Shane Stone
Grant Tambling
European Free Alliance Logo of the European Free Alliance      
The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a European political party. It consists of various Europe political parties which advocate either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-government for their country or region....
Liberal Party of Australia   Australia John Howard
The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia. Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the Liberal Party competes with the Australian Labor Party for political office....
Julie Bishop
Martin Hamilton-Smith
Robert Menzies
John Gorton
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Mebyon Kernow Mebyon Kernow modern logo   United Kingdom  
Mebyon Kernow (Cornish for "Sons of Cornwall", often abbreviated MK) is a political party in the United Kingdom. The main objective of MK is to establish greater autonomy in Cornwall, through the establishment of a legislative Cornish Assembly. They...
Nasjonal Samling   Norway  
Nasjonal Samling (Norwegian for "National Gathering" or "National Unification," hereafter abbreviated as NS) was a fascist party in Norway active in the period 1933-45. Founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of...
National Party of Australia The Nationals Logo   Australia Earle Page
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Traditionally representing rural voters, it was originally called the Country Party, but adopted the name National Country Party in 1975 and changed to its present name in 1982....
John McEwen
Arthur Fadden
Tim Fischer
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
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Official Monster Raving Loony Party Monster Raving Loony logo   United Kingdom Screaming Lord Sutch
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP) is a registered political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983 by musician and politician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch (1940-1999). Beginning in 1964, Sutch, of Screaming...
Howling Laud Hope
Shiv Sena   India  
Shiv Sena (Devanāgarī: शिव सेना Śīv Senā, meaning Army of Shiva, referring to Shivaji, not the Hindu deity Shiva) is a political party in India founded on June 19, 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who is currently the leader of the party. The party emerged...
Green Party Usgreenpartylogo   United States Ralph Nader
One of the political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green Parties, the Greens have been active as a third party since 2001. The party first gained widespread public attention during Ralph Nader's...
Cynthia McKinney
Barry Hermanson
Thomas Lash
John Lindblad
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United States Natural Law Party Party logo   United States  
The Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. Both were associated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, leader of Transcendental Meditation. Maharishi holds the view that natural law is the...
Libertarian Party LP Logo Employer United States Ron Paul
The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11, 1971. It is currently the third-largest party in the United States in terms of registered members, with 200,000, behind the Republican Party and the Democratic Party....
Organization Chris Maden
George Phillies
Bob Barr
Mike Gravel
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Republican Party Republican Party Logo Employer United States Strom Thurmond
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties of the United States, along with the Democratic Party. It is often referred to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and...
Organization Robert Aderholt
Spencer Bachus
Josiah Bonner
Terry Everett
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Conservative Party     United Kingdom Airey Neave
The Conservative and Unionist Party, popularly known as the Conservative Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the early 19th century, it has historically been the principal party of the right, though...
Kenneth Clarke
Norman Hulbert
Nigel Lawson
Anthony Eden
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Constitution Party image:Constitution party logo.gif.gif   United States Alan Keyes
The Constitution Party is a paleoconservative United States political party. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992. The party's official name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999; however, some state affiliate parties are known...
Chuck Baldwin
Darrell Castle
Canadian Alliance     Deborah Grey
The Canadian Alliance (in French Alliance Canadienne), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (or in French Alliance réformiste-conservateur Canadienne), was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The...
James Moore
Chuck Cadman
Rahim Jaffer
Jim Pankiw
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Plaid Cymru "Plaid Cymru Logo"   United Kingdom Adam Price
Plaid Cymru (; ; often referred to simply as Plaid) is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. Plaid Cymru was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966. Plaid Cymru...
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Dafydd Wigley
Elfyn Llwyd
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New Democratic Party   Canada Pat Martin
{{#if:}|The New Democratic Party is a political party in Canada with a progressive social democratic philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels. In the Canadian House of Commons, it holds a left-wing position in...
Bev Desjarlais
John Rodriguez
Jean Crowder
Peter Julian
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Bloc Québécois   Canada Benoît Sauvageau
The Bloc Québécois (BQ) is a federal political party in Canada that defines itself as devoted to the promotion of sovereignty for Quebec. As such, it contests elections only in constituencies in Quebec. It holds as its goal the "defence of the...
Louis Plamondon
Gilles Duceppe
Gérard Asselin
Claude Bachand
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Ulster Unionist Party     United Kingdom Robert Bradford
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party) is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Prior to the split...
David Trimble
Enoch Powell