Political parties in the UK

Three parties dominate politics in the House of Commons. They all operate throughout Great Britain (only the Conservative Party stands candidates in Northern Ireland). Most of the British Members of the European Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, and the National Assembly for Wales represent one of these parties:

• Labour Party, centre-right to left-wing (traditionally left-wing) (355 seats in the House of Commons) Co-operative Party (all Co-operative Party MPs are also Labour MPs as part of a long-standing electoral agreement)
• Conservative Party, centrist to centre-right (traditionally centre-right) (198 seats)
• Liberal Democrats, centrist to centre-left. (63 seats)

Most English parties tend to give themselves a British name, even if they do not operate outside England. Most of the parties that operate within England alone, tend to be either minor parties incapable of contesting many constituencies, or parties purely interested in English issues or regionalism, such as the English Democrats Party. However, the Conservative Party have recently adopted a policy of English Votes on English Legislation (EVoEL), a policy that is considered by many as fatally flawed. The Conservative policy of EVoEL aims to prevent MP's with constituencies outside of England from voting on legislation that only affects England. There is a signifacant element within the Conservative Party that supports full devolution for England with the establishment of an English Parliament and Executive along the lines of that given to Scotland.

英国国会下议院主要由三个政党把持政治。他们的活动遍及英国各地 (只有保守党有来自北爱尔兰的候选人)。欧洲议会的英国议员、苏格兰议会和威尔士国民大会的大部分成员都代表这些政党中的一个政党：

• 工党， 倾右派议员到左派议员 （传统上的左派）(在下议院有355个议席) 合作党 （根据一个长期的选举协议，所有的合作党下院议员也同样是工党的下院议员）
• 保守党，中间派议员到倾右派议员（传统上的右派议员）(有198个议席)
• 自由民主党，中间派议员到倾左派议员(有63 个议席)

大多数英国的政党都喜欢给自己起一个英国名称，尽管他们都不在英格兰以外的领域内运作。那些仅仅只在英格兰区域内活动的政党，大多数或是无法争取到更多的选民，或是只对英国本身的事务或宗教事务感兴趣，例如英国民主党。但是，最近保守党通过了一个关于投票公决英国立法的政策(简称EVoEL)，许多人都认为这个政策有重大的缺陷。保守党的这项EvoEL政策旨在禁止拥有英格兰以外选区选民的下院议员参与只与英格兰有关系的立法的投票表决。在保守党内部有相当多的人都支持将管理权下放给英格兰，成立一个英格兰议会，按照苏格兰的模式进行政务管理。

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