This is not an exhaustive list of political parties.
It is however a fair representative list of all political parties that have stood at General Elections and By-Elections during the 1980’s.
Note that this list does not include parties standing at Local Elections.
What this illustrates is the varied interest of prospective candidates for Government office. It is full of those seeking a bit of publicity for a cause and a wonderful reflection of the humour of the British people.
The only restriction on standing as a candidate is that your party description must not exceed six words. Lt Com William ‘Bill’ Boaks said that he had far ranging causes to promote but had to be satisfied with just six words.
For a background to this restriction see my page on Screaming Lord Sutch and the Official Monster Raving Looney Party.
A – Z Parties
Against Cuts in Education
All Night Party
Alliance
Anti Urban Wasteland
Anti-Censorship
Anti-Vivisection
Assassins Bullet
Ban every Licensing Law Society
Belgrano, Blood, Hunger
British National
British National Party
Campaign for Black and White Unity
Captain Rainbow's Universal Party
Christian Democrat
Communist Party
Communist Party of England, Marxist-Leninist
Conservative
Conservative Against Common Market
Conservative Favouring Capital Punishment
Cornish Nationalist
Council for United Ireland
Death Off the Roads; Freight on Rail
Democratic Unionist Party
Dog Lovers Party
Ecologist
English National Party
Ethnic Minority
Freddie's Alternative Medicine Party
Free Trade Anti-Common Market Party
Freedom from World Domination
Gizza Job
Hyppo Party
Independent
Independent Labour
Independent Liberal
Independent Patriot
International Marxist
Irish National Party
Isle of Wight Residents Party
Islington and Finsbury Party
Jesus and His Cross
Justice for Divorced Fathers
Labour
Labour and Trade Union
Labour Cooperative
Law and Order
Liberal Alliance
Loony Monster
Loony Monster Green Chicken Alliance
Loony Society
Lorimer Brizbeep Science-Fiction Loony Party
Modern Democratic Party
Multiracial Political Party
National Association for People before Planning
National Front
National Labour Party
Nationalist
New Britain Party
Nobody Party
Noise Abatement
Official Monster Raving Looney Party
Party of Associates with Licensees
Plaid Cymru
Popular Unionist
Prosperity for All
Protest Voters Party
Public Safety Democratic Monarchist White Resident
Radical and Anti-Parliamentarian
Rail not Motorway
Reintroduction of Hanging and Corporal Punishment
Restoration of Capital and Corporal Punishment
Revolutionary Communist Party
Scottish National Party
Servicemen's and Citizens' Association
Silly Party
Sinn Fein
Social Democratic Party
Socialist Party of Great Britain
Socialist Party of Great Britain
Soon to be Unemployed
Southport Bank in Lancashire Party
Spare the Earth Ecology
Stop Deportation of Black People
Sunshine Party
Tactically Vote Conservative Annihilate Bennites Livingstoneites
Tepanation on the National Health Service
Traditional English Food
Turkish Troops out of Cyprus
Very Good Party
Wessex Regionalist
Women For Life On Earth
Workers Charter with Pensioner Political Power
Workers Party
Workers Party for a Workers State
Workers Revolutionary Party
Youth Training Scheme
