《英国政党 》-公开课件.pptVIP

Three dominant  Political Parties The Labour Party — formed in late 17th century, current party leader is Gordon Brown, the present Prime Minister, since 2007 The Conservative Party The Liberal Democrats Leader of the Labour Party James Gordon Brown He is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He took office on 27 June 2007, three days after becoming leader of the Labor Party. Prior to this he served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007, becoming the United Kingdoms longest serving Chancellor. . Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nicholas William Peter He is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government[1] of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. Clegg is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam. * * * * BritishPolitical Parties British Political Parties The United Kingdom has traditionally had a dominant two party system, and all national governments since the 1920s have been led by either the Labour Party or the Conservative Party, but the third largest party, the Liberal Democrats, currently hold over 9% of the seatsin the Commons. These three main parties operate throughout Great Britain, but hardly at all in the other part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland. There, even more than in Scotland and Wales, local political parties are important, but such parties are much less significant in England. The Labor Party 工党 The Conservative Party 保守党 The Liberal Democrats 自由民主党 Other parties Scottish National Party 苏格兰民族党 Plaid Cymru 威尔士民族党 Ulster Unionist Party 北爱尔兰统一党 Democratic Unionist Party 民主统一党 Social Democratic and Labo