The United Kingdom general election of 2017 is scheduled to take place on 8 June 2017. Each of the 650 parliamentary constituencies will elect one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament.
Given below are the different parties with their manifestos, I hope it would help you in making any decision. :)
- Conservative Party
The party's leader, Theresa May, is currently serving as Prime Minister. It is the largest party in local government with 9,237 councilors. The Conservative Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United Kingdom, the other being its modern rival, the Labour Party
Their Manifesto:-
Seek a new “deep and special partnership with the EU”
Leave the single market and customs union
No deal is better than a bad deal for the UK
Control immigration and secure the rights of EU nationals in the UK and Britons in the EU
Maintain a common travel area with a “frictionless” border with Ireland
Analysis:-
May is being “upfront and straight” about the difficulties ahead, with a language that will allow her to claim voters endorsed a hard Brexit.
- The Labor Party
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Growing out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the nineteenth century, the Labour Party has been described as a big tent, encompassing a diversity of ideological trends from strongly socialist to moderately social democratic.
Founded in 1900, the Labour Party overtook the Liberal Party as the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and from 1929 to 1931. Labour later served in the wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after which it formed a majority government under Clement Attlee. Labour was also in government from 1964 to 1970 under Harold Wilson and from 1974 to 1979, first under Wilson and then James Callaghan.
The Labour Party was last in government from 1997 to 2010 under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, beginning with a landslide majority of 179, reduced to 167 in 2001 and 66 in 2005. Having won 232 seats at the 2015 general election, the party is the Official Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Labour Party is the largest party in the Welsh Assembly, the third largest party in the Scottish Parliament and has twenty MEPs in the European Parliament, sitting in the Socialists and Democrats Group. The party also organises in Northern Ireland, but does not contest elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Labour Party is a full member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance, and holds observer status in the Socialist International. In September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected Leader of the Labour Party.
Their Manifesto:-
Scrap the Conservatives’ Brexit white paper and replace it with fresh negotiating priorities with a strong emphasis on retaining the single market and customs union
Reject “no deal” as a viable option. Guarantee existing rights for EU nationals living in Britain and UK citizens living in the EU
Analysis:-
Labour sits on the fence on Brexit, neither voicing a strong commitment to staying in the single market nor indicating a dedication to delivering Brexit.
- Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom.
The party was formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party. The two parties had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance for the previous seven years.
At the 2010 general election, led by Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats won 57 seats, making them the third-largest party in the House of Commons, behind the Conservatives with 306 and Labour with 258. With no party having an overall majority, the Lib Dems agreed to join a coalition government with the Conservatives, with Clegg becoming Deputy Prime Minister and other party members taking up ministerial positions. At the 2015 general election, the party was reduced to eight MPs (which later became nine, following the Richmond Park by-election). Consequently, Clegg resigned as leader and was replaced by Tim Farron, who was elected in the leadership election.
Their Manifesto:-
Hold a second referendum after a deal is reached with Brussels, with an option of staying in the EU
Push for protection of rights for EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living abroad, and for membership of the single market and customs union
Analysis:-
Pledge to hold a fresh referendum on Brexit is the centrepiece of the Lib Dem manifesto, attracting remainers by being the only main party to offer this
- Scottish National Party (SNP)
The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Naitional Pairtie) is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence. It is the third-largest political party by membership in the United Kingdom, as well as by overall representation in the House of Commons, behind the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, and is the largest party in Scotland, where it dominates both the Scottish Parliament and the country's representation in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its leader, Nicola Sturgeon, is the current First Minister of Scotland.
Their Manifesto:-
Scotland to remain in the EU single market after Brexit
Believes a second independence referendum should be held after the Brexit process is complete, with last year’s Holyrood election delivering the democratic mandate for it
Analysis:-
SNP maintains line that Brexit should not be imposed on Scotland but previous demands for referendum in 2018/19 have been dropped.
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
The UK Independence Party (UKIP /ˈjuːkɪp/) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Newton Abbot, Devon, and currently led by Paul Nuttall.
Their Manifesto:-
Impose six tests demanding an end to European influence in UK
No ‘divorce’ payment to the EU
Retake seat on the WTO and prioritise new free trade agreements
Ensure no British national can stand in 2019 European parliament election
Re-instate blue passports
Analysis:-
In their new role as self-styled Brexit 'guard dogs' Ukip has set out its criteria for the kind of deal they believe British people voted for last year.