The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. They first emerged during the 1679 Exclusion Crisis, when they opposed Whig efforts to exclude James, Duke of York from the succession on the grounds of his ...
- 1834; 189 years ago
- 1678; 345 years ago
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party. It is the current governing party, having won the 2019 general election, and has been the primary governing party in the United ...
- 1834; 189 years ago (original form), 1912; 111 years ago (current form)
The Tories, a British political party which emerged during the late 17th century, was a reaction to the Whig-controlled Parliaments that succeeded the Cavalier Parliament. As a political term, Tory was an insult derived from the Irish language, that later entered English politics during the Exclusion Crisis of 1678–1681.
The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s, the Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs merged into the Liberal Party with the Peelites and Radicals in the 1850s.
- 1859; 164 years ago
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
- 1678; 345 years ago
The Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties [1] lists the details of political parties registered to fight elections in the United Kingdom, including their registered name.
PartyFoundedPolitical PositionIdeology1834Centre-right to right-wingConservatism Economic liberalism British ...Labour Party Co-operative Party1900 1917 (Co-op)Social democracy Democratic socialism1934Scottish nationalism Scottish ...1988Centre to centre-leftLiberalism Social liberalism ...