Political parties
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on political parties. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01.12.2011 | In brief: party funding |
| This note briefly draws together Library material on party funding issues; provides a chronology of Sir Hayden Phillips' review of party funding; notes the information that the CSPL has published as its inquiry has proceeded; and notes recent press coverage the CSPL's inquiry and final report have generated | |
| 01.08.2011 | Short Money |
| This note provides details of the current levels of 'Short money' allocated to opposition parties for parliamentary duties, and a brief history of the scheme. Figures for the corresponding scheme in the House of Lords (Cranborne money) are also provided. | |
| 28.10.2010 | In Brief: Election in Jordan 2010 |
| The forthcoming election in Jordan will not have a big impact on the country's political scene. Political parties are weak and the monarchy retains most of the power in the country. | |
| 06.10.2010 | Leadership Elections: Labour Party |
| This note outlines the rules under which leadership elections are conducted by the Labour Party and gives details of previous leadership contests. | |
| 03.06.2010 | Hung parliaments |
| This note sets out situations where there has been no overall control in the House of Commons during the twentieth century. It considers precedents and conventions governing how the monarch might decide which party should form a government in such a situation, and when a request for a dissolution might be granted. The note also considers how a minority government or coalition might affect the work of Parliament. Lastly, it looks briefly at the formation of coalition governments in Scotland and Wales. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 16.12.2008 | Political Parties and Elections Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| This is a report on the Committee Stage of the Political Parties and Elections Bill 2007-08 produced in response to a recommendation of the Modernisation Committee in its report on The Legislative Process (HC 1097, 2005-06). The Bill has been reintroduced as Bill 4 of 2008-09 and is awaiting a date for report stage in the Commons. | |
| 30.09.2008 | The Political Parties and Elections Bill |
| This Research Paper looks at the Political Parties and Elections Bill, it includes impacts on the Electoral Commission and political donations and expediture. | |
| 11.04.2007 | The Funding of Political Parties |
| 06.03.2006 | The Northern Ireland(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. |
| 11.05.2005 | By-election results 2001-05 |
| By-election results 2001-05. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/34 |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 10.03.2011 | Lessons from the process of government formation after the 2010 general election. |
| Government response. Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 20.01.2011 | Lessons from the process of government formation after the 2010 general election. |
| Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 27.01.2009 | Legislative scrutiny: Political Parties and Elections Bill. |
| Human Rights Joint Select Committee report [Commons and Lords] |
Lords Library Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.02.2011 | Peerage creations since 1997. LLN 2011/008 |
| Peerage creations since 1997. House of Lords Library Note 2011/008 | |
| 24.07.2008 | Peerage creations 1958-2008. LLN 2008/019 |
| This Note presents detailed information on all peerage creations since the first list of life peers was published on 24th July 1958. It updates earlier Notes to | |
| 05.10.2007 | Peerage creations 1958-2007. LLN 2007/004 |
| Peerage creations 1958-2005. House of Lords Library Note 2007/004. |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 31.10.2011 | CHARTIST MOVEMENT IN SOUTH WALES |
| That this House congratulates the Blaenau Gwent Chartist and Historical Society on its work in celebrating the successes of the Chartist movement and commemorating the lives of those ... | |
| 04.07.2011 | 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST MOVEMENT |
| That this House congratulates the Christian Socialist Movement on celebrating its 50th anniversary and celebrates the Movement's positive contribution to political thought, social justice ... | |
| 10.03.2011 | LABOUR PARTY AND TUITION FEES |
| That this House notes the comments of Lord Mandelson in the foreword to his updated memoir The Third Man that `I assumed, as the Treasury did, that the outcome [of the Browne Review] ... | |
| 08.02.2011 | HARRY TOUT |
| That this House notes and congratulates Harry Tout of Guisborough, Cleveland, on reaching his 90th birthday; further notes that he has been a lifelong member of the Labour Party, fought ... | |
| 19.01.2011 | CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF ROBERT TRESSELL |
| That this House notes the centenary of the death of Robert Noonan (Tressell) on 3 February 2011 interred in a pauper's grave in Walton, Liverpool; recognises the significance of his ... |
