Political parties.

[DanaC]

I found a list on another forum, showing the number of political parties currently registered in the UK. There are 347 registered parties, and 116 of them fielded candidates in the last General Election. 3,554 individual candidates failed to get enough votes and lost their deposits.

I think you can tell quite a lot about the British attitude towards democracy and politics, by the parties on this list:

21st Century Conservative Democrats
A BEE C
Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party
Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party
Alliance For Green Socialism
Alliance Southend Party
Alternative Party
Anti Party
Ashfield Independents
Ashford Independent
Asian League
Association of Bedfordshire Citizens
Aylesbury Resident's Action Party
Barnsley Independent Group
Beaconsfield Independent Electors Association
Better Bedford Independent Party
Beyond
BIG (Brentford Issues Governance)
Billingham Independents Association
Blah Party [The]
Blair Must Go Party [The]
BNSP
BPP - Putting Britons First
Brighton & Hove Independents
Bristolian
British Democratic Reform Party [The]
British Kashmiris Party
British National Party
British Public Party
British Rural Independent Party
British Unicorn Party
Brockworth Residents Group
Brooklands Residents' Association
Caerleon Independent Progress Party
Caleb Party [The]
Calverton First Independents Party
Cambridge Community First
Campaign Against Hospital Closures in Lincolnshire
Canvey Island Independent Party
Cardiff Independent Citizens
Centreground Party
Chaos Party [The]
Chigwell Residents
Childrens Party [The]
Childwatch UK
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Party Proclaiming Christ's Lordship
Christian Peoples Alliance
Church of the Militant Elvis Party
Citizens Party of Halton [The]
City INDEPENDENT Group
Civilisation Party [The]
Clarendon Terrace Society [The]
Clause 28, Children's Protection Christian Democrats
Co-operative Party [The]
Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association
Common Good [The]
Common Sense Party
Communist Party of Britain
Community (London Borough of Hounslow) [The]
Community Action Party
Community Alliance
Community Campaign (Hart) [The]
Community Group [The]
Community Performance First
Community Representatives Party
Consensus [The]
Conservative And Unionist Party [The]
Council Tax Payers Party (England's Own)
Countryside Party [The]
Croydon Ratepayers Against Croydon Council
Cymru Rydd
Demanding Honesty In Politics And Whitehall
Democratic Labour Party
Democratic Party [The]
Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit
Derwentside Independents
Devizes Guardians
Doncaster Against Demolition
Doncaster First Party [The]
Dungeons Death And Taxes Party [The]
Durham Taxpayers Alliance
E.P.P.
East Cleveland Independent
East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance
Emergent Party
England First Party
English Awareness Party
English Democrats Party
English National Party
English Parliamentary Party
English Progressive and Liberty Party [The]
EnglishIndependenceParty.com
Epping & Area Residents Association
Epping Community Action Group
Equal Parenting Alliance
Esher Residents Association
Ewell Court Residents' Association
Families First
Fancy Dress Party Fellowship Party - Peacemaking, Social Justice, Environmentalist
For Integrity And Trust In Government
Forward Wales
Free Scotland Party [FSP]
Freedom Party [The]
Fylde Ratepayers Association
Get Britain Back Party
Glasnost Party
Green Party [The]
Grumpy Old Men Political Party [The]
H.O.O.P!
Hackney Independent
Hadley & Leegomery Residents Association
Halstead Residents' Association
Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association (Independent)
Havering Residents Association
Hawkwell Residents
Henley Residents Group [The]
Hersham Village Society
Hinchley Wood Residents Association
Holland-on-Sea Residents' Association [The]
Hornchurch Residents Association
Hounslow Independent Alliance
Hull Independents
Humanitas
Idle Toad [The]
Imperial Party
Independent and Progressive Labour Party [The]
Independent Britwellian Residents
Independent Green Voice
Independent Group of Councillors
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern
Independent Loughton Residents Association
Independent Team
Independent Voice of Longford [The]
Independent Working Class Association
Independents @ Swansea
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society
Integrity
Iranian Civil Rights Committee
Islam Zinda Baad Platform
John Lilburne Democratic Party
Justice Party
Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes
Khair (Best) Party [The]
Labour Party [The]
Legalise Cannabis Alliance
Lewisham Peoples' Alliance
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Party [The]
Liberal Unionist Party
Liberty
Ligali Party [The]
Lincoln Independent Alliance
Liverpool Labour Community Party
Llais Ceredigion
Local Education Action By Parents
Local Freedom For Islington Residents Party
Local Health Concern
Magna Carta Conservation Party Great Britain
Make Politicians History
Maldon & District Independent Democratic Alliance
Mansfield Independent Forum
Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall
Medway Independent Party
Men's Representative Party
Merthyr Independents
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents
Middlewich First
Millennium Council [The]
MK Independent
Molesey Residents Association [The]
Momentum Party [The]
Money Reform Party
Morecambe Bay Independents
Morley Borough Independents
Motorcycle News Party
Motorists, Equity & Unity Party
MP3 Party
Mums' Army
Muslim Party

(My highlighting)