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Full Name Short name Notes
Change UK - The Independent Group CUK Formed 18 February 2019. Registered 15 April 2019. Dissolved 23 July 2020. Known as The Independent Group for Change (from 5 July 2019). MNIS Party ID 1007. Electoral Commission ID PP9077.
Coalition Conservative Co Con Political label used by members of the coalition government of 1918-1922. Not a distinctly different party to the Conservatives. Used for candidates that received the Coalition Coupon, a letter endorsing them as official representatives of the Coalition Government.
Coalition Liberal Co Lib Political label used by members of the coalition government of 1918-1922. Not a distinctly different party to the Liberal Party. Used for candidates that received the Coalition Coupon, a letter endorsing them as official representatives of the Coalition Government.
Common Wealth Party CW Formed 26 July 1942. Dissolved 1993.
Communist Party of Great Britain CPGB Formed 31 July 1920. Dissolved 23 November 1991. Succeeded by the Democratic Left and later the Communist Party of Britain.
Conservative Con Formed 1834 (original form), 1912 (current form). Registered 14 January 1999. Preceded by the Tory Party and the Liberal Unionist Party. MNIS Party ID 4. Electoral Commission ID PP51 (NI) PP52 (GB).
Constitutionalist Const Political label used by candidates standing in the 1920s. There was no party organisation called the Constitutionalist Party. Candidates using this label who were elected did not act or vote together as a group, taking the whip of other parties.
Co-operative Party Co-op Formed 17 October 1917. Registered 25 February 1999. Electoral Commission ID PP119. Formed an electoral agreement with Labour on 7 June 1927, meaning they only stand Labour and Co-operative joint candidates.
Crofters' Party CP Formed 1885. Dissolved 1890s. Parliamentary arm of the Highland Land League.