List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom
There are many pressure groups around the world. This is a list of pressure groups in the United Kingdom. Based on their relationship with United Kingdom policy makers, they can be divided into insider groups, who have high degree of involvement and influence and outsider groups, who have little or no direct involvement or influence.
- N.B.: Trade unions may be invariably described as pressure groups; these organisations should be mentioned at the list of trade unions in the United Kingdom article, not here.
Cause
Cause, promotional or attitude groups aim to change opinions and attitudes.
Animal welfare and animal rights
Business
Cultural
Drugs
- Beckley Foundation
- CLEAR (Cannabis Law Reform)
- Drug Equality Alliance (DEA)
- NORML UK (Cannabis legislation reform)
- Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Environmental
- Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
- Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Climate Camp
- Extinction Rebellion
- Greenpeace
- Forum for the Future
- Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- Friends of the Earth Scotland
- Plane Stupid
- Population Matters
- Sandbag
- The Soil Association
- Surfers Against Sewage
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Waste Watch
- World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
Family relationships
Abortion
- Pro-choice
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service
- MSI Reproductive Choices
- Family Planning Association
- Abortion Rights
- Abortion Support Network
- Pro-life
Food
Human rights
LGBTQ+ rights
- Lesbians Against Pit Closures (defunct)
- Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (defunct)
- LGBT Foundation
- OutRage! (defunct)
- Stonewall
International development
- Amnesty International
- Christian Aid
- Global Justice Now (formerly World Development Movement)
- Oxfam
- People & Planet
- Stop AIDS Campaign
- World Development Movement
Political
- 38 Degrees
- Article 19
- Association of British Commuters
- Campaign Against Arms Trade
- Campaign Against Censorship
- Campaign for Freedom of Information
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
- Campaign to Bring Back British Rail
- Celtic League
- Charter 88 (merged with the New Politics Network to form Unlock Democracy in 2007)
- Electoral Reform Society
- English Defence League
- Feminists Against Censorship
- The Freedom Association
- Labour Representation Committee
- League for Democracy in Greece (defunct)
- Make Votes Matter
- MigrationWatch UK
- National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts
- NO2ID
- Republic
- Social Liberal Forum
- Society for Individual Freedom
- Stop the War Coalition
- TaxPayers' Alliance
British EU-based pressure groups
- Business for Britain
- Britain in Europe
- Britain Stronger in Europe
- British Influence
- Business for New Europe
- Campaign for an Independent Britain
- Conservatives for Britain
- Democracy Movement
- European Movement
- Grassroots Out (GO)
- Nucleus
- Labour for a Referendum
- Labour In for Britain
- Labour Leave
- Leave Means Leave
- Leave.EU
- Students for Britain
- Unite to Remain
- Vote Leave
Population
Public health
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) – registered charity in the UK, influential in lobbying for and implementing the English smoking ban
- Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco (FOREST)
Religious/secular groups
Rural matters
Transport
Women
- The Fawcett Society
- The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (known as "suffragists"; defunct)
- The Women's Social and Political Union (known as "suffragettes"; defunct)
Youth
See also
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