High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The History of British Political Parties, also referred to as Politico`s Guide to the History of British Political Parties, is a reference book on political parties in the United Kingdom, written by David Boothroyd. It was published in 2001 by Politico`s and distributed in the United States by International Specialized Book Services (ISBS). At the time of the book`s publication Boothroyd worked as a researcher with Parliamentary Monitoring Services. The book contains entries on over 250 political parties in the United Kingdom that have participated in parliamentary elections. It is structured alphabetically by entry, with size of each entry relative to the history and influence of the individual political party. Boothroyd includes information on the history and election statistics of each party, as well as a brief narrative. He focuses on the Conservative, Liberal, and Labour parties, the three parties with a significant history in British politics.