List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom
- 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.
There are lots of different pressure groups around the world. This is a list of pressure groups in the United Kingdom. These pressure groups, based on their relationship with United Kingdom policy makers, 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.
Cause
Cause, promotional or attitude groups aim to change opinions and attitudes.
Animal welfare and animal rights
- British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
- Hunt Saboteurs Association
- League Against Cruel Sports
- OneKind
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals
Business
- Association of British Insurers (ABI)
- British Bankers' Association (BBA)
- British Chambers of Commerce (BCC)
- Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
- Corporate Watch
- Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
- TheCityUK
- Mediawatch-uk
- London First
Cultural
- British Deaf Association
- British Stammering Association
- Countryside Alliance
- Saddleworth White Rose Society
- Welsh Language Society
- Yorkshire Ridings Society
Environmental
- Campaign for Better Transport
- Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
- Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Climate Camp
- Greenpeace (independent of any government or business figure)
- 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
- Rights Of Way Alliance Neath (Rowan)
- Rowers Against Thames Sewage (RATS)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Waste Watch
- Women's Environmental Network
- World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
Family relationships
- Fathers' rights movement in the UK
- Mothers Apart from Their Children
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Abortion
- Pro-choice
- British Pregnancy Advisory Service
- Marie Stopes International
- Family Planning Association
- Abortion Rights
- Abortion Support Network
- Pro-life
Food
- Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
- The Food Commission
- Sustain - alliance for better food and farming land owners
Human rights
- Amnesty International
- Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
- JUSTICE
- Liberty
- Survival International
LGBT 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
- Campaign Against Arms Trade
- Campaign Against Censorship
- Campaign for Freedom of Information
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
- Celtic League
- Charter88 (merged with the New Politics Network to form Unlock Democracy in 2007)
- Electoral Reform Society
- English Defence League
- 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
- TalkPolitics
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
- 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
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)