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This is a list of protests and protest movements in the United Kingdom. Protest in the UK has concerned issues such as suffrage in the 19th and early 20th centuries, parliamentary reform from the Chartists to the present day, poverty, wages and working conditions, fuel prices, war, human rights, immigration (both for and against), fathers' rights, LGBTQ rights and climate change. In Northern Ireland, protest marches have been particularly contentious, including Bloody Sunday.
Contents
- Marches by number
- Suffrage and democracy
- Poverty
- Labour disputes
- Rights
- Race and immigration
- Taxation
- Environment
- Animal rights
- War
- Nuclear
- Religion
- Art and culture
- Foreign policy
- Anti-capitalist/anti-globalisation
- Troubles in Northern Ireland
- Other
- Laws governing protest
- Policing
- Protest organisations
- Protest websites
- See also
Marches by number
| No | Date | Protest | Cause | Organisers | Location | Organisers' estimate | Police estimate (where known) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 February 2003 | Stop the War | Iraq | Stop the War coalition | London | 1,500,000 | 750,000 | |
| 2 | 23 March 2019 | Put it to the People march | Second EU referendum | People's Vote, European Movement UK, Open Britain | London | 1,200,000 | 400,000 | |
| 3 | 19 October 2019 | Let Us Be Heard | Second EU referendum | People's Vote, European Movement UK, Open Britain | London | 1,000,000 | N/A | |
| 4 | 20 October 2018 | People's Vote march | Second EU referendum | People's Vote, European Movement UK, Open Britain | London | 700,000 | 450,000 | |
| 5 | 23 September 2002 | Liberty & Livelihood | Hunting and countryside causes | Countryside Alliance | London | 407,791 | 400,000 | |
| 6 | 26 March 2011 | March for the Alternative | Cuts | Trade Union Congress (TUC) | London | 400,000 | 250,000 | |
| 7 | 22 October 1983 | CND march for peace | Nuclear weapons | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament | London | 400,000 | 200,000 | |
| 8 | 24 October 1981 | CND march for peace | Nuclear weapons | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament | London | 250,000 | 250,000 | |
| 9 | 23 November 1985 | Ulster Says No | Opposition to Anglo-Irish Agreement | Democratic Unionist Party, Ulster Unionist Party | Belfast | 200,000 | 100,000 | |
| 10 | 31 March 1990 | Poll tax | Poll tax | All Britain anti-Poll Tax Federation | London | 200,000 | 40,000 | |
| 11 | 22 May 2021 | PSC March for Palestine | Palestine | Palestine Solidarity Campaign | London | 180,000 | N/A | |
| 12 | 26 March 2022 | UK with Ukraine | Ukraine war | European Movement UK, Mayor of London | London | 150,000 | N/A | |
| 13 | 1 April 1961 | Aldermaston march | Nuclear weapons | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament | London to Berkshire | 150,000 | 150,000 | |
| 14 | 18 November 2001 | Stop the war | Afghanistan | Stop the war coalition | London | 100,000 | 15,000 | |
| 15 | 15 February 2003 | Stop the War | Iraq | Stop the War coalition | Glasgow | 100,000 | 50,000 | |
| 16 | 31 January 2009 | Tamil Eelam | Tamil rights | British Tamil Forum | London | 100,000 | 50,000 | |
| 17 | 17 March 1968 | Grosvenor Square, peace march | Vietnam War | Vietnam Solidarity Campaign | London | 80,000 | 10,000 | |
| 18 | 28 March 1959 | Aldermaston march | Nuclear weapons | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament | London to Berkshire | 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| 19 | 10 November 2010 | Fund Our Future: Stop Education Cuts | Education cuts | National Union of Students | London | 52,000 | 30,000 | |
| 20 | 28 February 2020 | Climate Strike | Climate Change | Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate | Bristol | 35,000 | 15,000 | |
| 21 | 28 March 2009 | March for Jobs, Justice & Climate | G20 | Put People First | London | 35,000 | 35,000 | |
Suffrage and democracy
- Chartists
- Suffragettes
- Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom
- Peterloo Massacre
- Reform League
Poverty
- 1920 blind march
- Merthyr Rising 1831
- Hunger marches, National Hunger March, 1932
- Jarrow March
- Make Poverty History
Labour disputes
- See Category:Labour disputes in the United Kingdom
- 1842 General Strike
- Welsh coal strike of 1898
- Tonypandy Riot
- British police strikes in 1918 and 1919
- Battle of George Square
- 1926 United Kingdom general strike
- Invergordon Mutiny
- Three-Day Week
- Grunwick dispute
- Winter of Discontent
- UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
- Battle of Orgreave
- Wapping dispute
- Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98)
- 2002-2003 UK firefighter dispute
- Gate Gourmet#Disputes and strike action.
- 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes
Rights
- 1994 Criminal Justice Bill protests
- Fathers 4 Justice
- Gay Liberation Front
- OutRage!
- Feminist history in the United Kingdom
- 1990 Strangeways Prison riot
- Gurkha Justice Campaign
- 2010 UK student protests
- George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom
- COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests in the United Kingdom
Race and immigration
- See also Category:Race riots in the United Kingdom
- Battle of Cable Street
- Bristol Bus Boycott, 1963
- Battle of Lewisham
- Anti-Nazi League
- Rock Against Racism
- Unite Against Fascism
- Anti-Fascist Action
- Blair Peach
- Kevin Gately
- George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom
Taxation
- Poll Tax Riots
- UK fuel protests
- Rebecca Riots
- Poplar Rates Rebellion
- UK Uncut
Environment
- Campaign against Climate Change
- Road protest in the United Kingdom
- List of road protests in the UK and Ireland
- Twyford Down
- Newbury bypass
- Camp for Climate Action
- Reclaim The Streets
- Swampy
- Plane Stupid
- Stop Esso campaign
- Frack Off
- Extinction Rebellion
- Insulate Britain
- Just Stop Oil
- Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate
- Extinction Rebellion Youth
Animal rights
- Hunt sabotage
- Countryside Alliance's Liberty & Livelihood March in September 2002, with 400,000 marchers.
- 2004 invasion of Parliament by pro-hunting protesters
- Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
- Pro-Test
War
Main page: Peace movement#United Kingdom
- Anti-Vietnam War Grosvenor Square riot
- Protests of 1968
- Conscientious objectors
- Stop the War Coalition
- Brian Haw
- Protest against the Iraq War in London, 15 February 2003
- Protests against the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- 'UK with Ukraine', March 2022 march and protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine attracted 150,000 people
Nuclear
- Committee of 100 (United Kingdom)
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
- Faslane Peace Camp
Religion
- Islamist demonstration outside Danish Embassy in London in 2006
- Jenny Geddes
- Prayer Book Rebellion
- Pilgrimage of Grace
- Protests against Jerry Springer: The Opera
- The Satanic Verses controversy
Art and culture
- Stuckist demonstrations
- State Britain
- British protest songs
- Mark McGowan
- K Foundation
Foreign policy
- Israel lobby in the United Kingdom
- 2009 Tamil diaspora protests
- 2008 Olympic torch relay protests
- 2008 Pro-Tibetan protests
- 2008-2009 Gaza War protests
- Global Day of Action for Burma
Anti-capitalist/anti-globalisation
- 2009 G-20 London summit protests
- Carnival Against Capitalism
- 2005 G8 protests in Gleneagles
- Stop the City
- May Day protests since 2000
- Occupy movement in the United Kingdom
Troubles in Northern Ireland
Main page: The Troubles
- Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
- 1969 Northern Ireland Riots
- Battle of the Bogside
- Parades in Northern Ireland
- Drumcree conflict
- Bloody Sunday
- Blanket protest
- Dirty protest
- 1981 Irish hunger strike
- Ulster Says No
Other
- Bedroom Tax protests (2013-?)
- Red Clydeside
- Luddites
- Swing Riots
- Radical War
- Tolpuddle Martyrs
- Temperance movement
- Skeleton Army
- "Put It To The People" anti-Brexit march (2019)
Laws governing protest
- Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, or SOCPA
- Public Order Act 1936
- Public Order Act 1963
- Public Order Act 1986
- Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
- Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom
- Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006
- Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 - Wide-ranging stop and search
- Terrorism Act 2006
- Section 76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 - prohibiting photography of the police at certain times.
- Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
- Sedition#United Kingdom
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Policing
- Police stop, search, detention and arrest powers in the United Kingdom
- Territorial Support Group
- Special Patrol Group
- Forward Intelligence Team
- Kettling
- National Public Order Intelligence Unit
- National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
Protest organisations
- London Action Resource Centre
- SchNEWS
- People's Assembly Against Austerity
- Extinction Rebellion
- Black Lives Matter
Protest websites
- Urban75
- Indymedia and Bristol Indymedia
See also
- Civil liberties in the United Kingdom
- History of radicalism in the United Kingdom
- Lobbying in the United Kingdom
- Category:Political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom
- Speakers' Corner
- Category:Riots and civil disorder in the United Kingdom
- Renouncing a British honour
- Student activism in the UK
- Category:Rebellions in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- Category:British activists
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