what is the whig party definition
This article is about the British former political faction. For the modern party of the same name, see Whig Party (British political party). Part of a series on. The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and 1850s, they contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute monarchy.