British People's Party (2015)

The British People's Party, officially registered as the British People's Party - Unity, Equality, Freedom, was a British political party that was registered with the Electoral Commission and launched in December 2015.[1] It ceased to exist in 2016.

British People's Party
FoundedDecember 2015
Dissolved2016
IdeologyNationalism
Euroscepticism
Unionism
Website
British People's Party

The party advocated British unionism, Euroscepticism, British republicanism, social justice, economic democracy, internationalism, humanitarianism and environmentalism.

Electoral performance

Ben Marshall, a member of the Pilsley Parish Council, joined the party the day after its launch to become its first councillor.[2]

The party's first electoral contest was for a parish council by-election in Kintbury on 21 January 2016,[3] winning 31 votes (8.2%).[4]

The party unsuccessfully contested the North East Derbyshire District Council by-election in Tupton ward on 15 September 2016.[5]

References
  1. Electoral Commission searchable registration database
  2. "Pilsley Parish Councillors"
  3. William Walker, "By-election to be held for vacant Kintbury Parish Council seat", Newbury Today, 13 January 2016
  4. William Walker, "Kintbury Parish Council Election Winner Announced", Newbury Today, 25 January 2016
  5. North East Derbyshire District Council, "Statement of Persons Nominated" Archived 2016-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.