An Independence from Europe
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Independence from Europe
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| Leader | Mike Nattrass |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Ideology |
Euroscepticism Right-wing populism Toryism Pro-Brexit National conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | None |
| House of Commons |
0 / 650
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| House of Lords |
0 / 754
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| European Parliament |
0 / 73
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| Local government |
3 / 21,871
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| Website | |
| www |
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Independence from Europe is a British political party launched in 2012 by Mike Nattrass MEP following his deselection as a candidate by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and subsequent departure from the party.
Nattrass was elected as an MEP for UKIP in 2004, but was deselected by the party in 2013 and subsequently left it. He launched a new party, under the name An Independence Party, in November 2013. The Electoral Commission records that Nattrass registered the party name An Independence from Europe on 20 June 2012 and records annual financial statement for the party filed until 2014.
The party has three councillors on Lincolnshire County Council, who had been elected as UKIP candidates but defected.
The party stood a full slate of candidates in all the English regions at the 2014 European Parliament elections under the name An Independence from Europe. Candidates included Laurence Stassen, a sitting independent MEP in the Netherlands, who was elected there as a candidate for the Party for Freedom; she stood in South East England as the number one candidate.
The similarity of the name and the party's description as 'United Kingdom Independence' has led UKIP to complain to the Electoral Commission. A spokesman for the Commission said that An Independence from Europe's name or self-description are not confusing or offensive, and are thus allowed.
Its first electoral test was at the 2014 European Parliament election, where the party collected just under 1.5% of the national vote and failed to win any seats.
Chris Pain, suspended by UKIP in 2013 and later expelled, stood for the party in the 2015 general election in Boston and Skegness.
The party was required, by the Electoral Commission, to change its name to the less-confusing 'Independence from Europe'.
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