Something New (political party)
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| Leader | Dr James Smith |
| Nominating Officer | Paul Robinson |
| Founded | October 2014 |
| Headquarters | Vesta House, 4 Liberty Bridge Road, London |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Black and white |
| Slogan | Bringing British democracy into the 21st century |
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| www.somethingnew.org.uk | |
Something New is a political party in England, founded in October 2014. The party is primarily based on the concept of an open-source manifesto, which means that it could be described as a party of the radical centre, as it combines ideas from the left and right of politics. It could also be described as syncretic. As such, Something New has no fixed ideology and instead believes in evidence-based policy creation.
The party stood two candidates at the 2017 general election in Horsham and Ross, Skye and Lochaber, winning 0.6% and 0.5% of the vote respectively.
Something New was founded in 2013, and was revived in October 2014. The party was registered with the Electoral Commission on 12 March 2015, naming Dr Raymond James Smith as its Leader, Alexander Hilton as its Treasurer and Paul Robinson as its Nominating Officer. Hilton had been the Treasurer and Nominating Officer for the first incarnation of Something New in 2013.
At the 2015 general election, James Smith, who works as a software developer at the Open Data Institute, stood for election in Horsham, which was the constituency of Francis Maude, although he stepped down ahead of the election. Smith, in his election campaign, held a series of meetings with constituents in order to "give people a choice and increase the level of debate." Smith raised the money for his campaign through the use of the crowdfunding website, Crowdfunder, and in 27 hours had already raised the £500 for his election deposit. Following the ITV Leaders' Debate on 2 April 2015, Smith filmed his own responses to the questions that were put to the leaders and posted it on YouTube.
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