Young English Democrats
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The English Democrats
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| Chairman | Robin Tilbrook |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Quires Green Ongar CM5 0QP |
| Youth wing | Young English Democrats |
| Membership (2015) | 2,500 |
| Ideology |
English nationalism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing to Far-right |
| National affiliation | Alliance for Democracy |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours |
Red and white |
| Website | |
| www.englishdemocrats.org | |
The English Democrats is an English nationalist political party in England.
The party proposes a devolved English Parliament, and has suggested that England should become an independent country. It presents itself as an English equivalent to the Scottish National Party, though the Scottish National Party is generally considered to be a centre-left party, whereas the English Democrats are on the right of the political spectrum. The English Democrats have welcomed defectors from the far-right British National Party into leadership roles and former members of the party have criticised informal links with other far-right organisations, though party leader Robin Tilbrook has stated that party members are expected to pledge their opposition to racism.
The party has had limited electoral success and has been regarded by some as a fringe party. At the English local elections in June 2009, the party's candidate Peter Davies won the mayoral election for the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. However, he announced his resignation from the party on 5 February 2013.
In 1998, in response to calls for the devolution of power to Scotland and Wales, Robin Tilbrook aimed at reforming the defunct English National Party, which had ceased operating in 1981. This project included members of the Campaign for an English Parliament, a pressure group that lobbies for a devolved English Parliament. The party was relaunched as the "English Democrats" in September 2002, after merging with several other smaller political parties. In October 2004 the party merged with the Reform UK Party, which was a small splinter group from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). The New England Party merged with the English Democrats in February 2007.
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