Constitutional Movement

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The Constitutional Movement was a right wing political group in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1979 by Andrew Fountaine as the National Front Constitutional Movement, a splinter group from the British National Front. Offering a more moderate alternative to the NF, the Constitutional Movement claimed to have 2000 members by 1980.

Despite its early promise, the Constitutional Movement soon began to flounder, particularly after Fountaine called an end to his political career in 1981.

In 1982, it lost many members to the newly-formed British National Party.

After it changed its name to the Nationalist Party, it contested only five seats in the 1983 general election. It performed very poorly, and made its last appearance in a 1984 by-election in the Southgate constituency, polling only 80 votes in a seat won by Michael Portillo. The party was gone soon after this, with most of the members joining the British National Party.

During its lifetime the Movement produced a newspaper, Frontline News.

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