Democratic Party (UK, 1969)

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The Democratic Party was formed in May 1969 by Desmond Donnelly, who had been a Labour MP, but had resigned the whip in January 1968 and been expelled by the party two months later. His Constituency Labour Party supported him, and they were disaffiliated from the party along with Donnelly's expulsion.

The party had an anti-socialist agenda and supported UK intervention in the Vietnam War. They fought two by-elections and five seats in the 1970 general election, although only Donnelly polled a significant number of votes.

The party wound up when in April 1971 Donnelly joined the Conservative Party.