Operation Christian Vote

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Operation Christian Vote (OCV) was a minor British Political Party founded in May 2004. It is based in Ilford, London and its leader was The Rev. James George Hargreaves.^[1] The party morphed into the Christian Party at the end of 2005 and has stood under the name since.

The party contested the 2004 European Elections in the Scotland constituency^[2], gaining 1.8% of the popular vote. The Rev. Mr Hargreaves claims to be the only Afro-Caribbean leader of any party which contested these elections.

OCV aims to give the Christian Right an opportunity to turn their vote into a voice for Christ. It takes a strongly Pro-Life, and Anti-Gay stance. Its opposition^[3] on the European Union was encapsulated by its leader as "If God's not in it, we don’t want it!"

The group has been involved in protests, such as at Glasgow.^[4]

[edit] Electoral history

The Rev. Hargreaves was a candidate in the Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election, where he received 90 votes, last place in a field of seven candidates, and lost his deposit. In the 2005 general election, Hargreaves stood in Na h-Eileanan an Iar, where he placed 4th, ahead of the Conservatives, and retained his deposit with 1,048 votes, or 7.6%. He stood under a different party name, "Scottish Christian Party", in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006 where he received 411 votes and again lost his deposit.

Candidates from the party stood in Sedgefield by-election, 2007 and Ealing Southall by-election, 2007.

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