Senior Citizens Party

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Logo of the Senior Citizens Party

The Senior Citizens Party is a political party in the United Kingdom, which focuses on the rights of people over-50.

The party was founded in January 2004 by Grahame Leon-Smith, now the party leader, and Terry Pattinson. They claim that they had previously been lifelong Conservative and Labour Party voters respectively, but had become disillusioned by the breaking of the link between pensions and average earnings by the Tories and Labour's failure to restore it. They also campaign against council tax, proposing a local income tax.

The party won 42,861 votes in the European Parliament election, 2004 and stood candidates against Tony Blair and Michael Howard in the 2005 UK general election. They claim a membership of several thousand people. In the run up to the 2005 General Election the Senior Citizens Party had meetings discussing an Electoral Alliance with the English Democrats.

According to their Electoral Commission registration, the leader, nominating officer and treasurer is Leon-Smith, whilst Pattinston is Campaigns Officers. Their accounts filed for the year 2004 indicate that they had "approximately 4,000 members and associate members". The annual membership fee is £12, but associate members do not pay anything. The ratio of full to associate members is not specified.^[1].