Peace Party (UK)

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Peace Party

Leader	John Morris
Chairman	Geoff Pay
Founded	1996 (1996)
Headquarters	Guildford
Ideology	Environmentalism, Pacifism,
Colours	Rainbow
Local government	1 / 21,259
Website
www.peaceparty.org.uk

The Peace Party is a small political party within the United Kingdom which presents an avowedly pacifist and environmentalist platform.

History

The party was founded in 1996 as the Pacifist Party by a group of activists in Guildford, Surrey. It was registered with the Electoral Commission in 2001 as "The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment".

The Party stood one candidate, John Morris, in the 1997 and 2001 general elections in the Guildford constituency, and two in the 2005 election with Caroline O'Reilly also standing in Brighton Kemptown. It fielded nine candidates in the South East England constituency during the 2004 European election,^[1] gaining 12,572 votes. This was equivalent to 0.6% of the votes cast in the South East and more than three other parties.^[2] The Party has also stood in a number of local elections in Dartford, Kent, Horsham, West Sussex and Guildford.

The party fielded three candidates in the 2010 general election, who won a total of 737 votes.

The Peace Party gained its first councillor in November 2012. Imdad Hussain, in Bradford, joined after being suspended from the Labour Party for failing to declare a company directorship. He stood for the party in the Middlesbrough by-election, 2012^[3] receiving 1,060 votes (6.3%), only 3 votes fewer than the Conservative candidate.

Policies

A list of the Peace Party's policies can be directly viewed on their website under the heading 'Policies'. For more detailed information, please download the 'Peace Party Charter, Second Edition, 2012' under the 'Downloads' heading on their website.

References

↑ "European elections: The manifestos". BBC News (London: British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-06-01. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
↑ "European Election: South East Result". BBC News (London: British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-06-14. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
↑ "Bradford councillor resigns from Labour party", Bradford Telegraph and Argus, 6 November 2012

External links

Peace Party website

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