4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP)

4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP)

Leader	Dirk Hazell
Headquarters	Office 103, 405 Kings Road, London, SW10 0BB
Ideology	Conservatism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party
Colours	Blue, gold and red
Website
www.4freedomsparty.eu
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The 4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP) is a pro-European Union, centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. It first contested an election at the 2014 European Parliament elections.^[1]

The party is critical of the Conservative Party's departure from the European People's Party in 2009 and opposes calls for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. It positions itself as a conservative, pro-European alternative to the Conservative Party and the UK Independence Party, who it condemns as "Britain's hard right".^[2] The party calls for EU reform and a greater focus on jobs and training.^[3] It expresses support for Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms, in addition to the EU's Four Freedoms.^[4] The party leader is Dirk Hazell, who is a former Conservative councillor^[5] and has previously been a candidate for the Liberal Democrats.

In 2014, the party fielded candidates for the European election in the London constituency only.^[6] It polled a total of 28,014 votes across the city and failed to win any seats.

References

↑ Rogal, Andreas. "New UK centre-right party aims to fill UK gap in EPP". Europolitics. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
↑ Vincenti, Daniela. "New UK EPP party vows to be the alternative to Tories, UKIP". EurActiv. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
↑ "European elections: 4 Freedoms Party on EPP allies". BBC News. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
↑ Vincenti, Daniela. "Hazell: 'We must challenge UKIP’s anti-EU fear mongers'". EurActiv. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
↑ "Who we are". 4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP). Retrieved 17 May 2014.
↑ "European elections: Party-by-party guide". BBC News. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

External links

Official website

Political parties in the United Kingdom

House of Commons (650)	Conservative (330) Labour (231, including 24 Labour Co-operative)* Scottish National (54) Democratic Unionist (8) Liberal Democrats (8) Sinn Féin^† (4) Plaid Cymru (3) Social Democratic and Labour (3) Ulster Unionist (2) Green (1) Independent (4) UKIP (1) Speaker (1)

House of Lords (822)	Conservative (251) Labour (213) Crossbenchers (179) Liberal Democrats (111) Lords Spiritual (26) Democratic Unionist (4) UKIP (3) Plaid Cymru (2) Ulster Unionist (2) Green (E&W) (1) Independent Labour (2) Independent Liberal Democrat (1) Independent Social Democrat (1) Independent Ulster Unionist (1) Non-affiliated (25)

Scottish Parliament (129)	Scottish National (64) Labour (38) Conservatives (15) Liberal Democrats (5) Independent (4) Scottish Green (2) Vacant (1)

National Assembly for Wales (60)	Labour (30) Conservatives (14) Plaid Cymru (11) Liberal Democrats (5)

Northern Ireland Assembly (108)	Democratic Unionist (38) Sinn Féin (29) Social Democratic and Labour (14) Ulster Unionist (13) Alliance (8) Independent (2) Green (NI) (1) NI21 (1) Traditional Unionist Voice (1) UKIP (1)

London Assembly (25)	London Labour (12) London Conservative (9) London Green (2) London Liberal Democrats (2)

European Parliament (73 of 751)	UKIP (EFDD, 22) Conservative (ECR, 20) Labour (S&D, 20) Green (Greens/EFA, 3) Scottish National (Greens/EFA, 2) Democratic Unionist (Non-inscrits, 1) Independent (ENF, 1) Liberal Democrats (ALDE, 1) Plaid Cymru (Greens/EFA), 1) Sinn Féin (GUE/NGL, 1) Ulster Unionist (ECR, 1)

Other national and regional parties	Britain First British Democratic British National Christian Christian Peoples Alliance English Democrats Independence from Europe Liberal Mebyon Kernow National Front National Health Action National Liberal Official Monster Raving Loony Progressive Unionist Respect Scottish Socialist Socialist Alternative^§ Socialist (GB) Socialist Labour Socialist Workers^§ Yorkshire First

Notes: *Co-operative Party candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as "Labour and Co-operative Party" candidates. ^†Although Sinn Féin have elected members and offices at Westminster, they are abstentionist and therefore do not take their seats. ^§Some candidates stand as "Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition" candidates.

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