Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol

Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
Chairperson Paul Birch[1]
Founded 2015
Ideology Cannabis legalisation
Political position centre-left to centre
Website
cista.org
Politics of United Kingdom
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Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (CISTA) is a political party in the United Kingdom which advocates for the legalisation of cannabis. The party was launched in February 2015.[2] The party had candidates in the 2015 General Election campaigning for a Royal Commission to review the UK's drug laws relating to cannabis and push the economic argument for legalisation, which the party argues could generate £900 million in taxation.[3] None of the candidates won a seat.

Electoral performance

General election, 7 May 2015

The party contested 32 constituencies, with its largest share of the vote coming in East Londonderry with 527 (1.5%). Labour and Liberal Democrats did not participate within this constituency and the Conservatives came last with only 422 (1.2%) of the votes accepted.

Constituency Candidate Votes %
Bethnal Green & Bow Jonathan Dewey 303 0.5
Camberwell & Peckham Alexander Robertson 197 0.4
Cities of London & Westminster Edouard-Henri Desforges 160 0.4
Dundee, E Lesley Parker-Hamilton 225 0.5
East Londonderry Neil Paine 527 1.5
Eddisbury George Antar 301 0.6
Esher & Walton Matt Heenan 396 0.7
Glasgow, Central James Marris 171 0.4
Glasgow, N Russell Benson 154 0.4
Glasgow, NE Geoff Johnson 225 0.6
Glasgow, NW Chris MacKenzie 213 0.5
Great Yarmouth Sam Townley 167 0.4
Guildford Gerri Smyth 196 0.4
Hackney, S & Shoreditch Paul Birch 297 0.6
Holborn & St Pancras Shane O'Donnell 252 0.5
Inverclyde Craig Hamilton 233 0.5
Islington, S & Finsbury Jay Kirton 309 0.7
Kensington Tony Auguste 211 0.6
Leeds, W Matthew West 217 0.6
North Down Glenn Donnelly 338 0.9
Paisley & Renfrewshire, N Andy Doyle 202 0.4
Rutherglen & Hamilton, W Yvonne Maclean 336 0.6
Sheffield, SE Jen Battersby 207 0.5
Stoke-on-Trent, Central Ali Majid 244 0.8
Streatham Artificial Beast 192 0.4
Thurrock Jamie Barnes 244 0.5
Upper Bann Martin Kelly 460 1.0
Vale of Glamorgan Steve Reed 238 0.5
Vauxhall Louis Jensen 164 0.3
Wakefield Elliot Barr 283 0.7
West Tyrone Barry Brown 528 1.4
Woking Declan Wade 229 0.4

Source: BBC News Election 2015[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Interview: Paul Birch, founder of UK party for a review into cannabis law". The Mancunian. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Lamiat Sabin Cannabis party called Cista launched in UK to campaign for drug law reform ahead of elections The Independent 14 Feb 2015
  3. ↑ "New UK political party wants to make cannabis an election issue". The Guardian. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ↑ BBC News Election 2015. Results for Bethnal Green & Bow, Camberwell & Peckham, Cities of London & Westminster, Dundee East, East Londonderry, Eddisbury, Esher & Walton, Glasgow Central, Glasgow North, Glasgow North East, Glasgow North West, Great Yarmouth, Guildford, Hackney South & Shoreditch, Holborn & St Pancras, Inverclyde, Islington South & Finsbury, Kensington, Leeds West, North Down, Paisley & Renfrewshire, N, Rutherglen & Hamilton West, Sheffield South East, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Streatham, Thurrock, Upper Bann, Vale of Glamorgan , Vauxhall, Wakefield, West Tyrone, Woking

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