New Britain Party
New Britain was a minor British right-wing political party founded by Dennis Delderfield in 1976.[1] The party was de-registered in November 2008.[2]
Founding
It was led from its creation by Dennis Delderfield, a former Common Councilman of the City of London[1] and editor of the City of London & Dockland Times.[3] In 1980, the party absorbed the anti-immigration United Country Party,[1] which had been chaired by TV astronomer Patrick Moore.[4] Around this time it also absorbed a small anti-devolution group called the Keep Britain United Party.[1] This party had contested a single seat (Carmarthen) in the 1979 general election.[5][6]
Positions
New Britain was described as an "avowedly racist party" by The Observer.[7] It campaigned for the return of capital punishment, and was supported by the Christian Affirmation Campaign, a right-wing traditionalist movement[8] opposed to what it saw as the World Council of Churches' support for Communist regimes in Africa.[1] Delderfield signed a letter in 2000 that argued that "suburb after suburb and town after town across the land have been taken over by Asians, Africans and Afro-Caribbeans.... In the not too distant future they will have direct control in many areas."[7][9]
Electoral history
The party became active participants in by-elections, contesting those held in City of London and Westminster, Beaconsfield, Penrith and the Border and Bermondsey,[10] as well as putting up two candidates in the general elections of 1979 and 1983. Its best performance was at the Bournemouth East by-election of November 1977, but the party's candidate in the Ilford North by-election of March 1978 was revealed to be a convicted child abuser after nominations had closed, and his endorsement was withdrawn.[1]
In the 1994 European Parliament election, the last to be held under first-past-the-post, it achieved moderate success, saving its deposit in one seat and nearly doing so in another.[1]
In the 2010 general election, former chairman Dennis Delderfield stood as an independent candidate in the Cities of London and Westminster Parliamentary constituency, from the contact address listed on the New Britain website.[11]
Membership
Some former members later joined the United Kingdom Independence Party, including Mike Nattrass, later a Member of the European Parliament for UKIP, who stood as New Britain candidate in the Dudley West by-election of 1994, gaining 146 votes. His fellow UKIP MEP Jeffrey Titford was also a briefly a member after the Referendum Party folded.[12][13] Another UKIP candidate, Brian Smalley, joined in 1994 and was a member of the national committee.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Boothroyd, David, Politicos Guide to the History of British Political Parties (2001), p. 207.
- ^ List of renamed or deregistered parties since 2002 Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Electoral Commission
- ^ "City of London & Dockland Times". Media UK. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ Verkaik, Robert (8 May 2007). "Moore joins ranks of grumpy old men with claim that BBC 'is run by women'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ UK General Election, May 1979: Party Vote and Lost deposits
- ^ "UK General Election results May 1979". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ a b Rayner, Jay (21 May 2000). "Far Right invades anti-Europe party". The Observer. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "Catholic Herald - Archives".
- ^ Sullivan, Martin (2004). "Brownshirts in Blazers? The Rise of UKIP". What Next. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ Tatchell, Peter (1983). The battle for Bermondsey. Heretic Books. ISBN 0-946097-11-9.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The true face of a party which wants us out of Europe (Or 10 things the UKIP don't want you to know about them)". The Independent. 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ Daniel, Mark (2005). Cranks and gadflies: the story of UKIP. Timewell Press. ISBN 1-85725-209-8.
- v
- t
- e
- British Brothers' League
- British Fascists
- British People's Party
- British Union of Fascists
- The Britons
- Britons Publishing Society
- English Array
- English Mistery
- English National Association
- Imperial Fascist League
- The Link
- Militant Christian Patriots
- National Fascisti
- National Party
- National Socialist League
- Nordic League
- Right Club
post-1945 groups
- British Democratic Party
- British Empire Party
- British Freedom Party
- British People's Party
- British League of Ex-Servicemen and Women
- British League of Rights
- British National Party
- Column 88
- Conservative Democratic Alliance
- Constitutional Movement
- England First Party
- European Liberation Front
- Flag Group
- For Britain
- Football Lads Alliance
- Greater Britain Movement
- International Third Position
- League of Empire Loyalists
- Liberty GB
- National Democratic Party
- National Democrats
- National Fellowship
- National Independence Party
- National Labour Party
- National Party
- National Socialist Action Party
- National Socialist Movement
- National Socialist Movement
- Nationalist Alliance
- New Britain Party
- New Nationalist Party
- Northern League
- Official National Front
- Patriotic Party
- Racial Preservation Society
- Revolutionary Conservative Caucus
- Spearhead
- Union Movement
- United Country Party
- White Defence League
- White Nationalist Party
- Western Goals Institute
- Blood & Honour
- Britain First
- British Democratic Party
- British Movement
- British National Party (BNP Youth)
- Christian Council of Britain
- Combat 18
- English Defence League
- English Democrats (some members)
- Friends of Oswald Mosley
- Homeland Party
- League of Saint George
- London Forum
- National Action
- National Front
- National Liberal Party
- November 9th Society
- Patriotic Alternative
- Protestant Coalition
- Pie and Mash squad
- Order of Nine Angles
- Racial Volunteer Force
- Sonnenkrieg Division
- Stop Islamisation of Europe
- Traditional Britain Group
- Mary Sophia Allen
- John Amery
- Henry Hamilton Beamish
- John Beckett
- Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford
- R. B. D. Blakeney
- A. K. Chesterton
- John Henry Clarke
- Thomas Haller Cooper
- Barry Domvile
- Henry Drummond Wolff
- Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll
- William Evans-Gordon
- Robert Forgan
- Rolf Gardiner
- Patrick Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow
- Harold Elsdale Goad
- Reginald Goodall
- Robert Gordon-Canning
- Louis Greig
- Neil Francis Hawkins
- J. F. C. Fuller
- William Joyce
- Arnold Leese
- Rotha Lintorn-Orman
- Frank McLardy
- Unity Mitford
- Diana Mosley
- Cynthia Mosley
- Oswald Mosley
- Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth
- Archibald Maule Ramsay
- David Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale
- Alliott Verdon Roe
- Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford
- Alexander Raven Thomson
- Graham Seton Hutchison
- Herbert Vivian
- Charlie Watts
- Nesta Helen Webster
- Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington
- Henry Williamson
- Ormonde Winter
- Francis Yeats-Brown
- Ian Anderson
- Richard Barnbrook
- A. F. X. Baron
- James Larratt Battersby
- Derek Beackon
- John Bean
- Carl Benjamin
- Jane, Lady Birdwood
- Jonathan Bowden
- Andrew Brons
- Kevin Bryan
- Jack Buckby
- Eddy Butler
- A. K. Chesterton
- Mark Collett
- David Copeland
- Mark Cotterill
- Nicky Crane
- Simon Darby
- Sharon Ebanks
- Richard Edmonds
- Jim Dowson
- Andrew Fountaine
- Jayda Fransen
- Paul Golding
- Nick Griffin
- Jeffrey Hamm
- Anthony Hancock
- Patrick Harrington
- Ray Hill
- Derek Holland
- Tom Holmes
- Katie Hopkins
- David Irving
- Colin Jordan
- Raheem Kassam
- Arthur Kemp
- Alex Kurtagić
- John Kingsley Read
- Alan Lake
- Richard Lawson
- Tony Lecomber
- Michael McLaughlin
- Eddy Morrison
- John Morse
- David Myatt
- John O'Brien
- Roy Painter
- Neema Parvini
- Denis Pirie
- Kevin Quinn
- Anthony Reed Herbert
- Robert Relf
- Jack Renshaw
- Colin Robertson
- Tommy Robinson
- Robert Row
- Simon Sheppard
- Kenny Smith
- Troy Southgate
- Ian Stuart Donaldson
- Keith Thompson
- John Tyndall
- Richard Verrall
- Adam Walker
- Anne Marie Waters
- Paul Joseph Watson
- Martin Webster
- Robert West
- Paul Weston
- Graham Williamson
- Martin Wingfield
- John Graeme Wood
- Milo Yiannopoulos
- Candour
- Redwatch