Northern Party
 Northern Party  (Political party)   | |
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| Formation | 2015 |
| Extinction | 2016 |
| Leaders | • Michael Dawson • Harold Elletson |
| IfS backed UK political party. Electoral flop. | |
The Northern Party was founded by Michael Dawson and the IfS member Harold Elletson.
Founding
Michael Dawson, a former Executive Committee member of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights, is the nephew of former MP for Lancaster Hilton Dawson who now runs the North East Party. At the launch of the party he said "We've been planning this for months. This is a Northern rebellion against a system that has failed the North."[1] The party argued for Northern England devolution of power to an autonomous Northern region, and for business investment and environmental protection.[2]
The party described its symbol as "a Norse raven, closely associated with the ancient kingdom of Northumbria (today's North of England) and the struggle for autonomy".[3]
Electoral history
The party stood candidates in five seats in Lancashire:[4]
- Morecambe and Lunesdale: Michael Dawson (85 votes). Dawson appeared on the ballot as an independent.[5]
- Lancaster and Fleetwood: Harold Elletson (174 votes). Elletson was the Conservative MP for Blackpool North 1992-1997.[6]
- Blackpool North and Cleveleys: James Walsh (57 votes). Walsh is an ecologist, former Green Party member,[4] and part of Frack Free Lancashire.[6]
- Fylde: Elizabeth Clarkson (230 votes). Clarkson had been a Conservative councillor in Preston.[7]
- Rossendale & Darwen: Shaun Hargreaves (45 votes). Hargreaves was previously in the Green Party.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-england-32167718
- ↑ http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/12910378.A_coastal_battle_at_Morecambe_and_Lunesdale/
- ↑ https://archive.today/20150426220038/http://www.northern.party/index.html
- ↑ a b c https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2015/apr/02/ex-tory-mp-forms-the-northern-party
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150419000417/http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/GetAsset.aspx?id=fAAxADEANQAzADQAfAB8AFQAcgB1AGUAfAB8ADAAfAA1
- ↑ a b http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/former-mp-to-fight-seat-1-7191500
- ↑ http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/ex-tory-explains-switch-decision-1-7207670}
