Heritage Party (UK)
Heritage Party | |
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| File:Heritage Party Logo.png | |
| Leader | David Kurten |
| Founder | David Kurten |
| Founded | 21st October 2020 |
| Split from | UK Independence Party |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Website | |
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Heritage Party is a UK political party founded in October 2020 when London Assembly Member David Kurten left the UK Independence Party in October 2020 to form the party. [1] Kurten is also a member of Brexit Alliance, a British Nationalist and euroscepticism political technical group, a group he himself formed in 2018 with fellow UKIP member Peter Whittle.
History[edit]
Party founder David Kurten confronted London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the London Assembly on his plan for gender neutral public toilets,[2] and as a Brexit campaigner he opposed Khan's support for the EU and call for a second referendum.[3] In January 2020, Kurten announced he would be running as an independent candidate in the upcoming London mayoral and London Assembly elections (then scheduled for May 2020, but both elections were postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic).[4] Kurten founded the political party, and the party was registered with the Electoral Commission that October.[5][6] Kurten discussed prospects for the Heritage Party with Mike Graham on TalkRadio.[7] In December 2020, Kurten rejected a COVID-19 vaccine, and was denounced by the Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey, who saw this as irresponsible for an elected politician.[8] Lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom have been condemned by Kurten, who is the only elected politician in the UK who has regularly attended the Freedom Rallies, a series of protests against government measures to combat the pandemic.[9]
Elections[edit]
2021 Hartlepool by-election[edit]
In the 2021 Hartlepool by-election, the party got 468 votes out of 29,933, 1.6% of the total votes, coming fourth out of sixteen candidates, and beating both the Greens (sixth place) and the Lib Dems (seventh place). The eltion was won by Jill Mortimer for the Conservatives
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jill Mortimer | 15,529 | 51.9 | +23.0 | |
| Labour | Paul Williams | 8,589 | 28.7 | -9.0 | |
| Independent | Sam Lee | 2,904 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Claire Martin | 468 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Reform UK | John Prescott[lower-alpha 1] | 368 | 1.2 | -24.6 | |
| Green | Rachel Featherstone | 358 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Hagon | 349 | 1.2 | -2.9 | |
| Independent | Thelma Walker[lower-alpha 2] | 250 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| No description | Chris Killick | 248 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| North East | Hilton Dawson | 163 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | W. Ralph Ward-Jackson | 157 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Women's Equality | Gemma Evans | 140 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Adam Gaines | 126 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| SDP | David Bettney | 108 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | The Incredible Flying Brick | 104 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Freedom Alliance | Steve Jack | 72 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,940 | 23.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29,933 | 42.7 | -15.2 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 16.0% | |||
2021 Batley and Spen by-election[edit]
In the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election, the party got 33 votes out of 37,786, 0.09% of the total votes, coming last out of sixteen candidates, the election was won for Labour by Kim Leadbeater, the sister of Jo Cox, the previous constituency MP, who was murdered in 2016.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kim Leadbeater | 13,296 | 35.19 | -7.50 | |
| Conservative | Ryan Stephenson | 12,973 | 34.33 | -1.70 | |
| Workers Party | George Galloway | 8,264 | 21.87 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tom Gordon | 1,254 | 3.32 | -1.33 | |
| Yorkshire Party | Corey Robinson | 816 | 2.16 | N/A | |
| English Democrat | Thérèse Hirst | 207 | 0.55 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Jack Thomson | 151 | 0.40 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 107 | 0.28 | N/A | |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | Mike Davies | 104 | 0.28 | N/A | |
| CPA | Paul Bickerdike | 102 | 0.27 | N/A | |
| Freedom Alliance | Jonathon Tilt | 100 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| For Britain | Anne Marie Waters | 97 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| Rejoin EU | Andrew Smith | 75 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| SDP | Ollie Purser | 66 | 0.17 | N/A | |
| Independent | Jayda Fransen | 50 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Susan Laird | 33 | 0.09 | N/A | |
| Majority | 323 | 0.85 | -5.81 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 83 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 37,786 | 47.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.90 | |||
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Not the Labour politician with the same name
- ↑ Walker is a member of and endorsed by the Northern Independence Party, but appears on the ballot as an Independent due to that party not being registered with the Electoral Commission.
Citations[edit]
- ↑ "View registration - The Electoral Commission". search.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ↑ "Mayor unveils plans for gender neutral public toilets in London". Evening Standard. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ↑ Anonymous (2018-10-09). "Brexit". Mayor's Question Time. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ↑ Mathewson, Jessie. "David Kurten announces run for Mayor of London". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ↑ "HERITAGE PARTY - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ↑ "View current applications | Electoral Commission". 18 July 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020.
- ↑ TalkRadio (29 September 2020). "London mayor candidate: 'I'm astounded Sadiq Khan wants to shut the city down'". YouTube.
- ↑ Sleigh, Sophia; Dunne, John (2020-12-28). "London Assembly member David Kurten slammed for 'anti-vax' comments". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Prosser, Ryan (29 January 2021). "London Mayor Heritage Party candidate David Kurten criticises COVID chaos". SWLondoner. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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