Country: | the United Kingdom |
Advance Together | |
Ideology: | Social liberalism Subsidiarity Reformism Pro-Europeanism |
Headquarters: | London SW4 4EY[1] |
Founded: | 2017 |
Dissolved: | 2020 |
Position: | Centre[2] |
Advance Together (often shortened to Advance) was a British political party. The party was led by Annabel Mullin, a former Liberal Democrat member and parliamentary candidate for Kensington.[3] It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 22 February 2018. Party officials were named as Mullin (leader) and Peter Marshall (nominating officer).[1] It formed an alliance with the Renew Party in late 2018, with Mullin joining the leadership team and for a time becoming leader of Renew.
The party was founded shortly after the Grenfell Tower fire,[4] with aims for more accountability in the council.[5] The party contested the 2018 local elections in the Borough, winning 2.4% of the vote but failing to win any seats.[6]
In September 2018, the party announced it was forming an alliance with the pro-European and centrist Renew Party, with Annabel Mullin joining their leadership team[7] and serving as leader until June 2019.[8]
The party fielded five candidates at the 2019 general election.[9]
In December 2019, Advance received a £20,000 donation from Our Future Our Choice.[2]
The party was voluntarily deregistered on 1 October 2020.[10]
In the 2018 local elections the party fielded 14 candidates in 12 wards in Kensington and Chelsea, receiving a total of 2,357 votes, or approximately 2.4% of the total vote.[11]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chipping Barnet | John Sheffield | 71 | 0.1[12] | |
Esher and Walton | Kyle Taylor | 52 | 0.1[13] | |
Hitchin and Harpenden | Peter Marshall | 101 | 0.2[14] | |
Mid Sussex | Brett Mortensen | 47 | 0.1[15] | |
Wokingham | Annabel Mullin | 80 | 0.1[16] |