We Demand a Referendum Now explained

Country:the United Kingdom
We Demand a Referendum Now
Leader:Nikki Sinclaire
Foundation:2012
Dissolution:2014[1]
Ideology:Euroscepticism
Colours:Teal/Purple
Website:http://www.letthepeopledecide.eu
Colorcode:teal

We Demand a Referendum Now (WDARN) was a minor British political party, launched by independent Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nikki Sinclaire in June 2012, following her departure from the UK Independence Party (UKIP). It was a single-issue party that sought to force a referendum on British membership of the European Union (EU).[2] [3]

We Demand a Referendum Now was registered with the Electoral Commission in June 2012 by Nikki Sinclaire. The party held its inaugural conference on 5 October 2012.[4]

The party ran a slate of candidates in the West Midlands European Parliament constituency[5] for the 2014 European Parliament elections. It had originally announced plans to stand candidates in every British region.[6] The party received 1.7% of the vote in the West Midlands, and did not win any seats.

We Demand a Referendum aimed to "go beyond party politics" and "do everything within [its] power to enable a referendum".[7] Its leadership accused the EU of being protectionist and called for the creation of a Royal Commission to look into the costs and benefits of EU membership for the United Kingdom.[8]

European Parliament

European Parliament ! Election year ! # of total votes ! % of overall vote ! # of seats won ! Rank
23,426 0.14% 20

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Notes and References

  1. News: Nick Duffy. Katie Hopkins: NHS shouldn't pay for IVF for gay couples. 26 July 2015. Pink News. 12 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Nigel Farage: UKIP demands 'blood' guarantee over EU vote. BBC News. 21 September 2012. the We Demand A Referendum Party [is] a single-issue party in favour of an in/out referendum on Britain's EU membership.
  3. Web site: We Demand a Referendum Now Party launches campaign. BBC News. 1 May 2014. We have just one policy; to force a referendum on EU membership..
  4. Web site: Nikki Sinclaire's We Demand a Referendum party holds first conference . https://archive.today/20130505080059/http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Nikki-Sinclaire-s-Demand-Referendum-party-holds/story-17045711-detail/story.html. dead. May 5, 2013. This is Staffordshire . October 6, 2012 . October 9, 2012.
  5. Web site: Revealed, all the West Midlands region candidates set to contest seats in European Parliament. Worcester News. 25 April 2014 .
  6. Web site: New EU referendum party holding first conference. BBC News. October 5, 2012. Ms Sinclaire says We Demand a Referendum will stand candidates in every region in 2014's European elections unless Prime Minister David Cameron sets the date for a vote to decide whether or not the UK remains a member of the European Union..
  7. Web site: New anti-EU political party launches in UK . Sinclaire, N. . Public Service Europe . September 18, 2012 . September 18, 2012.
  8. Nikki Sinclaire discusses We Demand A Referendum on BBC Radio Lincolnshire

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