National Liberal Party (UK, 1999)

The National Liberal Party is a far right political party formed in the United Kingdom in 1999 with several former National Front activists as its most prominent members. Graham Williamson is listed as Nominating Officer and Upkar Singh Rai is listed as Leader and Treasurer. It has a number of ballot paper descriptions authorised by the Electoral Commission including: 'National Liberal Party – The Radical Centre' and 'National Liberal Party – Liberty, Independence, Democracy'. The group sporadically contested elections until emerging more prominently in the run-up to the 2014 European Parliament election, where it fielded eight candidates for the London constituency, but failed to meet the threshold of votes for its first list-candidate to be elected.

Background

The National Liberal Party was founded by Graham Williamson and Patrick Harrington. Despite the far-right and fascist backgrounds of its leaders, ==Criticism from the extreme right==

Criticism from the extreme right

Following revelations about the party's origins by Channel 4, the NLP was pilloried in Heritage and Destiny, a longstanding periodical closely linked to several groups including the nationalist, frequently neo-fascist and anti-Semitic International Third Position. The article focused on the party's website which named its political progenitors as the Earl of Rosebery, Joseph Chamberlain and Leslie Hore-Belisha and criticised the establishment Jewish links of all except Chamberlain as well as the perceived lack of ideological connection between the three and even the poor spelling of their names. ==Elections contested==

Elections contested

Parliamentary elections General election, 6 May 2010 ---- General election, 7 May 2015 ---- European Parliament elections 2014 European elections London Assembly elections 2021 London Assembly election ==References==

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