English Democrats Party
English Democrats
Leader
Robin Tilbrook
- National Chairman
Founded
2002
Headquarters
Norwich, Norfolk,
England
Ideology
Federalism,
Euroscepticism,
English nationalism
International
affiliation
None
European affiliation
None
European
Parliament Group
None
Official colours
White & red
Website
www.englishdemocrats.org.uk
The English Democrats Party (EngDem) is
an English federalist political party, commit-
ted to the formation of a devolved English
Parliament with at least the same powers as
those granted to the Scottish Parliament.
Formation
In 1998, and in response to calls for the de-
volution of power to Scotland and Wales,
Robin Tilbrook formed the "English National
Party", with the aim of reforming the defunct
English National Party which had been foun-
ded in the 1960s, but had ceased operating
as a party by 1981. The English National
Party formed by Tilbrook included members
of the Campaign for an English Parliament, a
pressure group that lobbies for a devolved
English parliament.
The party was relaunched as the "English
Democrats Party" in September 2002, after
merging with several other smaller political
parties. In October 2004, the party merged
with the Reform UK Party, which was a small
splinter group from the United Kingdom
Independence Party (UKIP). The New Eng-
land Party merged with the English Demo-
crats in February 2007.
The English Democrats are co-founders of
the English Constitutional Convention.[1]
In December 2004, it was rumoured that
Robert Kilroy-Silk, the former United King-
dom Independence Party (UKIP) Member of
the European Parliament (MEP) had entered
into negotiation to join the English Demo-
crats,[2] however Kilroy-Silk went on to form
Veritas.
Organisation
The English Democrats have an England-
wide network of area, county and some Bor-
ough officers. In April 2006, it announced full
national representative coverage of the nine
English regions. In addition to the twenty-
person National Council including nine area
chairmen, there are 14 National Sub-Comm