English Democrats

The English Democrats is an English civic nationalist political party led by solicitor Robin Tilbrook. The Party states that they are England’s answer to the Scottish National Party and to the Welsh Plaid Cymru.

Following growing political devolution in the United Kingdom, which saw the creation of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, and Northern Ireland Assembly, the party's founders called for a separate English Parliament. The party had previously called for England to become an independent state.

Elections

The English Democrats’ greatest electoral successes to date include:- in the 2004 European Union elections they had 130,056 votes; winning the Directly Elected Executive Mayoralty of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in 2009, and also the 2012 mayoralty referendum; in the 2009 EU election they gained 279,801 votes after a total EU campaign spend of less than £25,000; they won the 2012 referendum which gave Salford City an Elected Mayor; in 2012 they also saved all their deposits in the Police Commissioner elections and came second in South Yorkshire; and in the 2014 EU elections they had 126,024 votes. In the 2015 UK General Election they had the 8th largest contingent of candidates in England. In the October 2016 Batley & Spen Westminster parliamentary by-election they came second and easily beat all three big British national parties. In the 2017 Greater Manchester Mayoral election they came fifth, beating the UKIP, and beating the Greens in all but two boroughs. In the 2018 South Yorkshire Mayoral election they had 14,547 votes and saved their deposit and with a minimal campaign budget achieving 12.8% of the First Preference votes in Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Other

Robin Tilbrook addressed the 2013 annual conference and the 2023 annual dinner of the Traditional Britain Group.

In early 2023 Tilbrook successfully represented one of the rape victims of the Pakistani national grooming gangs abuse scandals in England, securing for her a record £425,000 damages in a 'landmark' legal win against her rapist. Tilbrook stated outside the High Court in London: “We have broken the ice with this case. Hundreds of rapists have been convicted during the national grooming gangs catastrophe and they could all now face civil litigation for the damage they have caused. These survivors have been let down by every British institution sworn to protect them, from local authorities, to the police, the courts and the government. But with our landmark case, we have shown that survivors can take justice into their own hands and give their rapists more of the punishment they deserve.”

External links

• Website: https://www.englishdemocrats.party/about