British Democratic Party (2013)

The British Democratic Party (BDP), commonly known as the British Democrats, is a British far-right political party. It was registered with the Electoral Commission in 2011, and officially launched in 2013 at a Leicestershire village hall by a ten-member steering committee which included former members of several political parties including the British National Party (BNP), Democratic Nationalists, Freedom Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP).

British Democrats
British Democratic Party
Welsh namePlaid Democrataidd Prydeinig
Abbreviation
  • BDP
  • BritDems
PresidentAndrew Brons
Founded9 February 2013 (9 February 2013)
Split fromBritish National Party
HeadquartersLoughborough, Leicestershire, England
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
Colours
  • British national colours:
  •   Red   White   Blue
Website
britishdems.co.uk
  • Politics of the United Kingdom
  • Political parties
  • Elections

The party's inaugural president was Andrew Brons, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Brons had been a member of the BNP and a leading member of the National Front (NF). The steering committee included a number of others with a history of membership in fascist and neo-Nazi groups, who believed that the BNP had been corrupted and watered-down.

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