We Demand a Referendum Now

We Demand a Referendum Now
LeaderNikki Sinclaire
Founded2012
Dissolved2014[1]
IdeologyEuroscepticism
ColoursTeal/Purple
Website
http://www.letthepeopledecide.eu

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
2014 23,426 Increase 0.14% Increase
0 / 73
 20 Increase

References

  1. ^ Nick Duffy (12 June 2015). "Katie Hopkins: NHS shouldn't pay for IVF for gay couples". Pink News. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ "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. ^ "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. ^ "Nikki Sinclaire's We Demand a Referendum party holds first conference". This is Staffordshire. October 6, 2012. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  5. ^ "Revealed, all the West Midlands region candidates set to contest seats in European Parliament". Worcester News. 25 April 2014.
  6. ^ "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. ^ Sinclaire, N. (September 18, 2012). "New anti-EU political party launches in UK". Public Service Europe. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  8. ^ Nikki Sinclaire discusses We Demand A Referendum on BBC Radio Lincolnshire (Full text via YouTube.)