Animal Welfare Party

Animal Welfare Party
Party leader	Vanessa Hudson
founding	December 2, 2006
Headquarters	London
Alignment	Animal rights
Number of members	more than 100
European party	Animal Politics EU
Website	animalwelfareparty.org

Animal Welfare Party (AWP, German: Tierschutzpartei) is a British small party . She is mainly committed to animal welfare , animal rights and environmental policy .

The party is mainly active in London and Wales . According to its own information, the party has more than 100 members and more than 14,000 followers.

history

The party was founded in December 2006 under the name Animals Count by Shaun Rutherford and the Dutch woman Jasmijn de Boo. The current name was adopted in 2013. The model of the party is the Dutch Partij voor de Dieren , for which de Boo stood in the 2004 European elections .

Program

The party is calling, among other things, for general animal health insurance modeled on the National Health Service . In addition, more green spaces and parks are required, which are to be connected by “ green corridors ”.

elections

Animals Count first competed in the 2008 London Assembly election . In the constituency of Lambeth and Southwark , it won 1.1% of the vote. In the European elections in 2009 she ran with a list in the electoral area East of England and received 0.8% of the vote. In the 2010 general election , Richard Deboo ran for the party in the London constituency of Islington South and Finsbury, gaining 0.3% of the vote.

Election results

Percentage results and total seats refer to the United Kingdom. General elections were carried out consistently according to majority voting , elections to the Scottish Parliament and elections to the European Parliament according to preferential voting rights .

year	choice	Share of votes	Seats
2009	European elections 2009	0.1%	0/72
2010	General election 2010	<0.1%	0/650
2014	European elections 2014	0.1%	0/73
2015	General election 2015	<0.1%	0/650
2016	General election in Scotland 2016	0.1%	0/129
2017	General election 2017	<0.1%	0/650
2019	European elections 2019	0.2%	0/73
2019	General election 2019	<0.1%	0/650

Web links

Commons : Animal Welfare Party  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Animals party eyes City Hall seat . In: BBC News , April 11, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2010. 
2. ↑ Animals party eyes City Hall seat . In: BBC . April 11, 2008 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed June 29, 2016]).
3. ↑ Alexis Akwagyiram: Activists welcome animal rights party . In: BBC News , December 3, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2010. 
4. ↑ Register of Political Parties ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. UK Electoral Commission  
5. ^ New animal rights party launched . In: BBC News , December 3, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2010. 
6. ^ London Elections: Lambeth & Southwark . In: BBC News , June 11, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2010.