Английская Википедия:Animal Welfare Party

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox political party Animal Welfare Party (AWP) is a minor political party in the United Kingdom campaigning on an animal welfare, environment and health platform.

History

The party was founded in December 2006 by Jasmijn de Boo, a Dutch national, of Kennington, London, and Shaun Rutherford of Milford Haven, Wales, as Animals Count! The party was registered with the Electoral Commission on 22 January 2007.

In October 2010, Vanessa Hudson was elected as party leader. In 2013, the party changed its name from Animals Count! to the Animal Welfare Party.

In June 2013, Hudson joined leaders from other animal protection parties from across Europe in a meeting in The Hague organised by the Animal Politics Foundation of the Netherlands. At this meeting the animal protection parties of the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Turkey and the UK discussed ways in which they could work together more effectively. Later that month, Hudson announced that the Animal Welfare Party would stand in the London region in the 2014 European Parliament elections. It was one of seven European animal protection parties contesting the 2014 European elections with the aim of returning dedicated representatives for animals to the EU Parliament. This European group of parties became known informally as the EuroAnimal7 and included PvdD of The Netherlands, PACMA of Spain, PAN of Portugal, Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz of Germany, Djurens Parti of Sweden, and Animal Party Cyprus.

In September 2017, the party gained its first elected representative after Alsager Town Councillor Jane Smith defected from the Green Party to the AWP. Smith was re-elected in May 2019.Шаблон:Citation needed

Electoral history

It initially intended to stand in the Welsh Assembly election in 2007. In the 2008 London Assembly election, de Boo stood in Lambeth and Southwark, receiving 1,828 votes (1.12%). The party sponsored an electoral list of three candidates for the 2009 European Parliament election in the East of England, receiving 13,201 votes (0.8%).

In the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the party contested one seat, which it did not win. The party sponsored an electoral list of eight candidates for the 2014 European Parliament election in the London region, receiving 21,092 votes (1.0%). Four AWP candidates contested the 2015 general election, all losing their deposits. They stood in the 2016 London Assembly election, receiving 1% of the vote. They stood four candidates in the 2017 general election and six in the 2019 general election: none were elected. They stood again in the 2021 London Assembly election, receiving 1.7% of the vote.

Elections contested

Parliamentary elections

General election, 6 May 2010

Note: Standing as "Animals Count"

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Islington South and Finsbury	Richard Deboo	149	0.3

General election, 7 May 2015

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Jon Homan	225	0.5
Holborn and St Pancras	Vanessa Hudson	173	0.3
Kensington	Andrew Knight	158	0.5
Putney	Guy Dessoy	184	0.4

Scottish Parliament election, 5 May 2016

Region	Votes	%
Glasgow	1,819	0.1

General election, 8 June 2017

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Jon Homan	222	0.4
Hackney South and Shoreditch	Vanessa Hudson	226	0.4
Lewisham Deptford	Laura McAnea	225	0.4
Maidenhead	Andrew Knight	282	0.5

General election, 12 December 2019

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Bethnal Green and Bow	Vanessa Hudson	439	0.7
Chelsea and Fulham	Sam Morland	500	1.1
Congleton	Jane Smith	658	1.1
Kingswood	Angelika Cowell	489	1.0
New Forest East	Andrew Knight	675	1.3
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	Femy Amin	325	0.6

Scottish Parliament election, 6 May 2021

Region	Votes	%
Lothian	2,392	0.6

European Parliament elections

2009 European elections

Note: Standing as "Animals Count"

Regional lists	Candidates	Votes	%	MEPs
East of England		13,201	0.8	0

2014 European elections

Regional lists	Candidates	Votes	%	MEPs
London		21,092	1.0	0

2019 European elections

Regional lists	Candidates	Votes	%	MEPs
London	Vanessa Hudson Jane Smith Sam Morland Ranjan Joshi Mina Da Rui Jonathan Homan Simon Gouldman	25,232	1.1	0

See also

• Animal welfare in the United Kingdom
• Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
• List of animal advocacy parties

External links

• Шаблон:Official website