Leader Vanessa Hudson Nominating Officer Jon Homan | Treasurer Louise Cobham QV Name Animal Party | |
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Veterinary Advisor Andre Menache BSc (Hons) BVSc MRCVS Founded December 2, 2006 (2006-12-02) Headquarters Postal address: Animal Welfare Party, 71 -75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ | ||
Let s make history for animals the animal welfare party eu election campaign
Animal Welfare Party (AWP) is a minor political party in the United Kingdom campaigning on an animal rights, environment and health platform.
Contents
- Let s make history for animals the animal welfare party eu election campaign
- Vanessa Hudson AWP Answering Questions about the Animal Welfare Party
- History
- Policies
- Electoral history
- Parliamentary elections
- European Parliament elections
- References
The party aims to bring attention to animal welfare, environmental and health issues, in a manner similar to its Dutch equivalent, Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals), for which the AWP founder, Jasmijn de Boo, stood in the 2004 European elections. Both de Boo and the leader from 2010, Vanessa Hudson, have likened the AWP to the anti-slavery and universal suffrage movements.
Vanessa Hudson (AWP) - Answering Questions about the Animal Welfare Party
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, the party elected a new leader, Vanessa Hudson, whose aims are to increase awareness of the party and to expand its membership. 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.
The party says it was one of seven European animal protection parties contesting the 2014 European Parliament elections with the aim of returning dedicated representatives for animals to the EU Parliament for the first time. This European group of parties has become known informally as the EuroAnimal7 and includes PvdD of The Netherlands, PACMA of Spain, PAN of Portugal, Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz of Germany, Djurens Parti of Sweden and Animal Party Cyprus.
Policies
AWP's policies for Europe include:
Electoral history
The party initially intended to stand in the Welsh Assembly elections in 2007. In the London Assembly election, 2008, 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 United Kingdom general election, 2010, 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 (0.96%). None were elected. Four AWP candidates contested the 2015 general election. None were elected. They stood in the 2016 London Assembly elections, receiving 1% of the vote and not having any candidates elected.
Parliamentary elections
General election, 6 May 2010
Note: Standing as "Animals Count"
General election, 7 May 2015
Scottish Parliament election, 5 May 2016
European Parliament elections
2009 European elections
Note: Standing as "Animals Count"
2014 European elections