Editing English Democrats (section)

===New England Party===
The New England Party was a local party in [[Dartford]] from March 2003 to February 2007, when it merged with the English Democrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://englandwatch.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/new-england-party/|title=New England Party|work=England Watch|date=28 August 2012|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415200852/https://englandwatch.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/new-england-party/|archive-date=15 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its leader, nominating officer and treasurer was Michael Tibby while Sheila Tibby was its campaigns officer.

Michael Tibby and Austen Brooker were councillors on [[Dartford (borough)|Dartford]] Borough Council between 2003 and 2007, representing [[Littlebrook]] and [[Newtown, Kent|Newtown]]. Tibby came second in Littlebrook in the 2003 local elections, while Brooker was elected as one of three [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] councillors for Newtown, but left Labour soon after his election in May 2003, initially as an independent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/archive/display.var.336929.0.councillor_defects_from_labour_group.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043224/http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/archive/display.var.336929.0.councillor_defects_from_labour_group.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2007|work=Hillingdon Times|title=Councillor defects from Labour group|date=20 May 2003 |first=Lucy |last=Brinicombe|access-date=14 April 2017}}</ref> Brooker stood down at the 2007 local elections and Tibby was unsuccessful in seeking re-election for the English Democrats, coming third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=8|title=Election results for Littlebrook|work=Dartford Borough Council|date=May 2007|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415103948/http://committeedmz.dartford.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=8|url-status=live}}</ref>

Michael Tibby contested [[Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)|Dartford]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], receiving 1,224 votes (the elected Labour [[Member of Parliament|MP]], [[Howard Stoate]], received 19,909 votes). The party contested the Dartford Borough Council Heath ward by-election on 27 July 2006, polling 174 votes (9.6%). The candidate was Steven Uncles, who had been the English Democrats candidate in the [[2006 Bromley and Chislehurst by-election]].

The New England Party merged with the English Democrats in February 2007.<ref name=hnh>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/hate-groups/edp/|title=English Democrats Party|work=Hope Not Hate|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201031440/http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/hate-groups/edp/|archive-date=1 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://englishdemocrats.party/our-party/party-history/|title=Party History|publisher=English Democrats|date=2 September 2015|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606010606/http://englishdemocrats.party/our-party/party-history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>