Editing English Democrats (section)

=== Parliamentary elections ===
At the [[2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election]] the English Democrat candidate received 277 votes, or 1.4% of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lib Dems snatch Labour seat |website=BBC News |date=16 July 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3898823.stm |access-date=15 May 2008 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301233600/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3898823.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The party's slogan for the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] was "The English Democrats – Putting England First!" In total, the English Democrats fielded 25 candidates for the May 2005 general election,<ref>{{cite web |last=Kimber |first=Richard |title=UK General Election candidates 2005: Number of candidates by party |website=Political Science Resources |date=2 February 2007 |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/cand/EDP.htm |access-date=23 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020554/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/cand/EDP.htm |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> including [[Staffordshire]] South where the election was delayed until June due to the death of a candidate. The party withdrew its candidate in [[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]] and endorsed the Conservative Party candidate, [[Iain Dale]], as he had "taken the issues of English discrimination seriously".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED30%20Mar%202005%2009%3A10%3A08%3A783 |title=English Democrat party bows out |date=30 March 2005 |work=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=2 May 2009 |archive-date=25 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525091307/http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED30%20Mar%202005%2009%3A10%3A08%3A783 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Garry Bushell]], the former ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|Sun]]'' journalist and current ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star Sunday]]'' TV critic, became the most high-profile candidate for the English Democrats, standing in the [[Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenwich and Woolwich]] constituency in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kimber |first=Richard |title=UK General Election candidates 2005 – English Democrats |website=Political Science Resources |date=2 February 2007 | url = http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/cand/EDP.htm |access-date=8 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020554/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/cand/EDP.htm |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bushell's 1,216 votes (3.4%) beat the [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] candidate, Stan Gain, who secured 709 votes (2.0%);<ref>{{cite news |title=Greenwich and Woolwich |work=[[The Guardian]] |year=2005 |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,,-984,00/html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420061619/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,,-984,00/html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2013 |access-date=8 August 2007 |location=London }}</ref> this was the party's best result for the election though still a fifth-place performance.

In June 2005, Bushell also stood in [[South Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Staffordshire South]], where he received 643 votes (2.5%) coming fifth out of eight candidates.<ref>{{cite news| title = Result: Staffordshire South| website = [[BBC Online]] | date = 24 June 2005 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/535.stm | access-date =8 August 2007 }}</ref> In 2011, Bushell announced that he would, in future, be supporting UKIP.

The English Democrats fielded Joanne Robinson as their candidate in the [[2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election|by-election]] forced by the resignation of former shadow home secretary [[David Davis (British politician)|David Davis]] from the House of Commons. Because of [[David Davis by-election campaign, 2008|the issues raised by David Davis]] in the by-election, many parties other than the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]], such as [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]], [[UK Independence Party|United Kingdom Independence Party]] (UKIP) and [[British National Party]] (BNP) chose not to stand. Joanne Robinson came third, with 1,714 votes (7.2%), 44 votes fewer than the Green candidate received in second place. Of the 26 candidates she was one of only three to win back her deposit. This result is both the highest place gained and the highest percentage of the votes won by any English Democrat candidate in a parliamentary election or parliamentary by-election.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,,-991,00.html |title=Ask Aristotle: Haltemprice and Howden |access-date=11 July 2008 |date=2 May 2008 |website=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615025338/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0%2C%2C-991%2C00.html |archive-date=15 June 2008}}</ref>

[[File:English Democrats 771 DYE.JPG|thumb|[[Campaign bus]] during the 2010 general election]]

The English Democrats stood 107 candidates in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]]. 106 is the minimum number required to qualify for a Party Election Broadcast. The English Democrats received 64,826 votes, or 0.3% of the vote in England, and 0.2% of the vote in the United Kingdom. No candidates were elected<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/region/48.stm |title=Results: England |work=Election 2010 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=7 May 2010 |archive-date=12 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512165304/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/region/48.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> but the party saved one deposit in the [[Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster North]] constituency, where candidate Wayne Crawshaw picked up 5.2% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b41.stm|title=UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Doncaster North|date=7 May 2010|work=Election 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 May 2010|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122134643/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b41.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In subsequent by-elections, the party contested [[2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election|Oldham East and Saddleworth]] (where Stephen Morris polled 144 (0.4%)),<ref>UK Polling Report: [http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/oldhameastandsaddleworth/ "Oldham East and Saddleworth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020190753/http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/oldhameastandsaddleworth |date=20 October 2012 }} 14 January 2011</ref> [[2011 Barnsley Central by-election|Barnsley Central]] (Kevin Riddiough polled 544 (2.2%) votes),<ref>Brian Wheeler, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12645311 Barnsley by-election: What now for Lib Dems?], ''BBC News'', 4 March 2011</ref> [[2011 Feltham and Heston by-election|Feltham and Heston]] (Roger Cooper polled 322 (1.4%)),<ref>[http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Feltham+%26+Heston Feltham & Heston] at telegraph.co.uk (accessed 12 May 2012)  {{dead link|date=April 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[2012 Corby by-election|Corby]] (David Wickham polled 432 (1.2%) votes)<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20345196 "By-elections: Labour takes Corby from Conservatives"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116034118/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20345196 |date=16 November 2012 }}, ''BBC News'', 16 November 2012</ref> and [[2012 Rotherham by-election|Rotherham]] (David Wildgoose polled 703 (3.3%) votes).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20541136 "By-elections: Labour retains three seats"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908224212/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20541136 |date=8 September 2019 }} ''BBC News'', 30 November 2012</ref>

At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], the party contested 32 seats, securing a total of 6,531 votes (0.02%).{{cn|date=June 2024}}

In the [[2016 Batley and Spen by-election]], the English Democrats received 4.8% of the votes, coming second to Labour's [[Tracy Brabin]], when all of the other major parties did not stand out of respect for the murdered MP, [[Jo Cox]].{{cn|date=June 2024}}