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Fed up with everyone on the ballot paper? This book walks you through founding your own party, from the first grumble in the pub to councillors on the bench. It covers whether you should bother at all, why first-past-the-post is so brutal to newcomers, what the Electoral Commission will and won't register, how to write a constitution that doesn't hand the place to one person by accident, and what your treasurer and election agent can personally be pursued for. Donors, members' data, manifestos, candidates, your first campaign and your first split are all in here, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland getting their say wherever the rules differ.
It's a history too. There's the secret pact that got Labour started in 1906, the SDP signing up members by credit card, the Referendum Party's video to five million homes, the Greens' thirty-year row about having a leader, Change UK's 106 days and the Brexit Party run like a company, plus the parties launched in 2025 and 2026. Eight appendices give you model templates, from a registration checklist and a constitution to a campaign pack and a plan for the first year.
Fed up with everyone on the ballot paper? This book walks you through founding your own party, from the first grumble in the pub to councillors on the bench. It covers whether you should bother at all, why first-past-the-post is so brutal to newcomers, what the Electoral Commission will and won't register, how to write a constitution that doesn't hand the place to one person by accident, and what your treasurer and election agent can personally be pursued for. Donors, members' data, manifestos, candidates, your first campaign and your first split are all in here, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland getting their say wherever the rules differ.
It's a history too. There's the secret pact that got Labour started in 1906, the SDP signing up members by credit card, the Referendum Party's video to five million homes, the Greens' thirty-year row about having a leader, Change UK's 106 days and the Brexit Party run like a company, plus the parties launched in 2025 and 2026. Eight appendices give you model templates, from a registration checklist and a constitution to a campaign pack and a plan for the first year.