New Deal (British political party)

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New Deal

Leader	Alan Sked
Founded	2013
Dissolved	2015
Ideology	Euroscepticism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre-left^[1]
Slogan	'A New Voice For A New Politics'^[2]
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New Deal was a registered^[3] political party in the United Kingdom. Its founder was Professor Alan Sked,^[4]^[5] who also founded the UK Independence Party (UKIP).

Policies of the New Deal party included 'direct and transparent democracy' and 'liberal values without prejudice to race, religion, gender, etc."^[6] New Deal was labelled the 'leftwing version of UKIP'.^[7]

New Deal is described by its founder, Professor Alan Sked, as a centre-left political party, committed to withdrawal from the European Union.^[1] He criticises UKIP as turning into "a far-right and what I think is an extremist and racist party".^[8]

The term "New Deal", first used by US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, was also used by Tony Blair's government from 1997 to describe changes to welfare and unemployment policy.

The same year the party was launched, Sked became ill, his mother became sick and his brother died.^[9] As of June 2016, the party has been de-registered by Electoral Commission for having never fielded a single candidate in any election. The party boycotted the 2014 European Elections.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b Shiv Malik (8 September 2013). "Ukip founder creates new leftwing anti-EU party". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ New Deal: A New Voice For A New Politics New Deal Party. Retrieved: 20 May 2014.
^ "Search - The Electoral Commission". Pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
^ UKIP founder Alan Sked launches New Deal party BBC News
^ UKIP founder Alan Sked launches New Deal party PlayPolitical
^ Atkinson, Janice (26 August 2013). "The Left Start to Take Ukip Seriously - Is That Why They Are Attacked?". HuffPost.
^ Harris, John (2013-09-09). "Is it time for a leftwing version of Ukip?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
^ "Ukip's founder and staunchest critic". Gulf News Weekend Review
^ "Diary: Wanted – a maestro to rescue the Lib Dems from the brink". The Guardian. 2014-04-21. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
^ Bush, Stephen (2015-03-25). "'I hope and pray he doesn't get elected': Ukip founder Alan Sked on Nigel Farage". New Statesman. Retrieved 2015-11-29.

External links

Official website in 2014

UK Independence Party

Leadership

Leaders	Alan Sked Craig Mackinlay (acting) Michael Holmes Jeffrey Titford Roger Knapman Nigel Farage Lord Pearson Jeffrey Titford (acting) Nigel Farage Diane James Nigel Farage (acting) Paul Nuttall Steve Crowther (acting) Henry Bolton Gerard Batten Richard Braine Patricia Mountain (acting) Freddy Vachha Neil Hamilton Nick Tenconi
Deputy Leaders	Craig Mackinlay Graham Booth Mike Nattrass David Campbell Bannerman Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Paul Nuttall Peter Whittle Margot Parker Mike Hookem Patricia Mountain Rebecca Jane Nick Tenconi
Chairs	Nigel Farage Mike Nattrass David Lott Petrina Holdsworth David Campbell Bannerman John Whittaker Paul Nuttall Steve Crowther Paul Oakden Tony McIntyre Kirstan Herriot Ben Walker
Deputy Chairs	Neil Hamilton Diane James Suzanne Evans William Legge Margot Parker Pete Muswell (interim)
Treasurers	Craig Mackinlay Marta Andreasen Stuart Wheeler Andrew Reid Mark Harland

Organisation

Internal elections	2006 leadership (Farage) 2009 leadership (Pearson) 2010 leadership (Farage) July–September 2016 leadership (James) October–November 2016 leadership (Nuttall) 2017 leadership (Bolton) 2018 leadership (Batten) 2019 leadership (Braine) 2020 leadership (Vachha) 2021 leadership (Hamilton) 2024 leadership election
International affiliations	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
History	National Electoral Performance Anti-Federalist League
Breakaway groups	Veritas New Deal One London Brexit Alliance We Demand a Referendum Now Independence from Europe Thurrock Independents For Britain Movement Brexit Party/Reform UK

Political representation

Former MEPs

Stuart Agnew (voted out)
Tim Aker (defected)
Marta Andreasen (defected)
Jonathan Arnott (defected)
Janice Atkinson (expelled)
Amjad Bashir (defected)
Gerard Batten (voted out)
Godfrey Bloom (expelled)
Graham Booth
Louise Bours (defected)
John Bufton
Jonathan Bullock (defected)
David Campbell Bannerman (defected)
James Carver (defected)
Derek Clark
David Coburn (defected)
Trevor Colman
William Dartmouth (defected)
Bill Etheridge (defected)
Nigel Farage (defected)
Ray Finch (defected)
Nathan Gill (defected)
Roger Helmer
Michael Holmes (defected)
Mike Hookem (voted out)
Diane James (defected)
Robert Kilroy-Silk (defected)
Roger Knapman
Ashley Mote (expelled)
Mike Nattrass (defected)
Paul Nuttall (defected)
Patrick O'Flynn (defected)
Julia Reid (defected)
Nikki Sinclaire (expelled)
Jeffrey Titford
John Whittaker
Tom Wise (expelled)
Steven Woolfe (defected)
Jane Collins (defected)
Margot Parker (defected)
Jill Seymour (defected)

Former MPs

Douglas Carswell (defected)
Mark Reckless (voted out)
Bob Spink (voted out)

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