North East Party

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The North East Party
Leader Brian Moore
General SecretaryJenny Shotton
FoundedMay 2014 (May 2014)
Youth wing North East Party Youth Wing
Ideology Regionalism
Progressivism [1]
Durham County Council
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Peterlee Town Council
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Website
www.thenortheastparty.com

The North East Party (NEP) is a regionalist political party in North East England founded in 2014 by a group of 16 people including the former Labour MP; Hilton Dawson, [2] and 7 members of the FAIR party. The party campaigns for a better deal for North East England generally and was committed to a devolved assembly in the North East with powers similar to those in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, if approved by a referendum. [3] It says bodies such as the North East Combined Authority do not have a mandate to take on new responsibilities and representatives must be directly-elected. [4] Dawson stepped down as Chair of the party in June 2016 and was replaced by John Tait. Dawson remained active in the party taking on the role of Secretary and Nominating Officer. [5]

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The party was deregistered in November 2023, [6] before reregistration in March 2024. [7] The party has controlled Peterlee Town Council since 2017, [8] [9] and has two elected councillors above parish council level, both on Durham County Council. [10]

History

The NEP was founded in May 2014 and is widely seen as a sister party to the Yorkshire Party. [11] [12] In December 2014, the party won its first council seat at a local by-election for Peterlee Town Council in County Durham. [13] Two months later, the party won a second seat on the council in another by-election. [14] Following these successes, the party contested and won several by-elections for both Durham County and local parish council seats during 2015 to 2017. [15]

In its first general election in 2015 the North East Party contested four parliamentary seats, standing candidates in Easington, Newcastle upon Tyne North, Redcar and Stockton North. Its best performance came in Easington where candidate Susan McDonnell came in fifth of seven candidates and received 2.3% of the vote.

General election 2015
ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Easington Susan McDonnell8102.3
Newcastle upon Tyne North Violet Rook3380.7
Redcar Philip Lockey3891.0
Stockton North John Tait6011.5

In the May 2017 Durham County local government elections, the party stood 14 county councillor candidates and 27 town councillor candidates. Its candidates won 3 seats on Durham County Council (2 seats for Peterlee West, 1 seat for Passfield) [16] and 23 seats on Durham County town councils including 20 of 22 seats at Peterlee Town Council, 2 of 8 north ward seats at Horden Parish Council, and 1 of 15 seats at Shotton Parish Council. [17]

In the 2017 general election the party ran in only one constituency, Easington. Susan McDonnell nearly tripled her vote total from 2015, saved her deposit with 6.6% of the vote, and came in third place ahead of the UKIP, Liberal Democrat, and Green candidates.

General election 2017
ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Easington Susan McDonnell2,3556.6

The party stood two candidates in the 2019 general election.

General election 2019
ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Easington Susan McDonnell1,4484.2
Stockton North Mark Burdon1,1892.9

The party nominated its founding member Hilton Dawson in Hartlepool for the first parliamentary by-election of the 2020s. [18] He came in tenth place.

2021 by-election
ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
Hartlepool Hilton Dawson 1630.5

At the 2021 local elections, the party retained two of its councillors on Durham County Council in Passfield and Peterlee West wards. Despite losing their second seat in the latter ward, they gained both seats being contested in Peterlee East, thus bringing them to four councillors in total. [10]

At the 2024 local elections, the party stood three candidates, and endorsed Independent candidate Jamie Driscoll for the inaugural North East mayoral election. [19] None were elected.

List of chairs

No.NameTerm of positionNotes
1.Hilton DawsonJune 2014 – June 2016Founding member of The North East Party.
2.John TaitJune 2016 – July 20172015 Parliamentary Candidate for Stockton North.
3.Mary CartwrightJuly 2017 – June 2019
4.Mark BurdonJune 2019 – June 2020
4.Susan McDonnellJune 2020 – June 2021Parliamentary Candidate for Easington (2015, 2017 & 2019)
County Councillor for Peterlee West on Durham County Council
5.Brian MooreJune 2021 - now

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  3. ↑ "New political party aiming for North-East devolution". The Northern Echo. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "North East Party hits out at civic structures 'developing by stealth' as devolution edges up agenda". The Journal. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "North East Party elects new chairman". 3 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "The North East Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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  8. ↑ "The North East Party Manifesto for 2021" (PDF). North East Party. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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  18. ↑ "North East Party reveals Hilton Dawson as Hartlepool By-Election Candidate". Sunderland Global Media. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  19. ↑ The North East Party [@NorthEast_Party] (2 May 2024). "Use your vote today for Jamie Driscoll (Independent) for the Elected Mayor for the North East. Bobby Fishwick for Horden Ward in County Durham. Emile Persaud in Chowdene Ward in Gateshead. Brian David Moore in Gosforth Ward in Newcastle" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 May 2024– via Twitter.
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