Electoral History
The party initially intended to stand in the Welsh Assembly elections in 2007. In the London Assembly election, 2008, de Boo stood in Lambeth and Southwark, receiving 1,828 votes (1.12%). The party sponsored an electoral list of three candidates for the 2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom's Eastern region, receiving 13,201 votes (0.8%). In the United Kingdom general election, 2010, Richard Deboo stood as their candidate in the Islington South & Finsbury constituency. He received 149 votes (0.3%).
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