The English Democrats are an English federalist political party, committed to the formation of a devolved English Parliament with at least the same powers as those granted to the Scottish Parliament. Whilst not supporting English Independence, the English Democrats consider themselves the English equivalent of the Scottish National Party in Scotland and Plaid Cymru in Wales. Their motto is "Not left, not right, just English". At the English local elections in June 2009, the party's candidate Peter Davies won the Mayoral Election for the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.
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