The Wessex Regionalist Party is a minor political party in the United Kingdom, that seeks a degree of legislative and administrative home rule for Wessex, an area in the south and south-west of England, loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of that name. It is also known, less formally, as the Wessex Regionalists, the name under which it usually campaigns.
The party has contested Wessex-area constituencies in most elections since it was established, but with little success. In the 2005 general election, the party contested one seat, South Dorset, and received 83 votes. It has, however, secured representation at parish council level.
According to its Electoral Commission records, it had income of £100 (including £95 subscriptions), and expenditure of £35.52, for the year 2004, in which it contested no elections. In the year 2008, it had an income of £153, and an expenditure of £25.
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