User:Apoliheres

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Apolitical Democrats UK
LeaderDavid Yates
Founded2007 (2007)[1][dead link]
HeadquartersInternet-based
IdeologyIndependent politics,
Localism
European affiliationNone
Website
www.apoliticaldemocrats.org.uk

The Apolitical Democrats (or Apolitical Party) is a British political party, launched as a campaign in 2007 to allow non-aligned candidates to collaborate and be supported through the election process in United Kingdom local elections.[1][dead link] The Apolitical Democrats registered as a UK political party in 2010 and fielded David Yates as its first General Election candidate.[2][dead link]

Apolitical Democracy is synonymous with nonpartisan politics which political science denotes as an election, event, organization or person which is free from party affiliation, bias, or designation.[3]. The organisation defines "Apolitical" as ‘politically neutral, unbiased, non-aligned’, and "Democrats" as ‘believers in the democratic right of people to choose who represents them in government’. [4]

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  1. ^ a b S Bosley/S Radford (4 May 2007). "The results are in". Newbury Weekly News. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  2. ^ Mark Taylor (8 April 2010). "The election battle begins". Newbury Weekly News. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Webster: Nonpartisan". Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Apolitical Democrats". Apolitical Democrats. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2011.