The Animal Protection Party (APP) was a

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founded in

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in 2006 to represent an

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perspective. It stood four candidates in the 2010 general election. The party de-registered in 2016.

2010 general election

The APP stood in four constituencies in the May 2010 British general election, chosen because the sitting MP was viewed by the APP as representing the interests of people or industries that use animals. *Sarah Coats, a recycling company administrator, stood in Meon Valley, a new constituency where

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is based. Coats received 255 votes (0.3%); the seat was taken by

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for the Conservatives. *Carrie Holliman (listed by the Electoral Commission as the party leader) stood in

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, where

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is based, against Conservative MP

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. She received 181 votes (0.3%). Djanogly held the seat. *Jim Kapetanos stood in

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against the Labour MP

Kate Hoey Catharine Letitia Hoey, Baroness Hoey (born 21 June 1946), better known as Kate Hoey, is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and Minister for Sport from 1999 ...

, chair of the

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, which promotes

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. He received 96 votes (0.2%) and Hoey comfortably held the seat. *

Keith Mann Keith Mann is a British animal rights campaigner and direct action activist who acted as a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), and was alleged by police in 2005 to be a ringleader for the ALF. He was imprisoned twice, and is the au ...

, who had previously been jailed for arson, stood in

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against the Liberal Democrat MP

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; the area had been the focus of protests against the building of Oxford University's Biomedical Sciences Building. Mann received 143 votes (0.3%); Harris lost the seat to

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for the Conservative Party. Mann said, "I wanted to challenge because of his support for animal testing in Oxford, but also because of his desire to extend the abortion time limit."

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Election leaflets
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2010 general election

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