No Candidate Deserves My Vote! (often abbreviated NCDMV!; in

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of the

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. The party's core policies were to bring about

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by putting a

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option onto every ballot paper of the future. That way the disaffected voter could use their vote to say that none of the parties currently represents them. At the 7 June 2001 County Council elections in Hertfordshire, the party stood its first candidates, its best result being 2.5% of the vote (174 votes) in St Albans South. The party took the view that offering the opportunity of positive abstention could assist in increasing voter turnout. The results of the MORI survey conducted for the commission after the election offers some support for this suggestion: 12% of those asked said that being able to vote for

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candidates would have made them more likely to vote, and the figure increases markedly to 33% for non-voters. However the evidence from international practice in this regard is inconclusive. The Commission does not believe that the case is yet made for the introduction of positive abstention within the UK electoral practice, but intends to undertake a more thorough examination of the issues involved. The party planned to field as many candidates as they could in the 2010 General Election. Stephen Phillips (a.k.a. Steve of Stevenage) planned to stand in the Stevenage Constituency, and Eric Mutch of

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changed his name by

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to Zero None Of The Above and announced his intention to stand in the constituency of

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; however, he changed his mind and handed in nomination papers for Filton and Bradley Stoke. The party deregistered with the Electoral Commission in 2012.

History

* November 2000 - The party was founded by Amanda Ringwood (née Gardner) and Bob Goodall. * June 2001 - The party fielded five candidates in the local elections, four in the St Albans South, East, North and Central wards of the Hertfordshire County Council elections, and one in the Sopwell ward of the St Albans District Council elections. * May 2002 - Four candidates stood in the Ashley, Sandridge, Sopwell and Verulam wards of the St Albans Local Council elections and one candidate stood in the Southfields ward of the Ealing Local Council elections. * February 2010 - Stephen Phillips was elected as the party President to act as media spokesman for the party. To date, the highest number of votes gained in one ward is 174 which represented 2.5% of the vote in the St Albans South ward during the Herts County Council elections in June 2001. The highest vote percentage gained is 3.16% in the Sopwell ward during the St Albans Local Council elections in May 2002.

Core policies

No Candidate Deserves My Vote! has just one core policy: * To add a

option onto the bottom of every ballot paper of the future, giving the disaffected voter a reason to turn out to vote. Any successful candidates will have the choice of standing down to force an automatic by-election or staying on to act as an Independent for all other issues.

Political objectives

To either get candidates elected to the

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or to cause as much a stir as possible for the need for a

option that electoral reform comes about as a result.

References

External links

Unofficial No Candidate websiteStevenage campaign website
{{British political parties Political parties in the United Kingdom Political parties established in 2000 2000 establishments in the United Kingdom Single-issue political parties