The Whig Party is a

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in England which is intended to be a revival of the Whigs that existed in the

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from 1678 to 1868. The party is led by Waleed Ghani, who launched it in October 2014. It is based on Whiggism, the ideology of the former Whigs.

History

Waleed Ghani and his fiancée Felicity Anscomb applied to register the Whig Party with the

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on 27 May 2014. The Whig Party was registered with the

on 15 September 2014. The Electoral Commission lists Waleed Ghani as its

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and Nominating Officer and Felicity Anscomb as its treasurer. A mirror of data from the

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Ghani founded the party with the intention of filling a vacuum he saw in British politics.

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, a

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who in 2013 published a biography of the famous Whig politician

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, proposed that Ghani may have exaggerated Whigs' historical progressive achievements. On 9 December 2014, Ghani was interviewed by

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on the

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's '' Daily Politics''. Ghani has also received support from American Whigs. The party was founded without any policies, but instead a group of values such as human rights, love of country and diversity, for which they use the Swedish word ''mångfald'' (meaning "diversity", "variety" or "multitude"). In early 2015, the Whig Party formed an agreement with Something New that meant both parties would cross-endorse candidates and they would not stand opposing candidates in the same seats. On 31 March 2015, the Whig Party released their

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for the 2015 general election. The party is pro-

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and pro-

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; it supports universal

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from ages two to four and the abolition of student tuition fees; and it defends the rights of renters in the United Kingdom in addition to

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and

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around the world.

Party leaders

Electoral performance

The Whig Party fielded four candidates at the 2015 general election: Waleed Ghani stood in

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, Alasdair Henderson stood in

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and Felicity Anscomb stood in Camberwell and Peckham, all in

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, whereas Paul Bradley-Law stood in Stretford and Urmston in Manchester.

General election, 2015

References

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