The British Empire Party was a minor right-wing party in the

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. It was founded in the early 1950s by P. J. Ridout, a former member of the Imperial Fascist League. In the 1951 general election, the party stood one candidate, Trefor David, in Ogmore, who received 1,643 votes. A former

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member and miner, David gained some supporters amongst local miners but saw his support reduced after a local paper revealed the fascist past of Ridout. The party gained a brief boost in 1951 when Arnold Leese told his followers to join the group, although ultimately the minor levels of support that Leese commanded made little difference.Dave Renton, ''Fascism, Anti-Fascism and Britain in the 1940s'', Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000, p. 51

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