No Candidate Deserves My Vote!

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No Candidate Deserves My Vote!
Welsh nameNid oes un ymgeisydd yn haeddu fy mhleidlais
Leader Amanda Ringwood
PresidentStephen Phillips
TreasurerBob Goodall
Other OfficerMargaret Payne
Founded23 November 2000 (2000-11-23) [1]
Dissolved2012
HeadquartersSt Albans
Ideology Electoral reform
None of the above
European affiliation None
International affiliationNone
Colours White, Black

No Candidate Deserves My Vote! (often abbreviated NCDMV!; in Welsh Nid oes un ymgeisydd yn haeddu fy mhleidlais) was a registered political party of the United Kingdom. [1] The party's core policies were to bring about electoral reform by putting a none of the above 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. [2]

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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 [3] conducted for the commission after the election offers some support for this suggestion: 12% of those asked said that being able to vote for None of the above 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.[ when? ]

The party planned to field as many candidates as they could in the 2010 General Election. Stephen Phillips (a.k.a. Steve of Stevenage) [4] planned to stand in the Stevenage Constituency, and Eric Mutch of Staple Hill, South Gloucestershire changed his name by deed poll to Zero None Of The Above and announced his intention to stand in the constituency of Bristol South; [5] [6] however, he changed his mind and handed in nomination papers for Filton and Bradley Stoke. [7] [8]

The party deregistered with the Electoral Commission in 2012.

History

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:

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 UK parliament or to cause as much a stir as possible for the need for a none of the above option that electoral reform comes about as a result.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ringwood, Amanda (2000-11-23). "Register of political parties, No Candidate Deserves My Vote!". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  2. 1 2 3 "21st century democracy". The Guardian. May 30, 2001.
  3. ↑ "Ipsos MORI poll - None Of The Above: Non-Voters And The 2001 Election" . Retrieved 2001-12-10.
  4. 1 2 "Stevenage campaign website". Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Bristol's Mr 'None of the Above' to stand for election". Bristol24-7. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Staff writer (7 April 2010). "None of the above, says name-change Bristol candidate". Bristol Evening Post. Bristol News and Media. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Hook, Stuart (20 April 2010). "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Acting Returning Officer. South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  8. ↑ SH (Editor) (11 April 2010). "Mr 'None of the Above' Zero set to stand in Filton and Bradley Stoke". The Bradley Stoke Journal. Retrieved 20 April 2010.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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