No Candidate Deserves My Vote! | |
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| Welsh name | Nid oes un ymgeisydd yn haeddu fy mhleidlais |
| Leader | Amanda Ringwood |
| President | Stephen Phillips |
| Treasurer | Bob Goodall |
| Other Officer | Margaret Payne |
| Founded | 23 November 2000 (2000-11-23)[1] |
| Dissolved | 2012 |
| Headquarters | St Albans |
| Ideology | Electoral reform None of the above |
| Colours | White and black |
No Candidate Deserves My Vote! (often abbreviatedNCDMV!; inWelshNid oes un ymgeisydd yn haeddu fy mhleidlais) was a registeredpolitical party of theUnited Kingdom.[1] The party's core policies were to bring aboutelectoral reform by putting anone 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]
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 forNone 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 the2010 General Election. Stephen Phillips (a.k.a. Steve of Stevenage)[4] planned to stand in theStevenage Constituency, and Eric Mutch ofStaple Hill, South Gloucestershire changed his name bydeed poll to Zero None Of The Above and announced his intention to stand in the constituency ofBristol South;[5][6] however, he changed his mind and handed in nomination papers forFilton and Bradley Stoke.[7][8]
The party deregistered with the Electoral Commission in 2012.
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.
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.
To either get candidates elected to theUK parliament or to cause as much a stir as possible for the need for anone of the above option that electoral reform comes about as a result.
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