| 词条 | New Conservative Party (UK) |
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The New Conservative Party was a minor nationalist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was founded in March 1960 by John E. Dayton,[1] a civil engineer living in Dorking, Surrey. He described it as a party "neither of the extreme right nor left",[2] although The History of British Political Parties describes its main policy as British nationalism.[3] Dayton stood as a candidate first in the Harrow West by-election, 1960,[2] at which he took 4.7% of the vote – which proved to be the party's highest ever share.[3] Following this, he launched a party newsletter, Watching Brief, and then in November stood in the Bolton East by-election.[3] He took only 1.2% of the vote in Bolton East,[4] while fellow party member C. F. H. Gilliard fared even worse in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election, 1960, with 0.6% of the votes cast.[5] In May 1961, the party was renamed as the True Conservative Party, but this change did not revive its fortunes, and it was dissolved in the autumn.[1] However, Dayton founded the Patriotic Front for Political Action and stood in the Oswestry by-election, 1961, at which he took a 2.8% share.[3] He soon ceased publishing Watching Brief, and dissolved the new party in February 1962, joining the Labour Party,[3] and standing for the party in Westmorland at the 1966 general election.[6] References1. ^1 F. W. S. Craig, Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections 2. ^1 "From our archives", Bolton News, 15 September 2010 3. ^1 2 3 4 David Boothroyd, The History of British Political Parties, p.209 4. ^[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/60.html%23bolton&date=2009-10-25+16:46:01 British Parliamentary by-elections: Bolton East 1960] 5. ^Dod's Parliamentary Companion (1967), p.481 6. ^"UK General Election results March 1966", Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources 4 : Defunct political parties in the United Kingdom|Political parties established in 1960|Political parties disestablished in 1962|Nationalist parties in the United Kingdom |
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