The English Democrats Party, previously the English National Party, is a political party in England, which seeks the establishment of a new English Parliament.
It is anti-European Union, and is against the establishment of regional assemblies in the Regions of England, seeing this as a European plot. It believes England needs a seperate, single parliament, claiming the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly provide a voice to those two countries that England lacks within the UK. It also wishes to decrease the number of immigrants, and would re-evaluate if the asylum laws should remain in place in their current form, however it claims to represent the interests of all people living in England, regardless of race or cultural background. It supports the legalisation of cannabis, and wishes to codify the body of common law which makes up much of England and Wales criminal law.
The English National Party was founded in 1974 by Frank Hansford-Miller, who has since settled in Australia. The ENP had a sitting MP from April to August 1976, in the form of John Stonehouse. Stonehouse joined the party on Hansford-Miller's invitation after resiging from the Labour Party, though the ENP had previously tried to have him extradited from Australia under charge of treason. The party was reformed after the 1997 devolution of power to Scotland and Wales, and relaunched as the English Democrats Party in September 2002. The party is led by Robin Tilbrook, a former member of the Conservative Party and the British National Party.
They put up candidates for election in the European Parliament election, 2004 but were not successful in gaining any seats.
The English Democrats Party is not affiliated with the English Democratic Party, an unregistered political entity which was founded in 1994 and is concerned with constiutional affairs.