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The Libertarian Party, also known as the Libertarian Party UK (or LPUK), is a libertarian political party in the United Kingdom. The party describes itself as "largely minarchist in scope". ==History== The Party was founded on 1 January 2008 under the leadership of Patrick Vessey who registered the name with the Electoral Commission on 21 November 2007.〔Electoral Commission registration (Online search of registration database at https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/EntitySearch.aspx)〕 Annual accounts held by the Electoral Commission, show that the party claimed to have 314 members at the end of 2008, and a net annual income of £3,395. By December 2009, the party claimed 500 members.〔Electoral Commission registration (Online search of statements of account database at https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/SOASearch.aspx)〕 On 17 September 2008, Vessey resigned as party leader and was replaced by Ian Parker-Joseph, an IT consultant. Interviewed before the 2010 elections, Parker-Joseph claimed many policies which interfered with personal liberty were initiated by IT companies who invited ministers to their conferences The party claimed a membership of 1000 and hoped, in the wake of the MP expenses scandal, "to establish themselves in the media landscape with a couple of robust performances". He said the party wanted much smaller government and would initially cut taxation to 10% before removing it altogether. It could remove many layers of bureaucracy from the NHS to make it as efficient as private industry. In the 2009 local elections, Andrew Hunt came bottom in Cambridgeshire, Wisbech South, with 140 votes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cambridgeshire County Council Election Results 2009 )〕 In the United Kingdom local elections, 2010 Stuart Heal came bottom in Manchester City Council, Miles Platting and Newton Heath ward. The party participated in the United Kingdom general election, 2010. Nic Coome stood in Devizes, coming last with 141 votes (0.3%), and Martin Cullip in Sutton and Cheam, coming second last with 41 votes.〔Electoral Commission: (2010 UK general election – Parties and Third Parties, Political parties and third parties campaign expenditure at the 2010 UK Parliamentary general election ) August 25, 2010 archived - Electoral Commission: (UK general election 2010 Results for Devizes ) - Electoral Commission:(Report on campaign spending at the 2010 UK Parliamentary general election ) archived February 24, 2011 - (【引用サイトリンク】title=Election 2010: Constituency: Sutton & Cheam ) - (【引用サイトリンク】title=Election 2010: Constituency: Devizes )〕 On 28 November 2010, Andrew Withers was elected as party leader. In the May 2011 local elections, Withers was elected as an independent parish councillor for Clevedon Walton ward in North Somerset, resigning around March 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Libertarian Party (UK)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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