Advance Together | |
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Founded | 2017 |
Dissolved | 2020 |
Headquarters | London SW4 4EY [1] |
Ideology |
Social liberalism Subsidiarity Reformism Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre [2] |
Website | |
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Advance Together (often shortened to Advance) was a British political party. The party was led by Annabel Mullin, a former Liberal Democrat member and parliamentary candidate for Kensington. [3] It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 22 February 2018. Party officials were named as Mullin (leader) and Peter Marshall (nominating officer). [1] It formed an alliance with the Renew Party in late 2018, with Mullin joining the leadership team and for a time becoming leader of Renew.
The party was founded shortly after the Grenfell Tower fire, [4] with aims for more accountability in the council. [5] The party contested the 2018 local elections in the Borough, winning 2.4% of the vote but failing to win any seats. [6]
In September 2018, the party announced it was forming an alliance with the pro-European and centrist[ citation needed] Renew Party, with Annabel Mullin joining their leadership team [7] and serving as leader until June 2019. [8]
The party fielded five candidates at the 2019 general election. [9]
In December 2019, Advance received a £20,000 donation from Our Future Our Choice. [2]
The party was voluntarily deregistered on 1 October 2020. [10]
In the 2018 local elections the party fielded 14 candidates in 12 wards in Kensington and Chelsea, receiving a total of 2,357 votes, or approximately 2.4% of the total vote. [11]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Chipping Barnet | John Sheffield | 71 | 0.1 [12] |
Esher and Walton | Kyle Taylor | 52 | 0.1 [13] |
Hitchin and Harpenden | Peter Marshall | 101 | 0.2 [14] |
Mid Sussex | Brett Mortensen | 47 | 0.1 [15] |
Wokingham | Annabel Mullin | 80 | 0.1 [16] |