Agricultural Party
| Agricultural Party | |
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| Leader | J. F. Wright |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Dissolved | 1940s |
| Headquarters | Norfolk |
| Ideology | Empire free trade with agricultural protection |
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The Agricultural Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1931 as the Norfolk Farmers' Party but changed its name one week after its formation.[1] It initially had the support of the National Farmers Union, Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook.[2]
The party called for Empire free trade, agricultural protection, and the introduction of duties on food imports.[1] It stood candidates in the 1931 UK general election and again in the East Fife by-election in 1933, but without success, and it lost its high-profile supporters. It appears to have been disbanded in the late 1940s.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 F. W. S. Craig, Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations
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