English Democrats - Organisation

Organisation

The English Democrats have an England-wide network of area, county and some Borough Officers. In April 2006, it announced full national representative coverage of the nine Regions of England. In addition to the twenty-person National Council which includes nine area chairmen, there are 14 National Sub-Committees to expedite progress in the party's development. In 2010 the EDP was structured into ten regions in England by splitting the South-East region. As of April 2012, the party has never been able to fill all ten Regional Chairman's posts.

The party claimed a total membership of 1,011 at the end of 2004, and 1,202 at the end of 2005. The BBC reported 1,300 members in 2007. Party membership was around 1,500 in September 2011, following the influx of a number of people joining from the BNP, UKIP and other fringe parties. In a speech by Robin Tilbrook given to students at the University of Nottingham on 9 February 2012, he stated that the party now had almost 3,000 members. However, according to the English Democrats' returns to the Electoral Commission they received only £23,084 in income in 2009 which equates to just 770 members at £30 per month assuming all income came from membership subscriptions and no donations.