Animal Protection Party
British political party
The Animal Protection Party (APP) was a political party founded in England in 2006 to represent an animal rights perspective. It stood four candidates in the 2010 general election. The party de-registered in 2016.
2010 general election
The APP stood in four constituencies in the May 2010 British general election, chosen because the sitting MP was viewed by the APP as representing the interests of people or industries that use animals.
Sarah Coats, a recycling company administrator, stood in Meon Valley, a new constituency where Wickham Laboratories is based. Coats received 255 votes (0.3%); the seat was taken by George Hollingbery for the Conservatives.
Carrie Holliman (listed by the Electoral Commission as the party leader) stood in Huntingdon, where Huntingdon Life Sciences is based, against Conservative MP Jonathan Djanogly. She received 181 votes (0.3%). Djanogly held the seat.
Jim Kapetanos stood in Vauxhall against the Labour MP Kate Hoey, chair of the Countryside Alliance, which promotes hunting.
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