The next UK General Election will take place between now and January 2025. AWP’s candidate search for this election is now open. We’re looking for committed animal advocates to speak up and out for animals and the environment in the political sphere. Interested in applying? Please read on:
Webinar recording: ‘Standing as a Candidate for Animal Welfare Party in the General Election’
Interested in finding out more about standing as a candidate for Animal Welfare Party in the next General Election. Watch a recording of our recent webinar ‘Standing as a Candidate for Animal Welfare Party in the General Election’. Find out more about our party, what’s involved in standing for election and hear about the experiences of previous candidates.
More about standing as an Animal Welfare Party Candidate
To stand for Animal Welfare Party in this election you must be a Full Adult Member of the party and complete an ‘Expression of Interest Form’. Non Members, Associate Members and Young Members aren’t eligible to stand as candidates for the party in this election. If you’re not currently a Member of our party, you’ll need to become a Member of our party before you apply. You can become a Member here.
We welcome applications from people who live vegan or vegetarian lifestyles.
Since we don’t know yet when a General Election may take place in this period, we’re currently interested to hear from Members who’d like to express interest in being candidates in an election that could take place at any time during the period mentioned above.
Whilst our manifesto for the next General Election isn’t yet published, our manifesto for the last General Election (2019) can be viewed here.
How to Express Interest in Standing as an AWP Candidate:
As with all political parties, AWP candidates must take part in a selection process.
The form here provides full details of how to express interest in being an AWP General Election Candidate. Please download the form and fill it out.
To apply, the following items must be returned to this email address:
membership@animalwelfareparty.org
1. The completed form – saved with your name in the title
2. Your CV / Resume
3. A link to your supporting video within the body of your email
Deadline: There is currently no deadline set for the receipt of applications. This will be updated in due course.
We thank you for giving this matter your consideration.
If you feel there are others in your networks who might also be interested in this, please feel free to share a link to this page with them.
