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  Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain
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AbbreviationCMPB
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CountryUnited Kingdom
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Disbanded0000-00-00
ContributorRBH
Last EditedRBH - October 10, 2021 06:17pm
DescriptionThe Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain was a political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded prior to the February 1974 general election by Tom Keen and Harold Smith, both business owners in Manchester.

Keen was the party's leader. He had become a millionaire through property development, and before forming the campaign, had donated money to the National Front.

The party called for voters not to vote for its candidates, but for tactical voting to defeat the Labour Party; it distributed anti-Labour literature. Despite this, some of its candidacies received hundreds of votes, with Keen's candidacy in Portsmouth North at the October 1974 general election attracting 1.0% of all the votes cast.

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07/16/1981 UK Parliament - Warrington - By-election Thomas Keen Lost 0.03% (-48.36%)
05/03/1979 UK Parliament - Huddersfield West Thomas Keen Lost 0.24% (-44.00%)
05/03/1979 UK Parliament - Bristol North West Thomas Keen Lost 0.14% (-48.44%)
05/03/1979 UK Parliament - Bristol South East Thomas Keen Lost 0.12% (-45.26%)
05/03/1979 UK Parliament - Coventry South West Thomas Keen Lost 0.14% (-49.13%)
05/03/1979 UK Parliament - Coventry North West Thomas Keen Lost 0.25% (-49.88%)
05/03/1979 UK Parliament - Colne Valley Thomas Keen Lost 0.19% (-38.19%)
03/04/1976 UK Parliament - Coventry North West - By-election Thomas Keen Lost 0.11% (-47.61%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Walsall South Thomas Keen Lost 0.34% (-47.65%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Middleton & Prestwich Harold Smith Lost 0.40% (-45.42%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Glasgow Govan Thomas Clyde Lost 0.12% (-49.39%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Gravesend Thomas Keen Lost 0.35% (-42.74%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Loughborough Harold Smith Lost 0.23% (-41.25%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Battersea South Thomas Keen Lost 0.57% (-47.27%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Keighley Charles W. Deakin Lost 0.42% (-45.16%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Aldridge-Brownhills Thomas Keen Lost 0.43% (-43.08%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Birmingham Handsworth Thomas Keen Lost 0.35% (-49.07%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Derby North Harold Smith Lost 0.40% (-44.12%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Portsmouth North Thomas Keen Lost 0.99% (-44.87%)
10/10/1974 UK Parliament - Putney Thomas Keen Lost 0.26% (-45.01%)