The Brexit Alliance was a British political

technical group In parliamentary politics, a technical group or mixed group is a heterogeneous group of elected officials who are of differing ideologies, comprising multiple small political parties, independent politicians, or a combination of both. They can be ...

formed on 12 December 2018 by Peter Whittle and David Kurten. They were elected to the

London Assembly The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject t ...

in 2016 as

UK Independence Party The UK Independence Party (UKIP, ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defect ...

(UKIP) representatives, but when Whittle announced he was leaving the party, the new group was formed. This was because to qualify as a group on the Assembly, at least two members are needed. Kurten subsequently also left UKIP in January 2020 while remaining in the Brexit Alliance. The Brexit Alliance lost both seats they held on the

at the

2021 London Assembly election The 2021 London Assembly election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the members of the London Assembly, alongside the 2021 London mayoral election. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally to be held on 7 May 2020, but on 13 March 202 ...

External links

Official site

References

Political parties established in 2018 Eurosceptic parties in the United Kingdom Locally based political parties in England Political history of London 2018 establishments in England UK Independence Party breakaway groups Political parties disestablished in 2021 2021 disestablishments in England {{UK-party-stub