Advance Together

Advance Together (often shortened to Advance) was a British political party. The party was led by Annabel Mullin, a former Liberal Democrat member and parliamentary candidate for Kensington.^[3] It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 22 February 2018. Party officials were named as Mullin (leader) and Peter Marshall (nominating officer).^[1] It formed an alliance with the Renew Party in late 2018, with Mullin joining the leadership team and for a time becoming leader of Renew.

Advance Together
Founded	2017
Dissolved	2020
Headquarters	London SW4 4EY[1]
Ideology	Social liberalism Subsidiarity Reformism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre[2]
Website
www.advancetogether.org.uk[dead link]
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History

The party was founded shortly after the Grenfell Tower fire,^[4] with aims for more accountability in the council.^[5] The party contested the 2018 local elections in the Borough, winning 2.4% of the vote but failing to win any seats.^[6]

In September 2018, the party announced it was forming an alliance with the pro-European and centrist^{[citation needed]} Renew Party, with Annabel Mullin joining their leadership team^[7] and serving as leader until June 2019.^[8]

The party fielded five candidates at the 2019 general election.^[9]

In December 2019, Advance received a £20,000 donation from Our Future Our Choice.^[2]

The party was voluntarily deregistered on 1 October 2020.^[10]

Election results

In the 2018 local elections the party fielded 14 candidates in 12 wards in Kensington and Chelsea, receiving a total of 2,357 votes, or approximately 2.4% of the total vote.^[11]

Elections

2019 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Chipping Barnet	John Sheffield	71	0.1[12]
Esher and Walton	Kyle Taylor	52	0.1[13]
Hitchin and Harpenden	Peter Marshall	101	0.2[14]
Mid Sussex	Brett Mortensen	47	0.1[15]
Wokingham	Annabel Mullin	80	0.1[16]