Rejoin EU

Rejoin EU is a pro-European minor political party in the United Kingdom, advocating for the country's re-entry into the European Union following its withdrawal, commonly known as Brexit. It was launched in February 2020.^[1] Brendan Donnelly is the current leader and Richard Hewison is the current treasurer.^[2]

Rejoin EU
Leader	Brendan Donnelly
Chairman	Andrew Smith
Treasurer	Richard Hewinson
Founded	February 2020; 5 years ago (February 2020)
Ideology	Pro-Europeanism Anti-Brexit Single-issue politics
Local government	0 / 19,481
Website
therejoineuparty.com
Politics of the United Kingdom Political parties Elections

The party has 1 elected representative. Party chairman Andrew Smith, was elected to the parish council in Goring-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire in 2022.

History

2021

Richard Hewison was the party's candidate in the 2021 London mayoral election, and was endorsed by Volt UK. He came eighth out of twenty candidates, with 1.1% of the vote.^{[citation needed]}

The party stood candidates in the Chesham and Amersham by-election, Batley and Spen by-election and North Shropshire by-election, each time receiving less than 0.5% of the votes.^[3] Hewison stood for the party in the 2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election and received 0.7% of the vote.^{[citation needed]}

2022

In July 2022, the party's chairman Andy Smith won a seat in Goring-on-Thames Parish Council, marking the party's first electoral success.^[2]

In November 2022, Hewison stood as the party's candidate in the City of Chester by-election, winning 1.0% of the vote. In December 2022, Jim Newell stood for Rejoin EU in the 2022 Stretford and Urmston by-election and won 1.3% of the vote.^{[citation needed]}

2023

In July 2023, Hewison stood as a candidate in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, receiving 0.3% of the vote.^[4]

2024

In the 2024 London Assembly election, the Rejoin EU Party increased its vote share on the London-wide list to 2.5%, up from 1.9% in 2021.^[5]

2024 general election

Rejoin EU stated it intended to stand 26 candidates in the 2024 general election,^[6][7] including their leader Brendan Donnelly standing in Finchley and Golders Green.^[8] The party got 9,245 votes, all candidates lost their election deposits and all candidates achieved under 2% of the vote.

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Battersea	Georgina Burford-Connole[9]	401	0.9
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	Richard Baker-Howard[10]	350	0.7
Chipping Barnet	Richard Hewison[11]	379	0.7
Cities of London and Westminster	Liz Burford[12]	352	0.9
Ealing Southall	Peter Ward[13]	475	1.0
Fareham and Waterlooville	Edward Dean[14][15]	210	0.4
Finchley and Golders Green	Brendan Donnelly[16]	486	1.0
Hammersmith and Chiswick	Bill Colegrave[17]	821	1.8
Hampstead and Highgate	Christie Elan-Kane[18]	532	1.1
Hendon	Ben Rend[19]	233	0.6
Kensington and Bayswater	John Stevens[20]	486	1.2
Leyton and Wanstead	Simon Mark Bezer[21]	244	0.6
Melton and Syston	Matt Shouler[22]	288	0.6
Old Bexley and Sidcup	Laurent Williams[23]	251	0.5
Oxford East	Andrew Smith[24]	425	1.1
Peckham	Alex Kerr[25]	285	0.7
Pendle and Clitheroe	Christopher Thompson[26]	902	1.9
Preston	Joseph O'Meachair[27]	216	0.5
Putney	Felix Burford-Connole[28]	289	0.7
Rutland and Stamford	Joanna Burrows[29]	409	0.8
Sevenoaks	Elwyn Jones[30]	298	0.6
Sheffield Hallam	Sam Chapman[31]	409	0.8
South West Hertfordshire	Victor Silkin[32]	232	0.5
Stretford and Urmston	Jim Newell[33]	308	0.7
Tooting	Jas Alduk[34]	370	0.7
Tottenham	Andrew Miles[35]	306	0.8

2025

John Stevens was a candidate for the party in the 2025 Runcorn and Helsby by-election.^[36]