NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

The British Democrats is run by an elected National Executive Council – some of our key leadership personnel include:

Dr James Lewthwaite – Chairman, National Executive Council founder member.
Dr James Lewthwaite is the current British Democrats Chairman. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Cambridge University where he was awarded a PhD in 1985. He has previously taught at Bradford, Lancaster and Sheffield Universities.
He served on Bradford Council representing Wyke between 2004 and 2007, where he tried to persuade the Council to tackle the scandal of grooming. However, none of the other parties would support him.
Michael Jones – Party Secretary
Chris Canham Treasurer
Full NEC
The full National Executive Council for 2024 – 2025 with surnames in alphabetical order is as follows:

Christopher Bateman
Chris Canham
Peter Finch
Graham Hardy
Michael Jones
Dr Jim Lewthwaite
Adrian Romilly
Lawrence Rustem
Keith Sharp
Stephen Smith