# Homeland Party (United Kingdom)

The Homeland Party (HP) is a nationalist political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded as a group in May 2023 by its current leader, Kenny Smith, and registered as a party in January 2024. It was described by Hope Not Hate as the largest far right group in the UK.

## History

The Homeland Party was formed predominantly by Scottish members who had left the far-right Patriotic Alternative (PA). Its chairman is Kenny Smith, who founded the party in May 2023. Smith was previously the national administration officer for PA, and the head of administration and an unsuccessful electoral candidate for the British National Party (BNP).
The party's other registered officers also have connections with PA. Jerome O'Reilly was reportedly the Welsh regional organiser and Ant Burrows the East Midlands regional organiser.
The group first attempted to register as a political party in May 2023, but its application was rejected in August 2023 for being incomplete. It was registered as a political party in January 2024.
In September 2024 the Homeland Party held its annual conference in Derbyshire with guest speakers from the far-right European parties Alternative for Germany and Confederation, along with the remigration activist Steve Laws. There was some opposition from anti-fascist protesters.
In October 2024 it was made public that Homeland's National Council had unanimously agreed for Identity England, a small English branch of the Identitarian movement, to merge with the party.
In March 2025 senior members of the Homeland Party traveled to Germany. Whilst there they sent a delegation to the Bundestag, hosted by the AfD and received training from the AfD's media team.

## Political position

The group has been described as far-right by The National, although its official website strongly rebuts the use of the term and states its perspective on nationalism, emphasising self-determination, sovereignty, and the principle of a nation-state based on ethnic, ancestral, and cultural unity. In November 2024 the party published an expanded policy proposal titled Immigration & Remigration, detailing specific measures to be taken to both cease and reverse immigration to the British Isles.

## Controversies

In April 2023 Judge Manley ruled against Alec Cave in an employment tribunal relating to comments made by him about the actor John Boyega. In her ruling Judge Manley said of Cave's views, "This is not just a belief that is shocking, offensive or disturbing to others, though it may well be all those things. It is a belief that, in at least some respects, is akin to Nazism."
In October 2023 it was reported that David Gardner, a member of the party and the treasurer of Forfar Community Council, had made racist and antisemitic comments and had taken part in a neo-Nazi chat group under a pseudonym. Gardner described the article as a "hit piece".
Later in October 2023 it was reported that James Munro, a member of the party, had been involved in the neo-Nazi group Scottish Nationalist Society. The party responded that "Munro had been involved as a disenfranchised teenager but has since grown up".

## Election results
### UK local elections

| Year | Council | Ward | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Finish |
| 2024 | Hart District | Hartley Wintney | Roger Robertson | 355 | 13.5% | Hart District Councillor | 3rd |