Alas, the Norwich division is lacking in this area. Beyond the big three, pretty much all we find are the medium two: the Greens and UKIP. A couple of the Labour candidates are also representing the Co-Operative Party, but that's about it.
If we look at the other divisions across Norfolk, however, we see a couple of minor parties: the Christian Peoples Alliance, represented by Chris Olley (Dereham South), Mark Clamp (The Brecks) and Carl Clark (Thetford West); and the United Peoples Party, represented by Shaun Wright (Yarmouth Nelson and Southtown).
The website of the Christian Peoples Alliance can be seen here; it appears to be a generally centrist party, with (as the name suggests) a heavily religious outlook.
The United Peoples Party, meanwhile, is a relatively recent outfit founded in 2009 by one Andrew Stott; it advocates "a non-xenophobic form of nationalism which is compatible with the liberal values of equality and individual rights".
Nick Lowles of Hope Not Hate highlighted the UPP on a list of problematic parties running in the election:
Ok, a couple of people have asked me for a list of far right candidates. we are still waiting for half a dozen councils to announce but this is what we have so far:
Far right
67 British National Party
3 British Democratic Party
3 National Front
1 Patria
Right-wing English Nationalists
29 English Democrats
2 New England Party
2 United People's Party
The UPP was not happy with being lumped in with the far-right parties:
I'm not entirely sure what Lowles' problem with this party is. The English Democrats made his list because, while an ostensibly moderate party, it has attracted former members of the BNP and other extremist elements. Does UPP have a similar problem? Unfortunately, I'm none the wiser here.
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