May 2014 at Birmingham magistrates' court. He had tweeted comments about Fiyaz Mughal OBE, a Muslim campaigner of Tell MAMA UK. 2016 Batley and Spen by-election Following the killing of the incumbent Labour MP Jo Cox, Liberty GB contested the Batley and Spen by-election (the Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and UKIP declined to contest it). The party's candidate was Jack Buckby, who was a member of the youth division of the British National Party (BNP) under Nick Griffin before leaving the party. He says he left because he believed that the BNP was too racist. Buckby polled just over 1% of the vote; he lost his deposit, as did all the candidates except the winner, the Labour candidate Tracy Brabin. Dissolution by Paul Weston Paul Weston dissolved the party in November 2017, choosing instead to back Anne Marie Waters' new party, For Britain. Electoral performance General election, 7 May 2015 The party contested three constituencies, obtaining a total of 418 votes. 2016 Batley and Spen by-election See also Pegida UK English Defence League References External links Counter-jihad 2013 establishments in England Political parties established in 2013 Far-right political parties in the United Kingdom Nationalist parties in the United Kingdom Eurosceptic parties in the United Kingdom UK Independence Party breakaway groups Anti-Islam sentiment in the United Kingdom Political parties disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in the United Kingdom