The England First Party (EFP) was an English nationalist and far-right political party. It had two councillors on Blackburn with Darwen council between 2006 and 2007. Formation and policies They were formed in 2004 by Mark Cotterill who had been the founder and chairman of American Friends of the British National Party (BNP). However, he began to disagree with the BNP politically, and so formed the EFP, after a spell in the White Nationalist Party. The EFP differed from the BNP in its analysis of the United Kingdom. It criticised British nationalism and supported English nationalism instead. Most members of the EFP were former BNP members like their chairman, Cotterill. The EFP campaigned against the creation of regional assemblies across England. They also campaigned on issues such as opposing immigration in England and opposing the UK's continued membership of the European Union. On the economy, the EFP supported the gradual nationalisation of most national and public services in attempts to achieve autarky. While not aiming to abolish capitalist ownership, the EFP claimed the interests of workers to be paramount and subsequently supported worker co-operatives. The EFP also aimed to end the connections between trade unions and the Labour Party while encouraging trade union membership and re-nationalising and re-opening coal mines which had a "reasonable working life". According to the accounts filed with the Electoral Commission the party had 27 full members at year-end 2004 and 85 "supporters". By the end of 2005 this had increased to 39 paid members and 97 registered supporters. For the year end 2007 the party recognised "100 supporters". By year end 2010, England First had 42 full members and recognised 111 supporters. It sold a magazine Heritage and Destiny, which ran issues every year from July 1999. It provided news on the progress of racial nationalism in Britain, Europe and America. Policies on religion The EFP was criticised for a section of its manifesto that promised "the abolition of all non-European faiths and religions". On 4 June 2010 Mark Cotterill issued a statement that "[f]ar from wishing to "abolish" any religion (from the East or West!), the EFP is committed to traditional English values of religious freedom." A later version of the party manifesto, last edited 28 April 2010, did not contain the call for abolition of non-European religions. Elections In their first electoral test, a local government by-election in February 2004 for the Heysham