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The Animal Protection Party (APP) was founded in England in 2008 to represent an animal rights perspective. ==2010 general election== The APP stood in four constituencies in the May 2010 British general election, chosen because the sitting MP was viewed by the APP as representing the interests of people or industries that use animals. *Sarah Coats stood in Meon Valley, a new constituency where Wickham Labs is based. Coats received 255 votes (0.3%); the seat was taken by George Hollingbery for the Conservatives.〔(Election 2010: Meon Valley ), BBC, accessed May 7, 2010.〕 *Carrie Holliman stood in Huntingdon, where Huntingdon Life Sciences is based, against Conservative MP Jonathan Djanogly. She received 181 votes (0.3%). Djanogly held the seat.〔(Election 2010: Huntingdon ), BBC, accessed May 7, 2010.〕 *Jim Kapetanos stood in Vauxhall against the Labour MP Kate Hoey, chairperson of the Countryside Alliance, which promotes hunting.〔(Animal Protection Party: Elections ), accessed April 24, 2010.〕 He received 96 votes (0.2%). Hoey held the seat.〔(Election 2010: Vauxhall ), BBC, accessed May 7, 2010.〕 *Keith Mann stood in Oxford West and Abingdon against the Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris; the area has been the focus of protests against the building of Oxford University's Biomedical Sciences Building.〔Ellery, Ben. (Animal rights election candidate served time for arson ), ''Oxford Times'', April 24, 2010.〕 Mann received 143 votes (0.3%); Harris lost the seat to Nicola Blackwood for the Conservative Party.〔(Election 2010: Oxford West & Abingdon ), BBC, accessed May 7, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Animal Protection Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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