[4] The party leader is Dirk Hazell, who is a former Conservative councillor,[5] who has also been a candidate for the Liberal Democrats.

[8] The UK EPP claimed an association with the European People's Party family[3] but is not actually a member.

Its political space became occupied predominantly by Change UK, formed in early 2019 by former Labour and Conservative members, which stood candidates in all constituencies except Northern Ireland.

[12] Ashworth later joined Change UK[13] and was a candidate for it at the 2019 European Parliament election, at which he failed to be re-elected.

Girling did not stand for re-election in the 2019 European Parliament election, declaring support for the Liberal Democrats, and later became the leader of the Renew Party.