It was founded before the February 1974 general election by Tom Keen and Harold Smith, both business owners in Manchester.
[1] The party first came to public attention when members plastered the headquarters of the Trades Union Congress with anti-union posters.
[3] Smith stood against Labour Party leader Harold Wilson at the February 1974 general election, taking 234 votes.
[1] Keen and Smith set a new record at the October general election by standing simultaneously in eleven and twelve constituencies, respectively.
However, the party was apparently dissolved in the early 1980s, Keen standing in five Labour seats at the 1983 general election as an independent.