The first meeting took place in London in June 1998, and members leafleted the three main political parties (Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Conservative) at their conferences in the autumn of that year.

In the autumn of 2003, the CEP mounted a "Parliament or Partition" conference in London which was attended by about 300 people and was addressed by Simon Hughes, MP, and UKIP's Nigel Farage.

In 2009, the CEP co-sponsored a debate at the Convention on Modern Liberty involving Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Paul Kingsnorth, Gerry Hassan, and Gareth Young.

In June 2010, the CEP controversially made a complaint to Fife Police about music store HMV's "Anyone but England" promotion during the World Cup.

[4] Over the years, the CEP have held four meetings in the House of Commons (HoC), they have had letters and articles published in many different media, and they have appeared on radio and television.