All of them were former members of Forza Italia/The People of Freedom, but Sandro Sandri, a splinter from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.
At the national level, the party's high-ranking member is Maurizio Sacconi, NCD former leader in the Senate.
Despite the bad relations between NCD and Lega Nord in Rome, the regional party was a strong supporter of Luca Zaia and a loyal coalition partner of Liga Veneta until 2015.
In the 2015 regional election NCD formed a joint list with the Union of the Centre (under the banner of Popular Area) and supported Flavio Tosi, Liga Veneta's former leader and splinter, for President.
The list won a mere 2.0% of the vote, but its leader Marino Zorzato was re-elected to the Regional Council.