The inaugural executive committee of the party included former People's Patriotic Alliance (PPA) member, Natalio Wheatley (also known as Sowande Uhuru) as president; Elford Parsons, vice-president; Claudette Rymer, secretary; Julia Christopher, assistant secretary; Dennis Rhymer, treasurer; Lorie Rymer, public relations officer; Sunny Prince, sergeant-at-arms; and Glanville Penn, chaplain.
[2] Plans for the new political party were announced in the press in August 2013,[3] although private discussions may have occurred much earlier.
In the press it was speculated that proposed candidates may include former elected VIP politicians Dancia Penn and Vernon Malone,[4] but in the event that did not transpire.
[5] Eventually the party only put 5 candidates forward, all of whom were handily defeated (including Mr Christopher, who had previously held his seat in the legislature for 20 years).
[6] In November 2016 Natalio Wheatley left the PEP to join the Virgin Islands Party,[7] and the party fielded no candidates in the 2019 British Virgin Islands general election.