By the beginning of 2002 the party had ceased political activity. It continued as a pressure group under the name Campaign for National Democracy until 2008; the party officially ceased to exist after the death of its leader at the beginning of 2011.

Publication of The Flag magazine continued but without reference to the National Democrats or the Campaign for National Democracy.

Leading Members

• Simon Darby
  Simon Darby
  Simon Darby is a British politician and former Deputy Chairman of the British National Party.-Background:By occupation a computer communications consultant, Darby began his political career in the National Democrats, most of whose activity was centred around his West Midlands base...
  
  , parliamentary candidate, left the party in 1998 for the BNP and became its Press Officer.
• Martin Wingfield
  Martin Wingfield
  Martin Wingfield is a long-standing figure on the far right in British politics. He and his wife, Tina WIngfield, have contested several elections.-National Front:...
  
  ,co-editor of The Flag, left the party in 2001 and joined the BNP and became editor of their Voice of Freedom paper.
• Sharron Edwards, parliamentary candidate, left the party in 1999, stood as first candidate on the West Midlands list for the BNP in the 1999 European elections and later became deputy chairwoman of the BNP before help forming the Freedom Party.
• Gary Cartwright, regional organiser and local council candidate, later joined UKIP and is currently parliamentary advisor to Nikki Sinclaire
  Nikki Sinclaire
  Nicole Sinclaire is a European politician from the United Kingdom and is a current MEP.Educated at the University of Canterbury graduating with a Bachelor of Laws qualification. Sinclaire has worked for Lloyds as a 'problem troubleshooter' was employed as a Gateway store manager and worked in...
  
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By-elections, 1996-1997

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
1 February 1996 Hemsworth by-election, 1996 The Hemsworth by-election, 1996 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 1 February 1996 for the House of Commons constituency of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire....	Hemsworth Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:- Elections in the 1990s :- Elections in the 1940s :- Elections in the 1930s :- Elections in the 1920s :...		111	0.5
11 April 1996 South East Staffordshire by-election, 1996 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996 following the death of sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lincoln Lightbown.The result was a Labour gain from the Conservatives....	South East Staffordshire		358	0.8
12 December 1996	Merseyside West (European Parliament) Merseyside West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...	Simon Darby Simon Darby Simon Darby is a British politician and former Deputy Chairman of the British National Party.-Background:By occupation a computer communications consultant, Darby began his political career in the National Democrats, most of whose activity was centred around his West Midlands base...	718	1.2

UK General Election, 1997

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
Birmingham Ladywood		685	1.8
Blackburn Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency) Blackburn is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The town currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It has elected Labour MPs since its re-creation in 1955.-Boundaries:The constituency...		671	1.4
Burton Burton (UK Parliament constituency) Burton is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...		604	1.1
Dagenham Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency) Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...		183	0.5
Derby South		317	0.6
Devon East		131	0.2
Dudley North Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency) Dudley North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...		469	1
East Ham East Ham (UK Parliament constituency) East Ham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in the London Borough of Newham...		290	0.7
Halesowen and Rowley Regis		592	1.2
Leicester West Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...		186	0.5
Leicester South Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , by the first past the post voting system...		307	0.6
Londonderry East		81	0.2
Nottingham South Nottingham South (UK Parliament constituency) Nottingham South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....		446	0.9
Plymouth Devonport		238	0.5
Southport Southport (UK Parliament constituency) Southport is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...		92	0.2
Southwark North and Bermondsey		95	0.2
Stoke-on-Trent South		288	0.6
Tiverton and Honiton		236	0.4
West Bromwich West		4,181	11.4
Wolverhampton North East		356	0.9
Yorkshire East		381	0.8

By-elections, 1997

Date of election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
31 July 1997 Uxbridge by-election, 1997 The Uxbridge by-election, 1997 was a parliamentary by-election held in July 1997 to elect a new Member of Parliament for the constituency of Uxbridge in London, England....	Uxbridge Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency) Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system, from 1885 until it was abolished at the 2010 general election....		157	0.5
23 September 1999 Wigan by-election, 1999 The Labour Member of Parliament for Wigan Roger Stott, died on 9 August 1999, causing a by-election in the constituency. Polling day was set for 23 September. Labour selected Neil Turner, who had been a local councillor for 27 years, to defend the seat...	Wigan Wigan (UK Parliament constituency) Wigan is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...		100	0.6

External links

• Campaign for National Democracy Website
• A Manifesto for Britain- General Election 1997