League of Empire Loyalists

League of Empire Loyalists
Abbreviation	LEL
Leader	A. K. Chesterton
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Dissolved	7 February 1967; 57 years ago (7 February 1967)
Split from	Conservative Party
Merged into	National Front
Membership	2,000–3,000 (1960s est.)
Ideology	British imperialism National conservatism Social conservatism Anti-capitalism Anti-communism Antisemitism White nationalism
Political position	Far-right
Colours	Red   White   Blue

The League of Empire Loyalists (LEL) was a British pressure group (also called a "ginger group" in Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations), established in 1954. Its ostensible purpose was to stop the British Empire's dissolution. The League was a small group of current or former members of the Conservative Party led by Arthur K. Chesterton, a former leading figure in the British Union of Fascists, who had served under Sir Oswald Mosley. The League found support from some Conservative Party members, although most of the Conservative leadership disliked it.^[1]