Electoral history of Adam I of Adammia

Emperor Adam I of Adammia has stood in a number of elections, in the Empire of Adammia, the United Kingdom (including internal elections in the Liberal Democrats), Mercia and the Grand Unified Micronational.

Empire of Adammia

Local elections

2013 local elections

Adam I stood in the first set of local elections in July 2013, standing as the sole candidate for the Adammic Imperial Province (now known as Primoria in the present-day province of Greater Tytannia). He served as Minister (later known as a Councilor following a constitutional amendment in November 2013) for one year.

Adammic Imperial Province (20 July 2013)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	HIM Emperor Adam I	4	100.0	N/A
Majority			4	100.0	N/A
Turnout			4	100.0	N/A
	Independent win

2014 local elections

Adam I stood for re-election in Primoria in July 2014, now as a member of the LIST Party. He lost the seat to his independent brother Crown Prince Daniel, who was elected unanimously.

Primoria (26 July 2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	HIH Crown Prince Daniel	4	100.0	N/A
	LIST Party	HIM Emperor Adam I	0	0.0	-100.0
Majority			4	100.0	+0.0
Turnout			4	100.0	+0.0
	IND gain from LIST Party

2015 local elections

Adam I stood again in 2015 in Primoria, having renamed his party as the Liberal Party. He lost again, but did manage to reduce his brother's majority.

Primoria (25 July 2015)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	HIH Crown Prince Daniel	3	75.0	-25.0
	Liberal	HIM Emperor Adam I	1	25.0	+25.0
Majority			2	50.0	-50.0
Turnout			4	100.0	+0.0
	Independent hold		Swing

2016 local elections

In 2016, Adam got exactly the same result as the previous year.

Primoria (23 July 2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	HIH Crown Prince Daniel	3	75.0	+0.0
	Liberal	HIM Emperor Adam I	1	25.0	+0.0
Majority			2	50.0	+0.0
Turnout			4	100.0	+0.0
	Independent hold		Swing

2016 Delegate of the Colonies election

In November 2016, the Adammic National Party challenged Adam I for his seat as Delegate of the Colonies. An election was held on 24 November, with the electorate consisting of the governors of each colony and the Grand Master of the Ordo Vladius. Adam narrowly held the seat.

Delegate of the Colonies (24 November 2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	HIM Emperor Adam I	4	57.1	N/A
	Adammic National Party	HG Colonel Sir Cavan Garfield	3	42.9	N/A
Majority			1	14.3	N/A
Turnout			7	87.5	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing

July 2017 local elections

In July 2017, Adam I got the exact same result as the previous two years.

Primoria (15 July 2017)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	HIH Crown Prince Daniel	3	75.0	+0.0
	Liberal	HIM Emperor Adam I	1	25.0	+0.0
Majority			2	50.0	+0.0
Turnout			4	100.0	+0.0
	Independent hold		Swing

November 2017 local elections

Following the re-organisation of Adammic territories in October 2017, Adam I stood unopposed to represent the new province of Greater Tytannia.

Greater Tytannia (12 November 2017)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	HIM Emperor Adam I	2	100.0	N/A
Majority			2	100.0	N/A
Turnout			2	25.0	N/A
	Liberal win

2018 local elections

Adam I stood unopposed to represent the Greater Tytannia and was duly re-elected, this time as a member of the Liberal-Moderate Party.

Greater Tytannia (13 October 2018)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Moderate	HIM Emperor Adam I			-
	Liberal-Moderate hold		Swing

2019 local elections

Greater Tytannia (21 September 2019)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Moderate	HIM Emperor Adam I			-
	Liberal-Moderate hold		Swing

Internal party elections

2017 Liberal Party presidential election

Following the adoption of the Liberal Party constitution at its conference on 15 July 2017, the party held its first internal presidential election. Adam I was elected as the sole candidate.

Candidate	Votes	%
Emperor Adam I	3	100.0
Turnout/Total	3	60.0

2018 Liberal-Moderate Party presidential election

Following the merger of the Liberal Party and the Moderate Party in October 2018, Adam I stood unopposed to be the new party's first president.

Candidate	Votes	%
Emperor Adam I	5	100.0
Re-open nominations	0	0.0
Turnout/Total	5	35.71

2019 Liberal-Moderate Party presidential election

Adam I was again re-elected unopposed to the Liberal-Moderate party presidency on 17 August 2019.

Candidate	Votes	%
Emperor Adam I	4	100.0
Re-open nominations	0	0.0
Turnout/Total	4	30.77

2020 Liberal-Moderate Party presidential election

Adam I was again re-elected unopposed to the Liberal-Moderate party presidency on 5 September 2020.

Candidate	Votes	%
Emperor Adam I	7	100.0
Re-open nominations	0	0.0
Turnout/Total	7	53.85

2021 Liberal-Moderate Party presidential election

Adam I was again re-elected unopposed to the Liberal-Moderate party presidency on 21 August 2021.

Candidate	Votes	%
Emperor Adam I	5	100.0
Re-open nominations	0	0.0
Turnout/Total	5	35.71

2022 Liberal-Moderate Party presidential election

Adam I was again re-elected unopposed to the Liberal-Moderate party presidency on 1 October 2022.

Candidate	Votes	%
Emperor Adam I	6	100.0
Re-open nominations	0	0.0
Turnout/Total	6	40.00

United Kingdom

Local elections

2016 Wakefield Council election

Adam I (using his macronational legal name, Adam Belcher) stood as a paper candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the ward of Crofton, Ryhill and Walton.

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faith Heptinstall	1968	48.8	+1.2
	UKIP	Steve Ashton	1003	24.9	-2.8
	Conservative	Tony Ayoade	812	20.1	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	252	6.2	N/A
Majority			965	23.9	+4.0
Turnout			4035	34.4	-28.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 Wakefield Council election

Belcher stood for Crofton, Ryhill and Walton again in 2018, ostensibly as a paper candidate, although he did run a small, online-only campaign designed to incur no expenses. He improved his vote share, achieving the second-best result for the Liberal Democrats in Wakefield District.

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Manifield	1958	54.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Susan Lodge	1268	35.0	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	396	10.9	+4.7
Majority			690	19.1	-4.8
Turnout			3622	29.7	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2019 Wakefield Council election

Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Cummings	1645	49.1	-5.0
	Conservative	James Hardwick	1082	32.3	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	621	18.5	+7.6
Majority			563	16.8	-2.3
Turnout			3348	27.6	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 Leeds Council election

Kirkstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Bithell	3346	67.7	+0.6
	Green	Victoria Smith	797	16.1	+1.6
	Conservative	Reiss Capitano	511	10.3	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Belcher	287	5.8	+2.6
Majority			2549	51.6	-1.0
Turnout			4941	30.8	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

UBLD elections

2017 University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats committee elections

The University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats society held its annual general meeting on 9 March 2017, at which Belcher stood for four different committee roles. After losing the first three, he was eventually elected Internal Campaigns Officer unopposed.

Secretary
Candidate	Votes	%
Samuel Boardman	12	60.0
Adam Belcher	8	40.0
Turnout/Total	20	47.6

Communications Officer
Candidate	Votes	%
Emily Simpson	??	??
Adam Belcher	??	??
Turnout/Total	20	47.6

Events Officer
Candidate	Votes	%
Andrew Field	??	??
Asher Bond	??	??
Adam Belcher	??	??
Turnout/Total	20	47.6

Internal Campaigns Officer
Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	19	100.0
Turnout/Total	19	45.2

2017 University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats Secretary by-election

Following the resignation of Sam Boardman in August 2017, Belcher stood again for Secretary of UBLD at an extraordinary general meeting on 23 October 2017, and won the position.

Secretary
Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	14	66.7
Alex Waters	7	33.3
Turnout/Total	21	58.3

2018 University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats committee elections

At UBLD's annual general meeting on 8 March 2018, Belcher unsuccessfully ran for Chair of the society, before being re-elected Secretary unopposed.

Chair
Candidate	Votes	%
Sophie Thornton	10	52.6
Sam Maude	8	42.1
Adam Belcher	1	5.3
Turnout/Total	20	55.5

(1 spoilt ballot)

Secretary
Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	20	100.0
Turnout/Total	20	55.5

2019 University of Birmingham Liberal Democrats committee elections

At UBLD's annual general meeting on 21 March 2019, Belcher unsuccessfully ran again for Chair of the society, before being elected Vice-Chair unopposed.

Chair
Candidate	Votes	%
Hermione Peace	11	61.1
Adam Belcher	7	38.9
Turnout/Total	18	60.0

Vice-Chair
Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	16	100.0
Turnout/Total	16	53.3

Young Liberals elections

2018 Young Liberals elections

In the Young Liberals elections in October 2018, Belcher stood for a seat on the Conference Committee, but did not win either of the two seats available.

Conference Committee
Candidate	First round		After transfers
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Hermione Peace	73	42.0	73	36.9
Katharine Macy	44	25.3	67	33.8
Adam Belcher	39	22.4	58	29.3
Re-open nominations	18	10.3	-	-

2019 Young Liberals elections

In the Young Liberals elections in October 2019, Belcher stood for again a seat on the Conference Committee, and was this time elected.

Conference Committee
Candidate	First round
	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	49	43.8
Jack Worrall	42	37.5
Re-open nominations	21	18.8

2020 Young Liberals elections

In the Young Liberals elections in October 2020, Belcher successfully stood for re-election to the renamed Events Committee, and was also elected regional chair of the Yorkshire and Humber Young Liberals.

Events Committee
Candidate	First round
	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	156	41.7
Jamie Siviter	131	35.0
Alfie Robinson	63	16.8
Re-open nominations	24	6.4

Yorkshire & Humber Regional Chair
Candidate	First round
	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	14	63.6
Niall Ormiston	7	31.8
Re-open nominations	1	4.5

2021 Young Liberals elections

In the Young Liberals elections in October 2021, Belcher successfully stood for re-election to the Events Committee and as regional chair of the Yorkshire and Humber Young Liberals. He also ran for Vice-Chair of the Young Liberals but lost to the incumbent.

Events Committee
Candidate	First round
	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	201	79.4
Re-open nominations	52	20.6

Vice-Chair
Candidate	First round
	Votes	%
Matt Craven	197	69.9
Adam Belcher	61	21.6
Re-open nominations	24	8.5

Yorkshire & Humber Regional Chair
Candidate	First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	7	33.3	10	55.6
Niall Ormiston	8	38.1	8	44.4
Re-open nominations	6	28.6

2022 Young Liberals elections

Events Officer
Candidate	First round
	Votes	%
Katharine Macy	103	58.2
Adam Belcher	49	27.7
Re-open nominations	25	14.1

Mercia

2016 general election

After founding the Social Democratic Party alongside Earl McCarthy, Belcher stood in the May 2016 Mercian general election, and won a seat in the Kernolland voting range.

Kernolland (14 May 2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal Party of Mercia	Baron Cahill	2	66.7
	Social Democratic Party (Mercia)	Count Belcher	1	33.3
	National Liberal Party of Mercia	Earl Eden	0	0.0
	Social Democratic Party (Mercia)	Aaron Chahal	0	0.0
	Independent	Llewelyn Lawton	0	0.0
Majority			1	33.3
Turnout			3
	NLP hold		Swing
	Social Democratic Party (Mercia) gain from National Liberal Party of Mercia
	NLP hold		Swing

Grand Unified Micronational

September 2014 GUM Chair election

In September 2014, Belcher ran for Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational against the incumbent Brooklyn Hewitt. He narrowly won the position.

Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	7	58.3
Brooklyn Hewitt	5	41.7
Turnout/Total	12	70.6

March 2015 GUM Chair election

Belcher stood for the office of GUM Chair in March 2015 in opposition to James of Mancunia. The first election failed to meet the minimum turnout required under the GUM Charter and was declared invalid. In the second run of the election, Belcher was elected unopposed.

First attempt
Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	4	80.0
James of Mancunia	1	20.0
Turnout/Total	5	29.4

Second attempt
Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	11	100.0
Turnout/Total	11	68.8

July 2018 GUM Chair election

Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	6	85.7
None of the above	1	14.3
Turnout/Total	7	46.7

December 2018 GUM Chair election

Candidate	Votes	%
Adam Belcher	12	63.2
Nicholas Randouler	7	36.8
None of the above	0	0.0
Turnout/Total	19	79.2

December 2020 GUM Chair election

Candidate	Votes	%
Jack Dean	28	63.6
Adam Belcher	16	36.4
None of the above	0	0.0
Turnout/Total	44	95.8

December 2021 GUM Chair election

Candidates	Votes	%
Adam Belcher / Jack Dean	20	64.5
Isaiah Burdette / Mike Lewis	5	16.1
Simon Reeve / Larry Martin	4	12.9
Christina Nowell / Amelia Banks	2	6.5
Turnout/Total	31	72.1