| Date
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Location
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Attendance
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Description of event
|
| 8 August 2009
|
Birmingham
|
Unknown
|
Counter protest by, and clashes with, Unite Against Fascism (UAF) supporters.[1][2]
|
| 5 September 2009
|
Birmingham
|
Unknown
|
Clashes with socialist protestors,[3] West Midlands police state the EDL "...had no intent to protest".[4] 45 arrested were from the EDL a similar number were arrested belonged to groups opposing them.[5]
|
| 13 September 2009
|
London
|
Unknown
|
Counter demonstration to pro-Palestinian rally.[6]
|
| 10 October 2009
|
Manchester
|
700[7]
|
Counter-protest by 1,400 UAF supporters.[7] Riot police on hand to separate sides.[7][8]
|
| 31 October 2009
|
Leeds
|
900[9][10]
|
Counter-protested by 1,500 UAF. Leeds council and West Yorkshire Police thanked the public and participants "for their patience and consideration".[9][10][11] The protest was controversial as a tree which had been erected in City Square with the intention to decorate it as a Christmas tree at a later date had to be taken down to accommodate the protest.
|
| 5 December 2009
|
Nottingham
|
500[12]
|
Demonstration following Mercian Regiment homecoming parade, clashes with Asian students and UAF.[12]
|
| 23 January 2010
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
1,500[13]
|
EDL break through police lines. Police officers were injured and police vehicles damaged.[13] All arrests were linked to the EDL demonstration.[14][15] Approximately 300 supporters of Unite Against Fascism held a counter demonstration.[16]
|
| 5 March 2010
|
London
|
300[17]
|
Rally in support of Geert Wilders' visit to the House of Lords. 100 UAF counter-demonstrators.[18]
|
| 20 March 2010
|
Bolton
|
2,000[19]
|
Counter-protested by 1,500 UAF.[19][20] 9 arrested from EDL and around 55 from UAF.[19][21][22]
|
| 3 April 2010
|
Dudley
|
2,000[23]
|
Several EDL supporters knocked down fencing and escaped the police cordon.[23][24][25] There were 1500 UAF counter-demonstrators.[26]
|
| 1 May 2010
|
Aylesbury
|
800
|
Protest against militant Islam. Eight of the arrests were on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon.[27][28] About 75 UAF counter-demonstrators gathered in the town, but later left.[29]
|
| 29 May 2010
|
Newcastle
|
1,500-2,000[30]
|
UAF hold counter demonstration of around 1,000. No arrests at either demonstration despite minor scuffles.[30]
|
| 17 July 2010
|
Dudley
|
500
|
[31][32] The UAF attendance of 350.[33]
|
| 28 August 2010
|
Bradford
|
300[34]–700[35]
|
1,300 police officers were involved in policing the protest.[36] Various missiles were thrown by EDL supporters during the protest.[34][35][37][38] Approximately 300 UAF supporters attended the counter-demonstration.[39]
|
| 11 September 2010
|
Oldham
|
120[40]
|
EDL converged on Oldham around mid-day after telephoning police in advance at 8.45am[41] and laid a wreath at the war memorial.[40][41]
|
| 9 October 2010
|
Leicester
|
1000[42]
|
After the Home secretary accepted Leicester City Council's application for a ban on all marches in the city on this date[43] the EDL held a static demonstration numbering 1,000,[42] while Unite Against Fascism (UAF) staged a counter-protest numbering 700.[42] One police officer was taken to hospital with a leg injury and two protesters were treated by paramedics for minor injuries.[44]
|
| 25 October 2010
|
London
|
Unknown
|
The EDL held a protest opposing "Islamification" of the United Kingdom and showing support for Israel outside the Israeli embassy. It was attended by Rabbi Nachum Shifren.[45]
|
| 27 November 2010
|
Preston, Lancashire
|
1000+
|
There was a counter demonstration attended by 150 supporters of UAF.[46]
|
| 27 November 2010
|
Nuneaton
|
500 [47]
|
There was a counter demonstration by 150 local anti-fascists. Both sides threw missiles and fire works.[48]
|
| 11 December 2010
|
Peterborough
|
500[49]
|
The protest was policed by roughly 1000 officers from 18 forces. A counter-protest by the Peterborough Trades Union Council took place in another location in the city and was attended by approximately 80 people. Police kept the two protests apart.[49]
|
| 5 February 2011
|
Luton
|
1500–3000[50][51][52]
|
The EDL was joined by new "defence leagues" from Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands, as well as other more established groups from France, Germany and Denmark.[51][53] A counter-protest took place in another location in the city and was attended by approximately 1000 UAF supporters.[50] The protests were policed by officers from 14 forces.[50]
|
| 5 March 2011
|
Rochdale
|
500
|
Around 500 EDL protesters congregated at Rochdale town centre's war memorial. A counter-protest was held by Unite Against Fascism, with the two groups being kept 100 feet apart by police. 31 people were arrested.[54]
|
| 2 April 2011
|
Blackburn
|
2000[55]
|
| 28 May 2011
|
Blackpool
|
1500[56]
|
No arrests
|
| 9 July 2011
|
Cambridge
|
300[57]
|
1000 attended a counter-demonstration.[57] There were seven arrests in total.[58]
|
| 16 July 2011
|
Portsmouth
|
500 [59]
|
The EDL marched through the city while 200 people attended a counter-demonstration by the UAF in Guildhall Square.[60] The two sides never came into direct contact as the EDL were not let into the square, but there were a few incidents where several EDL members tried to disrupt the counter-demonstration. 400 police officers were deployed - some mounted - and seven arrests were made (all of which being on EDL supporters).[61]
|
| 9 August 2011
|
Enfield
|
500[62]
|
EDL vigilantes marched through Enfield during the 2011 England riots
|