| Date
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Location
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Attendance
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Description of event
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| 8 August 2009
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Birmingham
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Unknown
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Counter protest by, and clashes with, Unite Against Fascism (UAF) supporters.[1][2]
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| 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]
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| 10 October 2009
|
Manchester
|
700[7]
|
Counter-protest by 1,400 UAF supporters.[8] Riot police on hand to separate sides.[9]BBC NEWS: Protest police cost was £200,000</ref>
|
| 31 October 2009
|
Leeds
|
900[10][11]
|
Counter-protested by 1,500 UAF. Leeds council and West Yorkshire Police thanked the public and participants "for their patience and consideration".[12][13][1]Template:Dead link</ref> 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[14]
|
Demonstration following Mercian Regiment homecoming parade, clashes with Asian students and UAF.[14]
|
| 23 January 2010
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
1,500[15]
|
EDL break through police lines. Police officers were injured and police vehicles damaged.[15] All arrests were linked to the EDL demonstration.[16][17] Approximately 300 supporters of Unite Against Fascism held a counter demonstration.[18]
|
| 5 March 2010
|
London
|
300[19]
|
Rally in support of Geert Wilders' visit to the House of Lords. 100 UAF counter-demonstrators.[20]
|
| 20 March 2010
|
Bolton
|
2,000[21]
|
Counter-protested by 1,500 UAF.[21][22] 9 arrested from EDL and around 55 from UAF.[21][23][24]
|
| 3 April 2010
|
Dudley
|
2,000[25]
|
Several EDL supporters knocked down fencing and escaped the police cordon.[25][26][27] There were 1500 UAF counter-demonstrators.[28]
|
| 1 May 2010
|
Aylesbury
|
800
|
Protest against militant Islam. Eight of the arrests were on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon.[29][30] About 75 UAF counter-demonstrators gathered in the town, but later left.[31]
|
| 29 May 2010
|
Newcastle
|
1,500-2,000[32]
|
UAF hold counter demonstration of around 1,000. No arrests at either demonstration despite minor scuffles.[32]
|
| 17 July 2010
|
Dudley
|
500
|
[33][34] The UAF attendance of 350.[35]
|
| 28 August 2010
|
Bradford
|
300[36]–700[37]
|
1,300 police officers were involved in policing the protest.[38] Various missiles were thrown by EDL supporters during the protest.[36][37][39][40] Approximately 300 UAF supporters attended the counter-demonstration.[41]
|
| 11 September 2010
|
Oldham
|
120[42]
|
EDL converged on Oldham around mid-day after telephoning police in advance at 8.45am[43] and laid a wreath at the war memorial.[42][43]
|
| 9 October 2010
|
Leicester
|
1000[44]
|
After the Home secretary accepted Leicester City Council's application for a ban on all marches in the city on this date[45] the EDL held a static demonstration numbering 1,000,[44] while Unite Against Fascism (UAF) staged a counter-protest numbering 700.[44] One police officer was taken to hospital with a leg injury and two protesters were treated by paramedics for minor injuries.[46]
|
| 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.[47]
|
| 27 November 2010
|
Preston, Lancashire
|
1000+
|
There was a counter demonstration attended by 150 supporters of UAF.[48]
|
| 27 November 2010
|
Nuneaton
|
500 [49]
|
There was a counter demonstration by 150 local anti-fascists. Both sides threw missiles and fire works.[50]
|
| 11 December 2010
|
Peterborough
|
500[51]
|
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.[51]
|
| 5 February 2011
|
Luton
|
1500–3000[52][53][54]
|
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.[53][55] A counter-protest took place in another location in the city and was attended by approximately 1000 UAF supporters.[52] The protests were policed by officers from 14 forces.[52]
|
| 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.[56]
|
| 2 April 2011
|
Blackburn
|
2000[57]
|
| 28 May 2011
|
Blackpool
|
1500[58]
|
No arrests
|
| 9 July 2011
|
Cambridge
|
300[59]
|
1000 attended a counter-demonstration.[59] There were seven arrests in total.[60]
|
| 16 July 2011
|
Portsmouth
|
500 [61]
|
The EDL marched through the city while 200 people attended a counter-demonstration by the UAF in Guildhall Square.[62] 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).[63]
|
| 9 August 2011
|
Enfield
|
500[64]
|
EDL vigilantes marched through Enfield during the 2011 England riots
|