The British Democratic Party was a short-lived far-right party formed in 1979 when the Leicester branch of the National Front broke away from the main party under the leadership of Anthony Read Herbert. Initially called the British Peoples Party, the name was quickly changed in order to avoid association with a pre-war splinter group from the British Union of Fascists. Ironically a British Democratic Party had also already been in existence, a minor right wing anti-communist group from the 1930s. Initially splitting from the NF over the leadership of John Tyndall the BDP were eventually reconciled to him and were thus brought to a conclusion when they participated in the formation of the British National Party in 1982.