Clacton By-Election Candidate Profile
Derrick Norbert Morris
Derrick Norbert Morris is standing as an Independent candidate for Clacton, campaigning for what he calls a “New Greater Clacton”. His published priorities include jobs, transport, ambulances, affordable housing, the waterfront, crime and immigration.
Derrick Norbert Morris
Morris has published a clearer set of local policies than the previous version of this profile showed. He also has a longer public record through his own movement website, Companies House filings, US court records and media coverage.
At the Clacton hustings
Personal context from Martyn OBrien
Clacton Town Hall, 6 August 2026
Derrick Morris was one of the candidates who took part in the independently organised Clacton by-election hustings at Clacton Town Hall on Thursday 6 August 2026.
I was also on the stage as an Independent candidate. Rather than add assumptions about Derrick’s views, this profile concentrates on what he has published himself, what he has told established media, and information that can be checked against public records.
Who is Derrick Norbert Morris?
Public records provide considerably more background than appeared on the original page.
The New Martin Lutheran Movement
Morris is the director and controlling shareholder of The New Martin Lutheran Movement Limited, an active UK private company incorporated on 13 August 2024.
Companies House records its business activity as environmental consulting. Morris is listed as the company’s sole current officer and as holding at least 75% of its shares and voting rights.
Companies House currently marks the company’s first accounts as overdue.
Earlier public activity
CalMatters reported in 2020 that Derrick N. Morris described himself in US court documents as a former substitute teacher and inventor with ten degrees.
Federal court records also show Morris brought litigation in California during the COVID-19 restrictions. His online activity stretches back many years and includes videos and commentary on politics, the environment and public policy.
Age and nationality
Companies House lists Morris as born in March 1953, with Guyanese nationality and the United Kingdom as his country of residence.
The BBC has reported that he came to the Clacton area as an asylum seeker around three years before this election and that his claim was accepted.
His own description
Morris’s movement website says he has lived in Canada and the United States and describes him as having experience across three continents.
The same website calls him the “Father of Modern America”. That is Morris’s own description. Clacton.org has not found independent evidence that establishes that claim as a recognised description or historical fact.
His published local priorities
Democracy Club records a statement supplied by Morris, his team, a volunteer, or based on material he published elsewhere. These are the main proposals set out in that statement.
Stop the Boats
Morris puts stopping small-boat migration at the top of his published list of campaign priorities.
Jobs and opportunity
Calls for more employment opportunities for young people, women and disabled people.
Better buses
Wants new buses and describes his goal as a more reliable and comfortable local bus service.
Six-minute ambulance response
Sets out a six-minute ambulance response target as one of his health and emergency-service priorities.
Better education
Lists improved education as a core priority, although the short statement does not provide detailed delivery plans.
Affordable housing
Calls for more affordable homes as part of his plan for a “New Greater Clacton”.
Waterfront improvements
Wants a more attractive waterfront with more activities to support residents and tourism.
Safer streets
Wants lower crime and places community safety among his main local priorities.
End shoplifting
Argues that reducing shoplifting could help retailers and contribute to lower prices.
“I am here to create The New Greater Clacton.”
Derrick Norbert Morris, statement recorded by Democracy ClubPublished views and claims
Morris has made a number of wider statements that are relevant to understanding his political position. Where a claim has not been independently established, it is identified as his claim rather than presented as fact.
AI political position indicator
Morris’s published platform is placed on the Right because of his hard-line small-boats policy, socially conservative views reported by the BBC, rejection of mainstream explanations of global warming, and emphasis on crime and public order. His economic and community proposals also include affordable housing, employment support and protection of pensioners, so his programme is not uniformly right-wing on economic questions.
FL = Far Left, L = Left, C = Centre, R = Right, FR = Far Right. This is an approximate Clacton.org AI editorial estimate based on published statements, policies and available public records. It is not a description supplied, endorsed or approved by Derrick Norbert Morris.
Known election contests: 1
No verified previous UK election candidacy or former political party affiliation was found in the sources reviewed for this profile.
| Date | Election | Party / description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2026 | Clacton parliamentary by-election | Independent | Pending |
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Sources and further information
This profile separates official records, Morris’s own statements and third-party reporting. Extraordinary personal claims are attributed to Morris rather than presented as independently established facts.