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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| ] led UKIP from 2006 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2016]] | |||
| ] historian ] founded the UK Independence Party on 3 September 1993, having established the ] organisation two years earlier. He resigned after the 1997 general election and was replaced by ], who became one of its first three ] in the ]. He was voted out by the party's National Executive Committee in January 2000 after the party split into two camps, one backing him and the other supporting chairman ], also an MEP.<ref>{{cite news |title=UKIP votes leaders out |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/615180.stm |accessdate=26 October 2018 |publisher=BBC News |date=22 January 2000}}</ref> ] was succeeded in October 2002 by ], a former ] ]. Under his leadership, UKIP took 16.2% of the votes and 12 seats at the ], and he chose not to run for a second term in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Dave |title=West: UKIP flower fades |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/5059062.stm |accessdate=26 October 2018 |publisher=BBC News |date=8 June 2006}}</ref> | |||
| The ] resulted in Farage winning the post; he pledged to expand UKIP from a ] into one that would fill the "enormous vacuum in British politics" by picking up votes from former Conservatives.<ref name=farage1>{{cite news |title=Farage elected new UKIP leader |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5336126.stm |accessdate=26 October 2018 |publisher=BBC News |date=12 September 2006}}</ref> In late 2009, he resigned in order to concentrate on winning the ] seat of ] from the ], ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Farage to step down as Ukip leader to concentrate on ousting Speaker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/04/nigel-farage-resigns-bercow-ukip |accessdate=26 October 2018 |agency=Press Association |date=4 September 2009}}</ref> ] was ]; he resigned within a year and ] with 60% of votes cast.<ref name=farage2>{{cite news |last1=Sparrow |first1=Andrew |title=Nigel Farage returns as Ukip leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/nov/05/nigel-farage-elected-ukip-leader |accessdate=26 October 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=5 November 2010}}</ref> Under Farage, UKIP had its greatest success in 2014 when it won the most votes and seats in the ], the first party outside ] and the Conservatives to do so in a national election since the ] in the ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirkup |first1=James |last2=Swinford |first2=Steven |title=Ukip storms European elections |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10855972/Ukip-storms-European-elections.html |accessdate=26 October 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 May 2014}}</ref> | |||
| Since the British public voted to ] in the ], UKIP's vote share has declined and the party has had frequent changes in leadership.<ref>{{cite news |title=Has the general election 2017 finished Ukip? |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/06/has-general-election-2017-finished-ukip |accessdate=26 October 2018 |work=New Statesman |date=8 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Sebastian |title=The party might at last be over for Ukip |url=https://www.ft.com/content/cff64e3c-ff84-11e7-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5 |accessdate=26 October 2018 |work=The Financial Times |date=22 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=John |title=Ukip may have collapsed, but where it led others will follow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/23/ukip-collapsed-online-activism-immigration |accessdate=26 October 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=23 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rathi |first1=Akshat |title=The party that birthed Brexit has sunk into total oblivion |url=https://qz.com/1002422/uk-election-the-rise-and-fall-of-ukip-the-party-that-birthed-brexit/ |accessdate=26 October 2018 |work=Quartz |date=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodwin |first1=Matthew |last2=Cutts |first2=David |title=Why UKIP’s collapse matters |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-general-election-ukip-why-collapse-matters-conservative-majority-theresa-may/ |accessdate=26 October 2018 |work=Politico |date=28 April 2017}}</ref> Sked, Holmes, Farage, James, Nuttall, Crowther and Bolton have all since left the party. | |||
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Revision as of 11:12, 10 November 2019
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged into UK Independence Party. (Discuss) Proposed since November 2019. |
| Leader of the UK Independence Party | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Vacant since 30 October 2019 | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Alan Sked |
| Formation | 3 September 1993 |
| Deputy | Vacant |
The Leader of the UK Independence Party is the most senior member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), a political party founded on 3 September 1993. The party's first leader was its founder, the historian Alan Sked, who resigned in May 1997. Its longest-serving leader was Nigel Farage, from September 2006 to November 2009 and again from November 2010 to September 2016.
The party's leadership is currently vacant after the resignation of Richard Braine on 30 October 2019, after leading the party for three months.
History
Main article: History of the UK Independence PartyList of leaders
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References
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- "Ukip elects Lord Pearson of Rannoch as leader". The Guardian. Press Association. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- Sparrow, Andrew (5 November 2010). "Nigel Farage returns as Ukip leader". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- Heather Stewart; Rowena Mason (5 October 2016). "Nigel Farage declares himself interim Ukip leader". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- "Nigel Farage steps back in at UKIP as Diane James quits". BBC News. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Paul Nuttall elected as UKIP leader". BBC News. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- Proctor, Kate (29 November 2016). "My appointment proves we're a diverse party, says Ukip's gay deputy leader". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- Sharman, Jon (9 June 2017). "Election latest: Ukip appoints interim leader after Paul Nuttall's resignation". The Independent. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Who is new UKIP leader Henry Bolton?". BBC News. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "UKIP crisis as top figures quit and tell leader Henry Bolton to go". Sky News. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "UKIP members vote to sack embattled leader Henry Bolton". BBC News. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "UKIP's leader announces plans to quit on day he is confirmed". BBC News. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- Batten, Gerard (2 June 2019). "My term as UKIP Leader ends today" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 June 2019 – via Twitter.
- Young, Angus (27 February 2018). "Hull-based MEP Mike Hookem lands top interim role as deputy UKIP leader". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Hookem quits as deputy UKIP leader to run for leadership". BBC News. BBC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- Notes
- Diane James won the September 2016 leadership election but resigned 18 days later, before officially taking office. As the relevant paperwork required by the Electoral Commission was not completed before her resignation, Nigel Farage legally remained the leader of UKIP during James's "tenure."