2021 UK Independence Party leadership election

United Kingdom independence party (UKIP) leadership election

2021 UK Independence Party leadership election | <- 2019 | 9–16 October 2021 | 2024 ->

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Turnout| 20.7%
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Candidate  | Neil Hamilton | John Poynton
Percentage  | 78.9% | 21.1%
Popular vote  | 498 | 133

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| Leader before election

Neil Hamilton (interim);
previously Freddy Vachha

| Leader after election

Neil Hamilton

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The 2021 UK Independence Party leadership election took place following the suspension on 12 September 2020 of leader Freddy Vachha from the UK Independence Party, with Neil Hamilton being elected to lead the party.[1]

## Background

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On 12 September 2020, Freddy Vaccha was suspended from the party and therefore the leadership after complaints of bullying and harassment,[2] with Senedd member and former MP Neil Hamilton appointed as leader.

## Candidates

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Candidate  | Past and present political roles

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Neil Hamilton[3] |

* Member of Parliament for Tatton (1983–1997)
* Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs (1992–1994)
* Deputy Chair of the UK Independence Party (2014–2016)
* Member of the Senedd for Mid & West Wales (2016–2021)
* Leader of UKIP Wales (2016–)

John Poynton[3] |

## Result

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Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Y Neil Hamilton | 498 |

| 78.9
| John Poynton  | 133 |

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Total  | 631  | Turnout  | 20.7%

## References

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1. ^ "UKIP: Ex-Conservative minister Neil Hamilton elected party leader". BBC News. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
2. ^ "Neil Hamilton Appointed Interim Leader of UKIP". UKIP. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
3. ^ a b "2021 NEC and Leadership Election - The Results!". UKIP. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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2021 United Kingdom party leadership elections

January: Welsh Conservatives

February: Scottish Labour

May: DUP

June: DUP

July: Scottish Liberal Democrats

September: Green

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UK Independence Party

Leadership

| Leaders|

* Alan Sked
* Craig Mackinlay (acting)
* Michael Holmes
* Jeffrey Titford
* Roger Knapman
* Nigel Farage
* Lord Pearson
* Jeffrey Titford (acting)
* Nigel Farage
* Diane James
* Nigel Farage (acting)
* Paul Nuttall
* Steve Crowther (acting)
* Henry Bolton
* Gerard Batten
* Richard Braine
* Patricia Mountain (acting)
* Freddy Vachha
* Neil Hamilton

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Deputy Leaders|

* Craig Mackinlay
* Graham Booth
* Mike Nattrass
* David Campbell Bannerman
* Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
* Paul Nuttall
* Peter Whittle
* Margot Parker
* Mike Hookem
* Patricia Mountain
* Rebecca Jane

Chairs|

* Nigel Farage
* Mike Nattrass
* David Lott
* Petrina Holdsworth
* David Campbell Bannerman
* John Whittaker
* Paul Nuttall
* Steve Crowther
* Paul Oakden
* Tony McIntyre
* Kirstan Herriot
* Ben Walker

Deputy Chairs|

* Neil Hamilton
* Diane James
* Suzanne Evans
* William Legge
* Margot Parker
* Pete Muswell (interim)

Treasurers|

* Craig Mackinlay
* Marta Andreasen
* Stuart Wheeler
* Andrew Reid
* Mark Harland

Organisation

| Internal elections|

* 2006 leadership (Farage)
* 2009 leadership (Pearson)
* 2010 leadership (Farage)
* July–September 2016 leadership (James)
* October–November 2016 leadership (Nuttall)
* 2017 leadership (Bolton)
* 2018 leadership (Batten)
* 2019 leadership (Braine)
* 2020 leadership (Vachha)
* 2021 leadership (Hamilton)
* 2024 leadership election

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International affiliations|

* Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy

History|

* National Electoral Performance
* Anti-Federalist League

Breakaway groups|

* Veritas
* New Deal
* One London
* Brexit Alliance
* We Demand a Referendum Now
* Independence from Europe
* Thurrock Independents
* For Britain Movement
* Brexit Party/Reform UK

Political representation

| Former MEPs|

* Stuart Agnew (voted out)
* Tim Aker (defected)
* Marta Andreasen (defected)
* Jonathan Arnott (defected)
* Janice Atkinson (expelled)
* Amjad Bashir (defected)
* Gerard Batten (voted out)
* Godfrey Bloom (expelled)
* Graham Booth
* Louise Bours (defected)
* John Bufton
* Jonathan Bullock (defected)
* David Campbell Bannerman (defected)
* James Carver (defected)
* Derek Clark
* David Coburn (defected)
* Trevor Colman
* William Dartmouth (defected)
* Bill Etheridge (defected)
* Nigel Farage (defected)
* Ray Finch (defected)
* Nathan Gill (defected)
* Roger Helmer
* Michael Holmes (defected)
* Mike Hookem (voted out)
* Diane James (defected)
* Robert Kilroy-Silk (defected)
* Roger Knapman
* Ashley Mote (expelled)
* Mike Nattrass (defected)
* Paul Nuttall (defected)
* Patrick O'Flynn (defected)
* Julia Reid (defected)
* Nikki Sinclaire (expelled)
* Jeffrey Titford
* John Whittaker
* Tom Wise (expelled)
* Steven Woolfe (defected)
* Jane Collins (defected)
* Margot Parker (defected)
* Jill Seymour (defected)

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Former MPs|

* Douglas Carswell (defected)
* Mark Reckless (voted out)
* Bob Spink (voted out)

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