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The UK Independence Party (UKIP, / ˈ juː k ɪ p / ⓘ YOO-kip) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defections) and was the largest party representing the UK in the European Parliament.
This is a list of members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the House of Lords, British members of the European Parliament, members of the British devolved legislatures (such as the Scottish Parliament, Senedd, and Northern Ireland Assembly) and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) who have changed their party affiliation (i.e. abandoning a previous party membership to take up a ...
In the 2015 election, there was widespread controversy [3] [4] [5] when the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Green Party of England and Wales received 4.9 million votes [6] (12.6% of the total vote for UKIP and 3.8% for the Greens) yet only gained one seat each in the House of Commons.
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The party was first registered on 13 March 2019 by Jeremy Hosking as Brexit Express. [3] [4]In September 2020, Fox attracted funding for a new political party, provisionally called Reclaim, [5] [6] and dubbed "UKIP for culture".
Mark Jenkinson Official portrait, 2020 Assistant Government Whip In office 14 November 2023 – 30 May 2024 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak In office 20 September 2022 – 27 October 2022 Prime Minister Liz Truss Member of Parliament for Workington In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 Preceded by Sue Hayman Succeeded by Constituency abolished Personal details Born (1982-01-28) 28 January 1982 ...
Carswell won UKIP's only seat in the general election. [33] [34] Carswell is a Eurosceptic, [35] and supported Vote Leave – advocating leaving the EU – during the EU referendum in June 2016. [36] [37] In March 2017, Carswell quit UKIP to become an independent MP for Clacton, leaving UKIP with no MPs in Parliament.
In 2017 Farage called for the departure of UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell. He said in The Daily Telegraph : "I think there is little future for UKIP with him staying inside this party. The time for him to go is now."