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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.
UKIP (until 5 December 2018) Thurrock Independents (until 11 February 2019) Brexit Party [a] EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD. Lucy Anderson: London Labour Party S&D: Martina Anderson: Northern Ireland Sinn Féin EUL-NGL: Jonathan Arnott: North East England UKIP (until 18 January 2018) Independent (until 16 April 2019)
Gerard Joseph Batten [2] (born 27 March 1954) is a British politician who served as the Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2018 to 2019. He was a founding member of the party in 1993, and served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London from 2004 to 2019.
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.
Meet the Ukippers is a British documentary that first aired on BBC Two on 22 February 2015. The film follows the activities of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in South Thanet, a constituency in South East England which had selected party leader Nigel Farage to contest the 2015 general election.
ukip Nick Marcel Tenconi (born March 1984) is a British politician , personal trainer and activist who has been the interim leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) since June 2024. He is also a leader of the right-wing pressure group Turning Point UK .
On 27 September 2014, Reckless defected to the UK Independence Party at its party conference in Doncaster, and announced his resignation in order to seek re-election at a by-election. [43] He became the second Conservative MP in the space of a month to defect to UKIP, the first being his close friend Douglas Carswell. In a speech delivered to ...
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".