The UK Independence Party 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 and was the largest party representing the UK in the European Parliament. The party is currently led by Nick Tenconi.
Nigel Paul Farage is a British politician and broadcaster who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton and Leader of Reform UK since 2024,having previously been its leader from 2019 to 2021. He was the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016. Farage served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in 2020.
Waheed Alli,Baron Alli is a British media entrepreneur and politician. He has held executive positions at several television production companies including the Endemol Shine Group,Carlton Television Productions,Planet 24,and Chorion.
Jeremy John Hosking is a British businessman and political donor. Ranked number 351 in the Sunday Times Rich List 2019,with a net worth of £375 million,he is a shareholder in Crystal Palace and a noted railway enthusiast. He has donated heavily to the Reclaim Party.
Arron Fraser Andrew Banks is a British businessman and political donor. He is the co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign. Banks was previously one of the largest donors to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and helped Nigel Farage's campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
Leave.EU was a political campaign group that was first established to support the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union in the June 2016 referendum. Founded in July 2015 as The Know,the campaign was relaunched in September of that year with its name changed to "Leave.eu" to reflect altered wording in the referendum question.
Richard James Sunley Tice is a British businessman and politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness and Deputy Leader of Reform UK since 2024,having previously been the chairman of the party from 2019 to 2021 and again briefly in 2024. Since 2023,he has also been Reform UK's energy and foreign-policy spokesman. He became the leader of Reform UK in March 2021,but stood down in June 2024 and was succeeded by Nigel Farage.
The September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election was triggered after Nigel Farage,the leader of the UK Independence Party,announced on 4 July 2016,following the Leave result in the UK referendum on EU membership,that he would step down when a new leader had been elected.
Leave Means Leave was a pro-Brexit,Eurosceptic political pressure group organisation that campaigned and lobbied for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union following the 'Leave' result of the EU referendum on 23 June 2016. The campaign was co-chaired by British property entrepreneur Richard Tice and business consultant John Longworth. The vice-chairman was Leader of the Brexit Party,Nigel Farage.
Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Nigel Farage has served as the party's leader since June 2024 and Richard Tice has served as the party's deputy leader since July 2024. The party currently has five members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and one member of the London Assembly. Following Farage's resumption of the leadership during the 2024 general election,there was a sharp increase in support for the party. In the election it was the third largest party by popular vote,with 14.3 per cent of the vote.
Catherine Blaiklock is an English nationalist politician,financial trader and hotelier who was the founder and first leader of the Brexit Party,a political party established in January 2019 to support a no-deal Brexit. She was forced to resign as leader in March 2019 when it was disclosed she had made anti-Islamic and racist statements online. Blaiklock had been the Economics Spokesperson for the UK Independence Party (UKIP),which she left in late 2018. Before entering politics in 2016,she worked as a financial currency and derivatives trader. She also founded a Nepali healthcare charity with her ex-husband,an Everest Sherpa.
Dame Alison Marie Rose-Slade is a British banker. She was chief executive of NatWest Group from November 2019 to July 2023 and the first woman to lead a major lender in the UK. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours.
Benyamin Naeem Habib is a Pakistani-British politician,who served from 2023 to July 2024 as Co-Deputy Leader of Reform UK,alongside David Bull. He and Bull were removed from their position and replaced by Richard Tice as the new Deputy Leader following the 2024 General Election He was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election. He remained in the role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.
This article lists the election results of the Brexit Party in UK parliamentary elections and in elections to the European Parliament in 2019.
The Reclaim Party is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It was launched in 2020 by English political activist and former actor Laurence Fox,with all of its funding from a single donor,Jeremy Hosking. It does not solicit donations or charge membership fees.
In June 2023,the private bank Coutts closed the account held by the British politician and broadcaster Nigel Farage,triggering controversy. NatWest,the owner of Coutts,initially claimed that he failed to meet the Coutts eligibility criteria of holding £1,000,000 or more in his account,following the expiry of his mortgage. NatWest instead offered him an account with the retail side of the bank.
The Reform UK–TUV alliance was an electoral pact for the 2024 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland between the right-wing Reform UK party and the British unionist and national conservative Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV). The parties agreed to stand mutually agreed candidates in 14 constituencies in Northern Ireland.
An election took place in the Essex constituency of Clacton on 4 July 2024,as part of the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Nigel Farage,the newly re-appointed leader of Reform UK and the former leader of the UK Independence Party,won the election with 46.2% of the vote and successfully entered Parliament after 7 previous attempts. As "figurehead of the country's populist right",Farage brought Clacton to international attention.
The Chairman of Reform UK is a position within Reform UK,a political party in the United Kingdom. The office currently been held by the British businessman,Zia Yusuf,since July 2024.
The Leader of Reform UK is the highest position in Reform UK. The current holder is Nigel Farage,who became leader on 3 June 2024,previously having served in the position from 2019 to 2021. The longest serving leader of the party was Richard Tice having served 3 years and 90 days. The shortest serving was Catherine Blaiklock who was leader for 60 days.
