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style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Designate</b></span><br />16 September 2016 – 4 October 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nuttall" title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Deputy Chair of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 February 2016 – 16 September 2016<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/William_Legge,_10th_Earl_of_Dartmouth" title="William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth">The Earl of Dartmouth</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Evans" title="Suzanne Evans">Suzanne Evans</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Evans" title="Suzanne Evans">Suzanne Evans</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Affairs and Justice Spokesperson</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 July 2014 – 16 September 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Collins" title="Jane Collins">Jane Collins</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East England (European Parliament constituency)">South East England</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 July 2014 – <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1 July 2019</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Bowles" title="Sharon Bowles">Sharon Bowles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Phillips_(TV_presenter)" title="Alex Phillips (TV presenter)">Alexandra Phillips</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-11-20</span>) </span>20 November 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> (formerly Brexit Party; since 2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (2007–2011; 2016–2019)<br /><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (2011–2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (before 2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_West_London" title="University of West London">University of West London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dianejamesmep.com">dianejamesmep.com</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Diane Martine James</b> (born 20 November 1959) is a British politician who was a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) for <a href="/wiki/South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East England (European Parliament constituency)"> South East England</a> from 2014 to 2019. She was briefly leader-elect of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (UKIP) from September 2016 to October 2016, but resigned before formalising her leadership. At the time of her election to the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, James was one of three UKIP MEPs for South East England, before joining the <a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Brexit Party</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>James was born in <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a> in 1959, and was a councillor on <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Waverley" title="Borough of Waverley">Waverley Borough Council</a> from 2007 until 2015, when she lost the seat to the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was elected to the European Parliament in 2014. Following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a>, she was elected leader of UKIP in September 2016 as his successor. She resigned from the leadership of the party on 4 October 2016, 18 days after being elected. On 21 November 2016, James announced that she was leaving UKIP and would henceforth sit as an Independent.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The length of her tenure was met with significant public and press ridicule.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_James&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Diane Martine James was born in <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a> in 1959, where her father was an engineer and her mother a housewife.<sup id="cite_ref-inews_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inews-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was educated at <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Grammar_School" title="Rochester Grammar School">Rochester Grammar School</a>, Kent and <a href="/wiki/University_of_West_London" title="University of West London">Thames Valley University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slough" title="Slough">Slough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DE_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James spent three decades working in the health industry, where she established an international consultancy firm. She is fluent in both French and German.<sup id="cite_ref-inews_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inews-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_James&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James was elected to <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Waverley" title="Borough of Waverley">Waverley Borough Council</a> as an Independent, representing Ewhurst ward, after falling out with local <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> in 2007. She stood as an independent candidate in the 2011 Cranleigh and Ewhurst by-election in <a href="/wiki/Surrey_County_Council" title="Surrey County Council">Surrey</a>, receiving 20.3% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She announced she was joining the <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (UKIP) shortly after the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2011 United Kingdom local elections">2011 local elections</a>, but said that she would not stand down and fight a by-election. She lost her seat in 2015 after standing as the UKIP candidate in <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2015 United Kingdom local elections">that year's elections</a>. Her fellow UKIP councillors all lost their seats at the same time. </p><p>James came second in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Eastleigh_by-election" title="2013 Eastleigh by-election">2013 Eastleigh by-election</a> with 27.8% of the vote, an increase of 24.2% on the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a> figure.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was elected to the European Parliament in <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">the 2014 election</a>. James was the party's Home Affairs spokesperson, represented UKIP on the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Question_Time_(TV_programme)" title="Question Time (TV programme)">Question Time</a></i>, and took part in debates at the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Union" title="Cambridge Union">Cambridge Union Society</a>. </p><p>In December 2014, she was selected by UKIP in <a href="/wiki/North_West_Hampshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North West Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)">North West Hampshire</a> to be its parliamentary candidate,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having been given a 1.2% chance of winning.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a few hours after making a speech at the 2015 UKIP Spring Conference in <a href="/wiki/Margate" title="Margate">Margate</a>, Kent, she stepped down from the Westminster candidacy "for personal reasons".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UKIP_leadership">UKIP leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_James&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: UKIP leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the resignation of UKIP leader <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a>, James stood in the <a href="/wiki/July%E2%80%93September_2016_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="July–September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election">election to succeed him</a> in August 2016. She emerged as one of the frontrunners.<sup id="cite_ref-JamesAfterAll_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JamesAfterAll-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MainContenders_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MainContenders-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 September she was announced as the new leader, having received 8,451 votes (46.2% of votes cast); she was the first woman to hold the post.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 October 2016, James confirmed that she would not be pursuing the leadership of the party despite winning the leadership election.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_4_October_2016_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_4_October_2016-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James issued a statement saying that she had decided not to become party leader, because "It has become clear that I do not have sufficient authority, nor the full support of all my MEP colleagues and party officers to implement changes I believe necessary and upon which I based my campaign."<sup id="cite_ref-tel_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tel-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon signing the document that notified the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)" title="Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)">Electoral Commission</a> of her election as UKIP leader, James added the Latin term <i><a href="/wiki/Vi_coactus" title="Vi coactus">vi coactus</a></i> (under duress) after her signature. The Commission was unable to process the document due to her use of the words.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She resigned her party membership on 21 November 2016, stating "it was time to move on" and that her relationship with UKIP had become "increasingly difficult", although she would continue to sit in the European Parliament as an Independent.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following her resignation, the leadership of UKIP passed back to <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> who was selected as the interim Party leader,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/October%E2%80%93November_2016_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="October–November 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election">another leadership election</a> was held in November in which <a href="/wiki/Paul_Nuttall" title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a> was elected as the new leader of UKIP.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nuttall kept that position only six months. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-UKIP">Post-UKIP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_James&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-UKIP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In autumn 2016, she said that Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> was one of her political heroes: "I admire him from the point of view that he's standing up for his country."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 April 2017, James stated she would consider standing for a seat in the British <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> at the next general election.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten days later <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> called a <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">snap election</a> held on 8 June,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which James did not stand. </p><p>Remaining an MEP for the full 2014–2019 term, James joined the <a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Brexit Party</a> on 5 February 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She left the European Parliament at the expiration of her term on 1 July, five weeks after the <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election" title="2019 European Parliament election">2019 European Parliament election</a> in which she did not seek to be re-elected. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Bowles" title="Sharon Bowles">Sharon Bowles</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/South_East_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East England (European Parliament constituency)">South East England</a> </b><br />2014–present </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Leader of the <a 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0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Anderson_(British_politician)" title="Lee Anderson (British politician)">Lee Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Lowe" title="Rupert Lowe">Rupert Lowe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_McMurdock" title="James McMurdock">James McMurdock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ninth_European_Parliament" title="Ninth European Parliament">Ninth European Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>elected in <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></i><br /><i>left Parliament <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Jan 2020</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Bull_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Bull (politician)">David Bull</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bullock" title="Jonathan Bullock">Jonathan Bullock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Daubney" title="Martin Daubney">Martin Daubney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lance_Forman" title="Lance Forman">Lance Forman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Claire_Fox" title="Claire Fox">Claire Fox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Gill" title="Nathan Gill">Nathan Gill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Glancy" title="James Glancy">James Glancy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Habib" title="Ben Habib">Ben Habib</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Harris_(politician)" title="Lucy Harris (politician)">Lucy Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Heaver" title="Michael Heaver">Michael Heaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christina_Jordan" title="Christina Jordan">Christina Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_England_Kerr" title="Andrew England Kerr">Andrew England Kerr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Longworth_(businessman)" title="John Longworth (businessman)">John Longworth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Lowe" title="Rupert Lowe">Rupert Lowe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belinda_de_Lucy" title="Belinda de Lucy">Belinda de Lucy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Monteith" title="Brian Monteith">Brian Monteith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/June_Mummery" title="June Mummery">June Mummery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Overgaard-Nielsen" title="Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen">Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Patten_(politician)" title="Matthew Patten (politician)">Matthew Patten</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Phillips_(TV_presenter)" title="Alex Phillips (TV presenter)">Alex Phillips</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jake_Pugh" title="Jake Pugh">Jake Pugh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Annunziata_Rees-Mogg" title="Annunziata Rees-Mogg">Annunziata Rees-Mogg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rowland_(politician)" title="Robert Rowland (politician)">Robert Rowland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Stedman-Bryce" title="Louis Stedman-Bryce">Louis Stedman-Bryce</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Tennant_(politician)" title="John Tennant (politician)">John Tennant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Wells_(British_politician)" title="James Wells (British politician)">James Wells</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Widdecombe" title="Ann Widdecombe">Ann Widdecombe</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eighth_European_Parliament" title="Eighth European Parliament">Eighth European Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>elected on the UKIP list in <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Aker" title="Tim Aker">Tim Aker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Arnott" title="Jonathan Arnott">Jonathan Arnott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bullock" title="Jonathan Bullock">Jonathan Bullock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Coburn_(politician)" title="David Coburn (politician)">David Coburn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Collins" title="Jane Collins">Jane Collins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Etheridge" title="Bill Etheridge">Bill Etheridge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Finch" title="Ray Finch">Ray Finch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Gill" title="Nathan Gill">Nathan Gill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Diane James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nuttall" title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margot_Parker" title="Margot Parker">Margot Parker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Reid" title="Julia Reid">Julia Reid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jill_Seymour" title="Jill Seymour">Jill Seymour</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a><br /><small>(<i>elected on the UKIP list in <a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a><br /> or subsequently co-opted</i>)</small></th><td 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href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Ballantyne" title="Michelle Ballantyne">Michelle Ballantyne</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a><br /><small>(<i>elected in <a href="/wiki/2024_London_Assembly_election" title="2024 London Assembly election">2024</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wilson_(British_politician)" title="Alex Wilson (British politician)">Alex Wilson</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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(acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Diane James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nuttall" title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Crowther" title="Steve Crowther">Steve Crowther</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bolton_(British_politician)" title="Henry Bolton (British politician)">Henry Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Batten" title="Gerard Batten">Gerard Batten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Braine_(politician)" title="Richard Braine (politician)">Richard Braine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Mountain_(politician)" title="Pat Mountain (politician)">Patricia Mountain</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddy_Vachha" title="Freddy Vachha">Freddy Vachha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Hamilton_(politician)" title="Neil Hamilton (politician)">Neil Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Tenconi" title="Nick Tenconi">Nick Tenconi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deputy Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Mackinlay" title="Craig Mackinlay">Craig Mackinlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Booth" title="Graham Booth">Graham Booth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nattrass" title="Mike Nattrass">Mike Nattrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_Bannerman" title="David Campbell Bannerman">David Campbell Bannerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Monckton,_3rd_Viscount_Monckton_of_Brenchley" title="Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley">Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nuttall" title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Whittle_(politician)" title="Peter Whittle (politician)">Peter Whittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Parker" title="Margot Parker">Margot Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hookem" title="Mike Hookem">Mike Hookem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Mountain_(politician)" title="Pat Mountain (politician)">Patricia Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Jane" title="Rebecca Jane">Rebecca Jane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Tenconi" title="Nick Tenconi">Nick Tenconi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nattrass" title="Mike Nattrass">Mike Nattrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lott" title="David Lott">David Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrina_Holdsworth" title="Petrina Holdsworth">Petrina Holdsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_Bannerman" title="David Campbell Bannerman">David Campbell Bannerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittaker_(UKIP_politician)" title="John Whittaker (UKIP politician)">John Whittaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nuttall" title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Crowther" title="Steve Crowther">Steve Crowther</a></li> <li>Paul Oakden</li> <li>Tony McIntyre</li> <li>Kirstan Herriot</li> <li>Ben Walker</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deputy Chairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Hamilton_(politician)" title="Neil Hamilton (politician)">Neil Hamilton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Diane James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Evans" title="Suzanne Evans">Suzanne Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Legge,_10th_Earl_of_Dartmouth" title="William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth">William Legge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Parker" title="Margot Parker">Margot Parker</a></li> <li>Pete Muswell <i>(interim)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Treasurers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Mackinlay" title="Craig Mackinlay">Craig Mackinlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marta_Andreasen" title="Marta Andreasen">Marta Andreasen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Wheeler" title="Stuart Wheeler">Stuart Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Reid_(lawyer)" title="Andrew Reid (lawyer)">Andrew Reid</a></li> <li>Mark Harland</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#6D3177;color:#FDEE00;"><div id="Organisation" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Organisation</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Internal elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2006 UK Independence Party leadership election">2006 leadership (Farage)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2009 UK Independence Party leadership election">2009 leadership (Pearson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2010 UK Independence Party leadership election">2010 leadership (Farage)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July%E2%80%93September_2016_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="July–September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election">July–September 2016 leadership (James)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October%E2%80%93November_2016_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="October–November 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election">October–November 2016 leadership (Nuttall)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2017 UK Independence Party leadership election">2017 leadership (Bolton)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2018 UK Independence Party leadership election">2018 leadership (Batten)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 UK Independence Party leadership election">2019 leadership (Braine)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 UK Independence Party leadership election">2020 leadership (Vachha)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2021 UK Independence Party leadership election">2021 leadership (Hamilton)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 UK Independence Party leadership election (page does not exist)">2024 leadership election</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Europe_of_Freedom_and_Direct_Democracy" title="Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy">Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party_representation_and_election_results" title="UK Independence Party representation and election results">National Electoral Performance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Federalist_League" title="Anti-Federalist League">Anti-Federalist League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Breakaway groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Veritas_(political_party)" title="Veritas (political party)">Veritas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Deal_(British_political_party)" title="New Deal (British political party)">New Deal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_London" title="One London">One London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brexit_Alliance" title="Brexit Alliance">Brexit Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Demand_a_Referendum_Now" title="We Demand a Referendum Now">We Demand a Referendum Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_from_Europe" title="Independence from Europe">Independence from Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurrock_Independents" title="Thurrock Independents">Thurrock Independents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_Britain_Movement" title="For Britain Movement">For Britain Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Brexit Party/Reform UK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#6D3177;color:#FDEE00;"><div id="Political_representation" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Political representation</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former MEPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Agnew" title="Stuart Agnew">Stuart Agnew</a> (voted out)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Aker" title="Tim Aker">Tim Aker</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marta_Andreasen" title="Marta Andreasen">Marta Andreasen</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Arnott" title="Jonathan Arnott">Jonathan Arnott</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Atkinson" title="Janice Atkinson">Janice Atkinson</a> (expelled)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Bashir" title="Amjad Bashir">Amjad Bashir</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Batten" title="Gerard Batten">Gerard Batten</a> (voted out)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Bloom" title="Godfrey Bloom">Godfrey Bloom</a> (expelled)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Booth" title="Graham Booth">Graham Booth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Bours" title="Louise Bours">Louise Bours</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bufton" title="John Bufton">John Bufton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bullock" title="Jonathan Bullock">Jonathan Bullock</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_Bannerman" title="David Campbell Bannerman">David Campbell Bannerman</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Carver" title="James Carver">James Carver</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Clark" title="Derek Clark">Derek Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Coburn_(politician)" title="David Coburn (politician)">David Coburn</a> (defected)</li> <li><a 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