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href="/wiki/David_Lott" title="David Lott">David Lott</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Petrina_Holdsworth" title="Petrina Holdsworth">Petrina Holdsworth</a><br /><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_Bannerman" title="David Campbell Bannerman">David Campbell Bannerman</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/Jeffrey_Titford" title="Jeffrey Titford">Jeffrey Titford</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/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</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/Lord_Commissioner_of_the_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Commissioner of the Treasury">Lord Commissioner of the Treasury</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 July 1996 – 1 May 1997</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">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</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/Simon_Burns" title="Simon Burns">Simon Burns</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/Bob_Ainsworth" title="Bob Ainsworth">Bob Ainsworth</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kershaw" title="Anthony Kershaw">Sir Anthony Kershaw</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/David_Drew_(politician)" title="David Drew (politician)">David Drew</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">1944-02-20</span>) </span>20 February 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Crediton" title="Crediton">Crediton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a><small> (Since 1997) </small><br /><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <small> (before 1997) </small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Carolyn Knapman<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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label">United Kingdom</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/Royal_Agricultural_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Agricultural College">Royal Agricultural College</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roger Maurice Knapman</b> (born 20 February 1944) is a British politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP before becoming Leader of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (UKIP). </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=Roger_Knapman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of Harry Arthur Blackmore Knapman, a farmer, and Joan Margot née Densham,<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> Roger Knapman was educated at Allhallows School, Lyme Regis, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Agricultural_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Agricultural College">Royal Agricultural College</a>, Cirencester. Before entering politics, he was a <a href="/wiki/Chartered_Surveyor" title="Chartered Surveyor">Chartered Surveyor</a> and partner with West Country, a firm of livestock auctioneers and surveyors, 1963–77. He was then a Chartered Surveyor in his own right 1978–85.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Knapman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, Knapman was elected <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Stroud_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)">Stroud</a> in <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a>, and was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative European Affairs Committee.<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> Between 1990 and 1992, he served as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a> to the armed forces minister, <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Gavin_Hamilton" class="mw-redirect" title="Archibald Gavin Hamilton">Archie Hamilton</a>. In this capacity he joined the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Monday_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Monday Club">Conservative Monday Club</a>'s Foreign Affairs Committee Delegation to the Croatian Government in October 1991 to observe their war of independence against <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. He resigned from his government position in order to oppose the <a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a>. He successfully defended his seat in the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>. In 1995 he became a government <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>, however, he lost his seat to the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> candidate, <a href="/wiki/David_Drew_(politician)" title="David Drew (politician)">David Drew</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="UKIP">UKIP</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Knapman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: UKIP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly afterwards, Knapman left the Conservative party to join UKIP. He stood as their candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 general election</a> for <a href="/wiki/North_Devon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)">North Devon</a>, coming fourth yet narrowly retaining his deposit. </p><p>From 2000, he was UKIP's political advisor, and in 2002 he was elected unopposed as party leader. In <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a> he was elected a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> for the <a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England</a> constituency. As leader of the only British party in the European Parliament to vote against the expansion of the EU in 2004 (and publicly opposing immigration), there was some amusement in May 2006 when it was revealed that he had employed a team of Polish builders to renovate his Grade II listed home in Devon, claiming there were no suitable local workers – a claim denied by local builders. </p><p>He contested <a href="/wiki/Totnes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)">Totnes</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, coming 4th with 7.7% of the vote. </p><p>In 2006, he announced that he had no intention of seeking re-election as party leader; the <a href="/wiki/2006_UK_Independence_Party_leadership_election" title="2006 UK Independence Party leadership election">leadership contest</a> was won in September of that year by <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> MEP. Knapman was the only leader of UKIP to have succeeded in completing a full four-year term until Farage did so in 2014 after returning to the role in 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Knapman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCulture2005" class="citation web cs1">Culture (3 May 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3641431/A-quiet-life-on-the-fringes-of-power.html">"A quiet life on the fringes of power"</a>. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=A+quiet+life+on+the+fringes+of+power&rft.date=2005-05-03&rft.au=Culture&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2F3641431%2FA-quiet-life-on-the-fringes-of-power.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoger+Knapman" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">She died before 1991.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1991</i>, 159th Year, 172nd edition, Hurst Green, Sussex, p.502. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-905702-17-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-905702-17-4">0-905702-17-4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Dod's 1991</i>, p.502.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roger_Knapman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i> 1803–2005: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-roger-knapman">contributions in Parliament by Roger Knapman</a></li> <li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" 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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 href="/wiki/Diane_James" title="Diane James">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" 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title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Flynn" title="Patrick O'Flynn">Patrick O'Flynn</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Reid" title="Julia Reid">Julia Reid</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sinclaire" title="Nikki Sinclaire">Nikki Sinclaire</a> (expelled)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Titford" title="Jeffrey Titford">Jeffrey Titford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whittaker_(UKIP_politician)" title="John Whittaker (UKIP politician)">John Whittaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Wise_(politician)" title="Tom Wise (politician)">Tom Wise</a> (expelled)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Woolfe" title="Steven Woolfe">Steven Woolfe</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Collins" title="Jane Collins">Jane Collins</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Parker" title="Margot Parker">Margot Parker</a> (defected)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Seymour" title="Jill Seymour">Jill Seymour</a> (defected)</li></ul> 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