2018 UK Independence Party leadership election

2018 UK Independence Party leadership election
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Candidate Gerard Batten
Running mate None
Percentage Unopposed
Leader before election

Gerard Batten (interim);
previously Henry Bolton

 Leader after election

Gerard Batten

The 2018 UK Independence Party leadership election was triggered after members voted to remove Henry Bolton as leader of the UK Independence Party at an extraordinary general meeting held in Birmingham on 17 February 2018.[1] It was the fourth UKIP leadership election in eighteen months.[2] Interim leader Gerard Batten was ultimately elected unopposed as the party's new leader.[3]

  1. ^ "UKIP members voted to sack embattled leader Henry Bolton". BBC News. BBC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ Cowburn, Ashley (17 February 2018). "Ukip sacks Henry Bolton as leader in wake of racism row to spark fourth leadership contest in 18 months". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "UKIP confirms Gerard Batten as new leader". Sky News. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.