2021 UK Independence Party leadership election

2021 UK Independence Party leadership election
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Turnout20.7%
 
Candidate Neil Hamilton John Poynton
Percentage 78.9% 21.1%
Popular vote 498 133
Leader before election

Neil Hamilton (interim);
previously Freddy Vachha

 Leader after election

Neil Hamilton

The 2021 UK Independence Party leadership election took place following the suspension on 12 September 2020 of leader Freddy Vachha from the UK Independence Party, with Neil Hamilton being elected to lead the party.[1]

  1. ^ "UKIP: Ex-Conservative minister Neil Hamilton elected party leader". BBC News. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.