2021 UK Independence Party leadership election

2021 UK Independence Party leadership election
Turnout	20.7%
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]

Background

On 12 September 2020, Freddy Vaccha was suspended from the party and therefore the leadership after complaints of bullying and harassment,^[2] with Senedd member and former MP Neil Hamilton appointed as leader.

Candidates

Candidate	Past and present political roles
Neil Hamilton^[3]	Member of Parliament for Tatton (1983–1997) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs (1992–1994) Deputy Chair of the UK Independence Party (2014–2016) Member of the Senedd for Mid & West Wales (2016–2021) Leader of UKIP Wales (2016–)
John Poynton^[3]

Result

Candidate		Votes	%
	Y Neil Hamilton	498		78.9
	John Poynton	133		21.1
Total		631	Turnout	20.7%

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2021 UK Independence Party leadership election

Contents

Background

Candidates

Result

References