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He announced in July 2016 that he would not stand in the [[UK Independence Party leadership election, September 2016|September 2016 UKIP leadership election]] following the resignation of [[Nigel Farage]] and that he would step down as Deputy Leader of the party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/heres-paul-nuttall-says-wont-11591953|title=Here's why Paul Nuttall says he won't stand to be UKIP's leader - for now|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|last=Belger|first=Tom|date=9 July 2016|accessdate=9 July 2016}}</ref> In October 2016, Nuttall announced that he would run in the leadership election triggered when Diane James said that she would not become leader despite winning the leadership election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suzanne-evans-announces-ukip-leadership-bid_uk_580c6f1ce4b0fce107d0e6f6?7coywrk9&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 |title=Paul Nuttall And Suzanne Evans Announce Ukip Leadership Bids |work=The Huffington Post |date=23 October 2016 |accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref>
He announced in July 2016 that he would not stand in the [[UK Independence Party leadership election, September 2016|September 2016 UKIP leadership election]] following the resignation of [[Nigel Farage]] and that he would step down as Deputy Leader of the party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/heres-paul-nuttall-says-wont-11591953|title=Here's why Paul Nuttall says he won't stand to be UKIP's leader - for now|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|last=Belger|first=Tom|date=9 July 2016|accessdate=9 July 2016}}</ref> In October 2016, Nuttall announced that he would run in the leadership election triggered when Diane James said that she would not become leader despite winning the leadership election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suzanne-evans-announces-ukip-leadership-bid_uk_580c6f1ce4b0fce107d0e6f6?7coywrk9&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 |title=Paul Nuttall And Suzanne Evans Announce Ukip Leadership Bids |work=The Huffington Post |date=23 October 2016 |accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref>


On 28 November 2016 he became leader of the UK Independence Party with 62.2% of the vote.<ref name="Fisher1">{{cite news|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|title=Putin and Assad are on our side, claims new Ukip leader|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/farages-deputy-wins-ukip-race-and-vows-to-replace-labour-g5bw0xq38|work=The Times|subscription=yes|date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
On 28 November 2016 he became leader of the UK Independence Party.


==Election history==
==Election history==
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Nuttall has called for the [[Devolved English parliament|establishment of an English Parliament]]<ref name="Paul Nuttall MEP 13">{{cite web|last=West |first=Ed |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100111777/would-an-english-parliament-save-the-union |title=Would an English Parliament save the Union? – Telegraph Blogs |work=Blogs.telegraph.co.uk |date=18 October 2011 |accessdate=7 August 2012}}</ref> and presented UKIP's new [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|devolution]] policy at its annual conference at Eastbourne in September 2011. In 2014, he was reported to be a [[climate change denier]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilby |first=Peter |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/05/its-time-challenge-ukip-over-its-climate-change-denial |title=It's time to challenge Ukip over its climate change denial |work=New Statesman |date=30 May 2014 |accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref> He has also accused the BBC of promoting "propaganda" on climate change.<ref name="Bloom1" />
Nuttall has called for the [[Devolved English parliament|establishment of an English Parliament]]<ref name="Paul Nuttall MEP 13">{{cite web|last=West |first=Ed |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100111777/would-an-english-parliament-save-the-union |title=Would an English Parliament save the Union? – Telegraph Blogs |work=Blogs.telegraph.co.uk |date=18 October 2011 |accessdate=7 August 2012}}</ref> and presented UKIP's new [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|devolution]] policy at its annual conference at Eastbourne in September 2011. In 2014, he was reported to be a [[climate change denier]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilby |first=Peter |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/05/its-time-challenge-ukip-over-its-climate-change-denial |title=It's time to challenge Ukip over its climate change denial |work=New Statesman |date=30 May 2014 |accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref> He has also accused the BBC of promoting "propaganda" on climate change.<ref name="Bloom1" />


Nuttall favours a ban on wearing [[burqa]]s in public places, citing the use of [[Closed-circuit television|video surveillance]] and security as the primary reason for this stance,<ref name="Paul Nuttall MEP 15">{{cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5006580.Radio_4_s_Any_Questions_at_Burnley_raises_burka_issue |title=Radio 4's Any Questions at Burnley raises burka issue |work=Lancashire Telegraph|date=13 February 2010 |accessdate=7 August 2012}}</ref> as well as being opposed to the establishment of [[Sharia]] [[court]]s to operate alongside the [[Courts of the United Kingdom|UK Court system]].<ref name="Paul Nuttall MEP 17">{{cite web|url=http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mep-speaks-out-against-spread-of-sharia-courts/ |title=MEP speaks out against spread of Sharia courts}}</ref>
Nuttall favours a ban on wearing [[burqa]]s in public places, citing the use of [[Closed-circuit television|video surveillance]] and security as the primary reason for this stance,<ref name="Paul Nuttall MEP 15">{{cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5006580.Radio_4_s_Any_Questions_at_Burnley_raises_burka_issue |title=Radio 4's Any Questions at Burnley raises burka issue |work=Lancashire Telegraph|date=13 February 2010 |accessdate=7 August 2012}}</ref> as well as being opposed to the establishment of [[Sharia court]]s to operate alongside the [[Courts of the United Kingdom|UK Court system]].<ref name="Paul Nuttall MEP 17">{{cite web|url=http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mep-speaks-out-against-spread-of-sharia-courts/ |title=MEP speaks out against spread of Sharia courts}}</ref>


===LGBT rights===
Following a 2011 High Court ruling on the case of Peter and Hazelmary Bull, who refused a gay couple service in their guesthouse due to their Christian beliefs against homosexuality, Nuttall claimed the decision was a "good week for the PC brigade", saying that "What a complete joke. Aren't people allowed to live by their religious beliefs in the country anymore?"<ref name="Bloom1" /> Nuttall has also opposed [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s plans to include LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education in schools in 2015, stating that "Rather than helping tackle problems of domestic violence and rape in future years, as given as another woolly reason for introduction, it is going to confuse and worry these little children".

===British "Independence Day"===
Nuttall is a supporter of [[Debate over a British Independence Day observed in the United Kingdom|observing a British Independence Day]] within the United Kingdom on the 23 June annually. On 28 April 2016 he directly addressed U.S. President [[Barack Obama]], publicly stating; "Don't try to block our Independence day, Mr Obama".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/paulnuttallukip/status/725692536786919425 |title=Don't try to block our Independence day, Mr Obama |publisher=Paul Nuttall |date=28 April 2016}}</ref> On 23 June 2016, Nuttall said: "This is Independence Day!" with reference to the [[Brexit]] result being announced.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/paulnuttallukip/status/746195550840623112 |title=This is Independence Day! |publisher=Paul Nuttall |date=23 June 2016}}</ref>
Nuttall is a supporter of [[Debate over a British Independence Day observed in the United Kingdom|observing a British Independence Day]] within the United Kingdom on the 23 June annually. On 28 April 2016 he directly addressed U.S. President [[Barack Obama]], publicly stating; "Don't try to block our Independence day, Mr Obama".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/paulnuttallukip/status/725692536786919425 |title=Don't try to block our Independence day, Mr Obama |publisher=Paul Nuttall |date=28 April 2016}}</ref> On 23 June 2016, Nuttall said: "This is Independence Day!" with reference to the [[Brexit]] result being announced.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/paulnuttallukip/status/746195550840623112 |title=This is Independence Day! |publisher=Paul Nuttall |date=23 June 2016}}</ref>


===Privatisation of the NHS===
Nuttall has previously said in 2014 that "I would like to congratulate the coalition government for bringing a whiff of privatisation into the beleaguered National Health Service", and argued that "the very existence of the NHS stifles competition, and as competition drives quality and choice, innovation and improvements are restricted. Therefore, I believe, as long as the NHS is the '[[sacred cow]]' of British politics, the longer the British people will suffer with a second rate health service."<ref name="Bloom1" /> He also previously called the NHS "a monolithic hangover from days gone by", adding that "fortunately shall I say, we are becoming an older population and quite frankly I would like to see more free market introduced into the health service."<ref name="Bloom1" /> He has subsequently backtracked on these claims, saying that he only wanted parts of the NHS to be privatised in order to "streamline" the service<ref name="Bloom1" /> and upon becoming party leader, Nuttall told [[Andrew Marr]] on the ''[[Sunday Politics]]'' that "Maybe at some point, in years to come within this century we'll have to have this debate [over NHS privatisation,] but it won't be under my leadership in UKIP".<ref name="Taylor1">{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Matthew|title=Ukip leader Paul Nuttall under fire over PhD claim and NHS|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/04/ukip-leader-paul-nuttall-under-fire-over-phd-claim-and-nhs|work=The Guardian|date=4 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Geddes1">{{cite news|last1=Geddes|first1=Duncan|title=Ukip won’t push to privatise NHS, says Nuttall|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/new-ukip-leader-we-may-need-to-talk-about-privatising-the-nhs-2cbxkz979|accessdate=4 December 2016|work=Sunday Times|subscription=yes|date=4 December 2016}}</ref>
Nuttall has previously said in 2014 that "I would like to congratulate the coalition government for bringing a whiff of privatisation into the beleaguered National Health Service", and argued that "the very existence of the NHS stifles competition, and as competition drives quality and choice, innovation and improvements are restricted. Therefore, I believe, as long as the NHS is the '[[sacred cow]]' of British politics, the longer the British people will suffer with a second rate health service."<ref name="Bloom1" /> He also previously called the NHS "a monolithic hangover from days gone by", adding that "fortunately shall I say, we are becoming an older population and quite frankly I would like to see more free market introduced into the health service."<ref name="Bloom1" /> He has subsequently backtracked on these claims, saying that he only wanted parts of the NHS to be privatised in order to "streamline" the service<ref name="Bloom1" /> and upon becoming party leader, Nuttall told [[Andrew Marr]] on the ''[[Sunday Politics]]'' that "Maybe at some point, in years to come within this century we'll have to have this debate [over NHS privatisation,] but it won't be under my leadership in UKIP".<ref name="Taylor1">{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Matthew|title=Ukip leader Paul Nuttall under fire over PhD claim and NHS|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/04/ukip-leader-paul-nuttall-under-fire-over-phd-claim-and-nhs|work=The Guardian|date=4 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Geddes1">{{cite news|last1=Geddes|first1=Duncan|title=Ukip won’t push to privatise NHS, says Nuttall|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/new-ukip-leader-we-may-need-to-talk-about-privatising-the-nhs-2cbxkz979|accessdate=4 December 2016|work=Sunday Times|subscription=yes|date=4 December 2016}}</ref>

===Vladimir Putin and the Syrian civil war===
On foreign policy, Nuttall said that Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] "is pretty much a nasty man"<ref name="Blanchard1">{{cite news|last1=Blanchard|first1=Jack|title=UKIP leadership hopeful praises Vladimir Putin's merciless airstrikes on Syria|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukip-leadership-hopeful-praises-vladimir-9299732|work=The Daily Mirror|date=20 November 2016}}</ref> and that he was "not a fan" of Putin's "reprehensible" persecution of Russian journalists.<ref name="Fisher1" /> However, Nuttall said that in "the Middle East, I think [Vladimir Putin] is generally getting it right ... We need to bring the conflict in Syria to an end as fast as possible."<ref name="Blanchard1" /> Nuttall has also said Britain "got it wrong" in "helping the so-called rebels" in the [[Syrian civil war]]. Asked about Syrian President [[Bashar al-Assad]]{{'}}s barrel bombing of Syrian civilians, Nuttall said: "I wouldn't say we are some paragon of virtue when it comes to backing dictators" and that the Assad regime, which Russia is supporting militarily, is not "a threat to the globe in the way that Islamic terrorism is".<ref name="Fisher1" />

Putin's actions in Syria and the Middle East have been criticised in Great Britain and internationally, with [[Priti Patel]] accusing Russia of "inhumanity" and causing a "deliberate humanitarian crisis" in the region<ref name="Blanchard1" /> and the [[United Nations]] saying that "Russia is partnering with the Syrian regime to carry out war crimes".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Borger|first1=Julian|last2=Shaheen|first2=Kareem|title=Russia accused of war crimes in Syria at UN security council session|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/russia-accused-war-crimes-syria-un-security-council-aleppo|work=The Guardian|date=26 September 2016|location=Beirut}}</ref> He has also been supportive of the presidential campaign of [[Donald Trump]], saying that Obama "quite frankly had no time for" Britain due to "his heritage with Kenya and imperialism". He added that "Now Trump is elected... It is quite good for Britain. He was a supporter of [[Brexit]]".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Engineer|first1=Cyrus|title=Trump returning the Churchill bust to the Oval Office is a GREAT sign for Britain|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/733532/Paul-Nuttall-Barack-Obama-Donald-Trump-Winston-Churchill-bust|work=The Daily Express|date=22 November 2016}}</ref>


==CV discrepancies==
==CV discrepancies==

Revision as of 20:25, 4 December 2016

Paul Nuttall
Leader of the UK Independence Party
Assumed office
28 November 2016
DeputyPeter Whittle
Preceded byNigel Farage (Acting)
Leader of the UK Independence Party in the European Parliament
Assumed office
November 2015
Preceded byRoger Helmer
UKIP Spokesperson for Education, Life Skills and Training
In office
24 July 2014 – 17 September 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDavid Kurten
Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party
In office
8 November 2010 – 16 September 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byDavid Campbell Bannerman
Succeeded byPeter Whittle
Chair of the UK Independence Party
In office
8 September 2008 – 8 November 2010
LeaderNigel Farage
The Lord Pearson of Rannoch
Jeffrey Titford (Acting)
Preceded byJohn Whittaker
Succeeded bySteve Crowther
Member of the European Parliament
for North West England
Assumed office
14 July 2009
Preceded byJohn Whittaker
Personal details
Born
Paul Andrew Nuttall

(1976-11-30) 30 November 1976 (age 47)
Bootle, England, UK
Political partyUKIP (2004–present)
Conservative (formerly)
EducationSavio High School
Hugh Baird College
Alma materNorth Lincolnshire College
Edge Hill University
University of Central Lancashire
WebsiteOfficial website

Paul Andrew Nuttall MEP (born 30 November 1976) is a British politician and leader of the UK Independence Party.[1]

He is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England.

Early life

Born in Bootle in Merseyside, Nuttall was educated at Savio High School and completed his A-Levels at Hugh Baird College in Bootle.[2] He completed a Higher National Diploma in Sports Science at North Lincolnshire College, before studying History at Edge Hill University, graduating with a BA, and at Liverpool Hope University where he specialised in Edwardian politics and graduated with an MA. He received a Certificate in Education from the University of Central Lancashire, and lectured at Liverpool Hope University there between 2004 and 2006 after his graduation.[3] In 2004, Nuttall started working towards a PhD into the 'History of Conservatism in Liverpool', but did not complete it.[4][5] He is a practising Catholic.[6]

As a footballer, he was a member of Tranmere Rovers' youth squad in the early 1990s,[7][8] although he has refuted claims made in one of his own press releases that he had played professionally for the team.[4][9] In 2015, while appearing on BBC TV's Question Time, he stated that he was one of the survivors of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.[10]

Political life

Nuttall joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2004 and formed its South Sefton Branch in 2005 to help the party to contest elections in north Merseyside.[11]

In 2008, Nuttall became founding secretary of Young Independence, UKIP's fledgling youth wing for under-35s, a position he held until Young Independence held its first internal elections at the 2009 UKIP Spring Conference having, in September 2008, been appointed Chairman of the UK Independence Party.[12]

Nuttall was found to place 736th out of 756 MEPs in terms of attendance in the European Parliament,[13] Nuttall defended his record in 2013, stating: "I have no interest sitting all day in Brussels committees enacting job-killing, democracy-destroying legislation inspired by the EU".[14]

He announced in July 2016 that he would not stand in the September 2016 UKIP leadership election following the resignation of Nigel Farage and that he would step down as Deputy Leader of the party.[15] In October 2016, Nuttall announced that he would run in the leadership election triggered when Diane James said that she would not become leader despite winning the leadership election.[16]

On 28 November 2016 he became leader of the UK Independence Party with 62.2% of the vote.[17]

Election history

Nuttall first stood for election as a Conservative candidate in the Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002, where he finished second in the Derby ward, receiving 11.4% of the vote.[18]

Nuttall contested the parliamentary seat of Bootle for UKIP at the 2005 general election, polling 4.1% of the vote.[19]

At the 2008 local elections, Nuttall stood as a UKIP candidate for the Derby ward of Sefton Borough Council, achieving a 38% share of the vote, behind the Labour Party candidate whose party has held the seat since the Second World War.[20] In 2009, Nuttall led UKIP's North West list and was elected to the European Parliament. At the 2010 general election, he contested Bootle for a second time and came fourth, polling 6.1% of the vote.[21]

Following a High Court verdict declaring the 2010 general election result in Oldham East and Saddleworth null and void,[22] Nuttall was selected to contest the by-election held in January 2011. Labour's candidate Debbie Abrahams held the seat, while Nuttall came fourth and increased the UKIP vote share by almost two percentage points, retaining his deposit.[23]

In 2014, Nuttall was returned to the European Parliament at the European election and is currently one of two UKIP MEPs representing the constituency of North West England. In 2015, he once again contested Bootle, and came second behind Labour, with a 10.9% vote share.[24]

Political positions

Nuttall speaking in 2009

Nuttall is a signatory to an e-petition calling for the reintroduction of the death penalty for convicted child and serial killers.[25]

Nuttall suggested in October 2016 that the current time limit on abortion be cut down from 24 weeks to 12 weeks.[26] He has also criticised advertisments for abortion clinics, saying that "Advertising abortion trivialises what is in reality killing an unborn child and the potential psychological implications for the mother are well documented. Killers such as Ian Brady and Ian Huntley have their 'human rights' and did not face the death penalty for taking the lives of children. Who is to defend the unborn child faced with a death sentence?"[27]

Nuttall has called for the establishment of an English Parliament[28] and presented UKIP's new devolution policy at its annual conference at Eastbourne in September 2011. In 2014, he was reported to be a climate change denier.[29] He has also accused the BBC of promoting "propaganda" on climate change.[27]

Nuttall favours a ban on wearing burqas in public places, citing the use of video surveillance and security as the primary reason for this stance,[30] as well as being opposed to the establishment of Sharia courts to operate alongside the UK Court system.[31]

LGBT rights

Following a 2011 High Court ruling on the case of Peter and Hazelmary Bull, who refused a gay couple service in their guesthouse due to their Christian beliefs against homosexuality, Nuttall claimed the decision was a "good week for the PC brigade", saying that "What a complete joke. Aren't people allowed to live by their religious beliefs in the country anymore?"[27] Nuttall has also opposed Labour's plans to include LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education in schools in 2015, stating that "Rather than helping tackle problems of domestic violence and rape in future years, as given as another woolly reason for introduction, it is going to confuse and worry these little children".

British "Independence Day"

Nuttall is a supporter of observing a British Independence Day within the United Kingdom on the 23 June annually. On 28 April 2016 he directly addressed U.S. President Barack Obama, publicly stating; "Don't try to block our Independence day, Mr Obama".[32] On 23 June 2016, Nuttall said: "This is Independence Day!" with reference to the Brexit result being announced.[33]

Privatisation of the NHS

Nuttall has previously said in 2014 that "I would like to congratulate the coalition government for bringing a whiff of privatisation into the beleaguered National Health Service", and argued that "the very existence of the NHS stifles competition, and as competition drives quality and choice, innovation and improvements are restricted. Therefore, I believe, as long as the NHS is the 'sacred cow' of British politics, the longer the British people will suffer with a second rate health service."[27] He also previously called the NHS "a monolithic hangover from days gone by", adding that "fortunately shall I say, we are becoming an older population and quite frankly I would like to see more free market introduced into the health service."[27] He has subsequently backtracked on these claims, saying that he only wanted parts of the NHS to be privatised in order to "streamline" the service[27] and upon becoming party leader, Nuttall told Andrew Marr on the Sunday Politics that "Maybe at some point, in years to come within this century we'll have to have this debate [over NHS privatisation,] but it won't be under my leadership in UKIP".[34][35]

Vladimir Putin and the Syrian civil war

On foreign policy, Nuttall said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "is pretty much a nasty man"[36] and that he was "not a fan" of Putin's "reprehensible" persecution of Russian journalists.[17] However, Nuttall said that in "the Middle East, I think [Vladimir Putin] is generally getting it right ... We need to bring the conflict in Syria to an end as fast as possible."[36] Nuttall has also said Britain "got it wrong" in "helping the so-called rebels" in the Syrian civil war. Asked about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's barrel bombing of Syrian civilians, Nuttall said: "I wouldn't say we are some paragon of virtue when it comes to backing dictators" and that the Assad regime, which Russia is supporting militarily, is not "a threat to the globe in the way that Islamic terrorism is".[17]

Putin's actions in Syria and the Middle East have been criticised in Great Britain and internationally, with Priti Patel accusing Russia of "inhumanity" and causing a "deliberate humanitarian crisis" in the region[36] and the United Nations saying that "Russia is partnering with the Syrian regime to carry out war crimes".[37] He has also been supportive of the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, saying that Obama "quite frankly had no time for" Britain due to "his heritage with Kenya and imperialism". He added that "Now Trump is elected... It is quite good for Britain. He was a supporter of Brexit".[38]

CV discrepancies

In 2016, the Mail on Sunday alleged that Nuttall had falsely claimed to hold a PhD in History from Liverpool Hope University and that he was a "professional footballer" for Tranmere Rovers, saying that both mistakes were the result of inaccuracies by press officers and researchers.[34][35]

Media

Nuttall is one of UKIP's media spokespeople and frequently appears on national radio, including BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport. He has appeared several times on BBC One's Question Time and BBC Radio 4's Any Questions?.

As Deputy Chairman of UKIP, Paul Nuttall was mocked by left-wing comedian Stewart Lee as "Paul Nuttalls of UKIPs" in December 2013 (released in 2014 as part of his Comedy Vehicle), accusing Nuttall of xenophobia towards Bulgarian immigrants. The comedy routine became viral after Nuttall's election as party leader in 2016.[39][40]

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Party political offices
Preceded by Chair of the UK Independence Party
2008–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party
2010–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the UK Independence Party
2016–present
Incumbent