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UK Independence Party leadership election
← 2010 11 July 2016 (2016-07-11) – 15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)[1]
 
Candidate Jonathan Arnott Lisa Duffy Bill Etheridge
Running mate Louise Bours Patrick O'Flynn Mike Hookem
 
Candidate Elizabeth Jones Steven Woolfe
Running mate Lawrence Webb Nathan Gill
Leader before election

Nigel Farage

 Leader after election

TBD

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The 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election was announced after Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, announced on 4 July 2016, following the Leave result in the UK referendum on EU membership, that he would step down when a new leader takes office.[2]

As more than one candidate is running for party leader, it will be the first contested UKIP leadership election since 2010; Farage won the 2014 leadership election unopposed.[3][4]

Campaign

Suggested potential candidates at the time of Farage's resignation included Paul Nuttall, Steven Woolfe, Suzanne Evans, Diane James, Peter Whittle, Douglas Carswell, and Patrick O'Flynn, among others.[5] Farage stated he would not endorse any candidate.[6]

Evans was ineligible at the time as she had been suspended from the party.[5] Evans declared that she would like her suspension to be lifted so that she could stand for the leadership. She is not, however, pursuing her appeal, which is the only mechanism under the party constitution by which lifting a suspension can be achieved.[7][8]

Paul Nuttall announced on 9 July 2016 that he would not stand for the leadership and that he would step down as Deputy Leader of the party.[9]

The party's National Executive Committee (NEC) stated that the position of leader would be advertised online. Anyone wanting to apply will need 50 nominations from party members and will have to pay a £5,000 fee. There will be a series of hustings over the summer. Every party member will have a vote, and the winner will be declared at the party's conference on 15 September.[1][5]

On 10 July 2016, the NEC decided that candidates must have been members for at least five years, ruling out several possible candidates, including Suzanne Evans, Douglas Carswell, and Arron Banks;[10] though the NEC later reduced this requirement to two years, potential candidates previously thought to be ineligible have not stood.[11][12] Woolfe, however, was reported to have allowed his membership to lapse for a few months, with the NEC to decide on his eligibility during final vetting procedures.[13]

In late July 2016, party chairman Steve Crowther told UKIP Wales Leader Nathan Gill, standing for Deputy Leader on a joint ticket with Woolfe, to stop "double jobbing", i.e. not standing down as an MEP now that he is a member of the Welsh Assembly for North Wales, or face having his right to stand for election removed by the party.[14]

At the close of nominations on 31 July 2016, Woolfe missed the deadline for submitting his application by 17 minutes due to technical problems. A spokesman for Woolfe has said that he is still a candidate; the party has not yet confirmed whether the delay will make him ineligible. A party spokesman said a final decision would be made on Tuesday 2 August 2016 after final vetting procedures were completed.[15]

Candidates

Declared

Declined

The following individuals either declined to stand or were potential candidates who did not stand by the close of nominations:

Ineligible

The following people, whether they declared their candidacies or were considered potential candidates, have been declared ineligible for various reasons:

Endorsements

Jonathan Arnott

MPs and MEPs

Other people

Lisa Duffy

MPs and MEPs

Other people

Bill Etheridge

MPs and MEPs

Elizabeth Jones

Other people

Steven Woolfe

MPs and MEPs

Other people

Organisations

Timetable

Nominations opened on 11 July 2016 and will close on 31 July. Campaigning will then take place in August, with a series of hustings taking place, before ballot papers are issued on 1 September to every party member, with the winner to be declared at the party's conference on 15 September.[1][5]

See also

References

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