2010 UK Independence Party leadership election

United Kingdom independence party (UKIP) leadership election August 2019 2010 UK Independence Party leadership election presidential no 2009 UK Independence Party leadership election 2009 5 November 2010 July–September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election September 2016 114px Nigel Farage 6,085 60.5% Leader Jeffrey Titford (acting); Previously Lord Pearson Nigel Farage Tim Congdon 2,037 20.2% 110px David Campbell Bannerman 1,404 14.0% 124px Winston McKenzie 530 5.3% The UK Independence Party (UKIP) leadership election of 2010 was triggered on 17 August 2010 with the resignation of the incumbent leader, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, following difficulties during the 2010 general election campaign, UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch standing down BBC News 17 August 2010 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10994784 17 August 2010 with the result announced on 5 November 2010.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11421665 BBC News Four men to fight it out for UKIP leadership 27 September 2010 Lord Pearson of Rannoch had been leader of the party since the previous leadership election, less than a year earlier. Jeffrey Titford was appointed interim leader during the summer by the UKIP National Executive Committee. Nigel Farage won the election with over 60% of the vote. Background Pearson, formerly a Conservative peer, joined UKIP in 2007.Ex-Tory peers join Ukip https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jan/09/conservatives.uk 6 July 2026 The Guardian Press Association 9 January 2007 He defeated four candidates to become the leader of the party in 2009. UKIP failed to win any seats at the 2010 election and fell short of its target of 1 million votes.Topping Alexandra UK election results: Ukip fails to secure seats https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/07/ukip-election-results 6 July 2026 The Guardian 7 May 2010 Farage, the former leader, was the party's best performing candidate by vote share.Cracknell Richard McGuinness Feargal Rhodes Chris General Election 2010 2 February 2011 House of Commons Library 100 https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP10-36/RP10-36.pdf 6 July 2026 Pearson announced he would be standing down in 2010, stating he was "not much good" at party politics.UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch standing down https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10994784 6 July 2026 BBC News 17 August 2010 Candidates All candidates required support from 51 members of UKIP in order to appear on the ballot.Ross Hawkins, "UKIP considers leadership hopefuls", BBC News, 3 September 2010 The following candidates were confirmed as standing in the election: David Campbell Bannerman, UKIP MEP for the East of England Tim Congdon, economisthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11421665 Four men to fight it out for UKIP leadership 27 September 2010 BBC News 27 September 2010 Nigel Farage, MEP for South East England and former leaderhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11168638 Ex-leader Nigel Farage to contest UKIP election 3 September 2010 3 September 2010 BBC News Winston McKenzie, former boxer; former Conservative member (2006–2008). MEP Nikki Sinclaire originally announced she had hoped to stand for the leadership, as did MEP Godfrey Bloom who stated he would stand if Nigel Farage decided not to do so. Gerard Batten initially intended to stand, but withdrew and gave his support to Congdon. Lord Monckton also was considering standing but decided not to run. Results Nigel Farage won with 60.5% of the vote.http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/1967-nigel-back-as-ukip-leader Nigel back as UKIP Leader - UK Independence Party May 3, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121024093449/http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/1967-nigel-back-as-ukip-leader October 24, 2012 http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/ukip.htm UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY (UKIP) LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2002-2016 Tom Quinn, Senior Lecturer in Government, University of Essex UK Independence Party Leadership election, 2010CandidateVotes % Nigel Farage 6,085 60.5 70147A 60.5% Tim Congdon 2,037 20.3 70147A 20.3% David Campbell Bannerman 1,404 14.0 70147A 14.0% Winston McKenzie 530 5.3 70147A 5.3%Turnout 10,056 65.1% Nigel Farage elected as Leader References External links Official UKIP website Tim Congdon's campaign website collapsed 2010 Category:Nigel Farage Category:2010 political party leadership elections in the United Kingdom