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| abbreviation = UKIP
| leader1_title = [[UK Independence Party#Leadership|
| leader1_name =
| leader2_title =
| leader2_name = [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukip.org/leadership|title=UKIP – Leadership|website=www.ukip.org}}</ref>
| leader3_title = Chairman
| leader3_name = Ben Walker
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| leader5_title = Treasurer
| leader5_name = Ian Garbutt<ref name="ukip"/>
| leader6_title =
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| founder = [[Alan Sked]]
| foundation =
| dissolution =
| predecessor = [[Anti-Federalist League]]
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| membership = {{decrease}} 3,888<ref name="31 December 2020 membership">{{cite web |title=United Kingdom Independence Party Limited (a company limited by guarantee) report and accounts 31 December 2020 |url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Api/Accounts/Documents/23513 |website=Electoral Commission |date=31 December 2020 |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref>
| ideology = <!-- Please do NOT add "Libertarianism" here, even if sourced. Reliable sources dispute whether UKIP is actually libertarian. Consensus should be achieved on the talk page before it is added. -->{{ubl|class=nowrap|
| [[British nationalism]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 April 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/britain-snap-election-brexit-theresa-may-questions.html|title=Key Points About a Snap Election in Britain|access-date=20 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920085527/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/britain-snap-election-brexit-theresa-may-questions.html|archive-date=20 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Euroscepticism]]{{sfnm|1a1=Lynch|1a2=Whitaker|1a3=Loomes|1y=2012|1p=733|2a1=Tournier-Sol|2y=2015|2pp=141–42}}<ref name="parties-and-elections.eu"/>▼
| [[Economic liberalism]]<ref name="parties-and-elections.eu">{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |title=United Kingdom |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/unitedkingdom.html |url-status=dead |work=Parties and Elections in Europe |year=2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309175330/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/unitedkingdom.html |archive-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>▼
|[[Right-wing populism]]<ref name="parties-and-elections.eu"/>{{sfnm|1a1=Abedi|1a2=Lundberg|1y=2009|1p=72|2a1=Jones|2y=2011|2p=245|3a1=Dolezal|3y=2012|3p=142|4a1=Liebert|4y=2012|4p=123|5a1=Art|5y=2011|5p=188|6a1=Driver|6y=2011|6p=149}}▼
▲ | [[Euroscepticism]]{{refn|{{sfnm|1a1=Lynch|1a2=Whitaker|1a3=Loomes|1y=2012|1p=733|2a1=Tournier-Sol|2y=2015|2pp=141–42}}<ref name="parties-and-elections.eu"/>}}
▲ |[[Economic liberalism]]<ref name="parties-and-elections.eu">{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |title=United Kingdom |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/unitedkingdom.html |url-status=dead |work=Parties and Elections in Europe |year=2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309175330/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/unitedkingdom.html |archive-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
▲ | [[Right-wing populism]]{{refn|<ref name="parties-and-elections.eu"/>{{sfnm|1a1=Abedi|1a2=Lundberg|1y=2009|1p=72|2a1=Jones|2y=2011|2p=245|3a1=Dolezal|3y=2012|3p=142|4a1=Liebert|4y=2012|4p=123|5a1=Art|5y=2011|5p=188|6a1=Driver|6y=2011|6p=149}}}}
▲ |[[British nationalism]]<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 April 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/britain-snap-election-brexit-theresa-may-questions.html|title=Key Points About a Snap Election in Britain|access-date=20 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920085527/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/britain-snap-election-brexit-theresa-may-questions.html|archive-date=20 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
}}
| position =
| national =
| international =
| europarl = {{ubl|
|[[Europe of Democracies and Diversities]]<br>(1999–2004)
| slogan = "People not politics"▼
|[[Independence/Democracy]] (2004–2009)
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|UK Independence Party}}|border=darkgray}} Purple {{color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Gold▼
|[[Europe of Freedom and Democracy]] (2009–2014)
|[[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]]<br>(2014–2018)
|[[Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe]] (2014–2017)
|[[Europe of Nations and Freedom]] (2019)
}}
▲| colours = {{color box|{{party color|UK Independence Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Purple (color)|Purple]] <br> {{color box|gold|border=darkgray}} [[Gold (color)|Gold]]
| website = {{URL|ukip.org}}
| country = the United Kingdom
}}
The '''UK Independence Party''' ('''UKIP''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|juː|k|ɪ|p|audio=UKIP.ogg}} {{respell|YOO|kip}}) is a [[Eurosceptic]], [[right-wing populist]] political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|members of parliament]] (both through defections) and was the largest party representing the UK in the [[European Parliament]]. UKIP's visibility and success was chiefly associated with two-time leader [[Nigel Farage]]; since his second departure in 2016, the party has seen a steep decline in support and eleven different leaders, the most recent being Lois Perry
Following Perry’s resignation, the party has been led in the interim by Nick Tenconi since June 2024.
UKIP originated as the [[Anti-Federalist League]], a [[single-issue]] Eurosceptic party established in London by [[Alan Sked]] in 1991. It was renamed ''UKIP'' in 1993, but its growth remained slow. It was largely eclipsed by the Eurosceptic [[Referendum Party]] until the latter's 1997 dissolution. In 1997, Sked was ousted by a faction led by Farage, who became the party's preeminent figure. In 2006, Farage officially became leader and, under his direction, the party adopted a wider policy platform and capitalised on concerns about rising immigration, in particular among the [[white British]] working class. This resulted in significant breakthroughs at the [[2013 United Kingdom local elections|2013 local elections]], [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2014 European parliamentary elections]], and [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]]. After the UK voted to [[Brexit|leave the EU]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 Brexit referendum]], Farage stepped down as UKIP leader, later joining the [[Brexit Party]]. UKIP subsequently saw its vote share and membership heavily decline, losing almost all of its elected representatives amid much internal instability and a drift toward a [[far-right]], anti-Islam message.
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After a period as acting leader, Hamilton was elected as leader in October 2021, receiving 498 votes of 631 cast (78.9%) against challenger John Poynton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukip.org/elections-2021|title=2021 NEC and Leadership Election – The Results!|publisher=UKIP|access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref><ref name=hamilton>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58968868|work=BBC News|title=UKIP: Ex-Conservative minister Neil Hamilton elected party leader|date=19 October 2021}}</ref> In April 2023, the party removed a longstanding ban of current or former members of far-right groups and parties – including the [[British National Party]] (BNP) – from joining the party, and replaced it with a ban of members of several [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]], left-wing, and environmentalist groups.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Withers |first=Matt |date=2023-06-22 |title=How Ukip came crashing down to earth |url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/how-ukip-came-crashing-down-to-earth/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=The New European |language=en-GB}}</ref> In the [[2023 United Kingdom local elections|May 2023 local elections]], it lost all of its remaining council seats leaving the party without representation at any level.<ref name="localcouncil">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2023/england/results|title=Local election results 2023 in England|website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ukip-neil-hamilton-richard-tice-bournemouth-christchurch-b2333710.html|title=Ukip loses all six seats in local elections|date=6 May 2023|website=The Independent}}</ref>
At the start of 2024, Hamilton announced that he would retire as party leader that May, leading to a new leadership contest. [[Bill Etheridge]], Lois Perry, and [[Anne Marie Waters]], who had rejoined the party the previous year after having left to form the [[For Britain Movement]], were announced as candidates for the contest,<ref>UKIP.org: [https://www.ukip.org/leadership-election-2024 Leadership Election 2024]</ref> though Waters subsequently withdrew her candidacy for unspecified personal reasons.<ref>UKIP.org: [https://www.ukip.org/leadership-election-2024-update Leadership Election 2024 - Update]</ref> Lois Perry was elected on 13 May 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moldoveanu |first=Rucsandra |date=2024-05-13 |title=UKIP's new leader is a climate denier and woke-mind-virus warrior |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/who-ukip-new-leader-lois-9282599 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Nottinghamshire Live |language=en}}</ref> and announced upon the calling of the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]] later that month that the party would be entering into an electoral alliance with the [[English Democrats]].<ref>UKIP.org: [https://www.ukip.org/the-july-2024-uk-general-election The July 2024 UK General Election]</ref> On 15 June, after just 34 days as leader, Perry resigned due to health issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-16 |title=Newly elected UKIP Leader quits |url=https://www.searchlightmagazine.com/2024/06/newly-elected-ukip-leader-quits/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Searchlight Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Deputy leader Nick Tenconi took over as leader for the duration of the campaign, which saw the party's vote further decline from its 2019 levels, earning just 6,350 votes nationwide. Of the 26 candidates nominated, all but three of them finished with fewer than 300 votes, with 17 of them finishing in last place in their constituency.<ref>[https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/elections/parl.2024-07-04/ Democracy Club]</ref> Unlike the 2019 election, however, the party did succeed in retaining one deposit by winning 6.3% of the vote in [[Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge]], largely due to [[Reform UK]] (as the Brexit Party had renamed itself after the previous election) not nominating a candidate there; the 2,638 votes won by the UKIP candidate (Janice Mackay) single-handedly accounted for 41.5% of the party's national vote share.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-06 |title=The election: breakthrough for Farage, disaster for the rest of the extreme right. |url=https://www.searchlightmagazine.com/2024/07/the-election-modest-wins-for-farage-disaster-for-the-rest-of-the-extreme-right/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Searchlight Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
==Ideology and policies==
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UKIP has always had the politics of [[national identity]] at its core.{{sfn|Hayton|2016|p=400}} The party is nationalist, and its "basic claim—that the highest priority for the British polity is to assure that it is fully governed by the national state—is a nationalist one."{{sfn|Dye|2015|p=11}} The party describes its position as being that of [[civic nationalism]], and in its manifesto explicitly rejects [[ethnic nationalism]] by encouraging support from Britons of all ethnicities and religions.{{sfnm|1a1=Ford|1a2=Goodwin|1y=2014|1p=7|2a1=Mycock|2a2=Hayton|2y=2014|2p=264}} Rejecting claims that it is racist, both Sked and later Farage described UKIP as a "non-racist, non-sectarian party".{{sfnm|1a1=Ford|1a2=Goodwin|1y=2014|1p=29|2a1=Etheridge|2y=2014|2p=15}} In UKIP's literature, the party has placed an emphasis on "restoring Britishness" and counteracting what it sees as a "serious existential crisis" exhibited by the "[[Islamification]]" of Britain, the "pseudo-nationalisms" of [[Wales]], [[Scotland]], and Ireland, and the multicultural and [[Supranational union|supranational]] policies promoted by "the cultural left", describing its own stance as being "unashamedly unicultural".{{sfn|Mycock|Hayton|2014|p=264}} It has been suggested that this attitude compromises the party's claim that its form of [[British nationalism]] is civic and inclusive.{{sfn|Mycock|Hayton|2014|p=264}}
UKIP considers itself to be a [[British unionist]] party,{{sfnm|1a1=Mycock|1a2=Hayton|1y=2014|1p=264|2a1=Hayton|2y=2016|2p=401}} although its support base is centred largely in England.{{sfn|Mycock|Hayton|2014|p=264}} Farage
UKIP has emphasised the need to correct what it perceives as the United Kingdom's imbalance against England resulting from the "[[West Lothian question]]" and the [[Barnett formula]].{{sfn|Mycock|Hayton|2014|p=265}} The party has mobilised [[English nationalist]] sentiment brought on by English concerns following the devolution within the UK and the rise of Welsh and Scottish nationalisms.{{sfnm|1a1=Reed|1y=2016|1p=228|2a1=Hayton|2y=2016|2p=405|3a1=Goodwin|3a2=Milazzo|3y=2015|3p=5}} The party initially opposed [[federalism]] in the UK,{{sfn|Hayton|2016|p=401}} criticising the establishment of the [[Welsh Assembly]] and [[Scottish Parliament]].{{sfn|Abedi|Lundberg|2009|p=75}} However, in September 2011 Farage and the NEC announced their support for the establishment of an [[English Parliament]] to accompany the other devolved governments.{{sfn|Mycock|Hayton|2014|p=265}} In its 2015 manifesto, it promised to make [[St. George's Day]] and [[St. David's Day]] [[bank holiday]]s in England and Wales, respectively.{{sfn|Hayton|2016|p=403}} Similarly, UKIP's 2017 manifesto pledged to declare 23 June British Independence Day and observe it annually as a [[Public holiday|national holiday]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/elections/general-election-2017/manifestos/ukip-manifesto-we-read-it-so-you-dont-have-to/ |title=Ukip Manifesto: We Read It So You Don't Have To |website=[[LBC]] |date=26 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628140524/http://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/elections/general-election-2017/manifestos/ukip-manifesto-we-read-it-so-you-dont-have-to/ |archive-date=28 June 2017 }}<br /> {{cite news |url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/general-election-2017/84971/ukip-manifesto-2017-paul-nuttalls-key-policies/ |title=Ukip manifesto 2017: Paul Nuttall's key policies |work=[[The Week]] |date=7 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614065605/http://www.theweek.co.uk/general-election-2017/84971/ukip-manifesto-2017-paul-nuttalls-key-policies |archive-date=14 June 2017 }}<br />– {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/ukip-manifesto-general-election-2017-key-points-policies-summary/ |title=Ukip manifesto for General Election 2017: Key points, policies and summary |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=7 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612211904/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/ukip-manifesto-general-election-2017-key-points-policies-summary/ |archive-date=12 June 2017 }}</ref>
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[[File:Starcross , The Strand, UKIP Poster and Starcross Sign - geograph.org.uk - 1345072.jpg|thumb|left|UKIP placard on the side of the road in [[Starcross]], Devon, declaring: "Say NO to European Union"]]
The party opposed the [[2004 enlargement of the European Union]] into
UKIP has placed great emphasis on the issue of immigration to the UK,{{sfnm|1a1=Lynch|1a2=Whitaker|1a3=Loomes|1y=2012|1p=754|2a1=Tournier-Sol|2y=2015|2p=146}} and in 2013 Farage described it as "the biggest single issue facing this party".{{sfn|Tournier-Sol|2015|p=146}} UKIP attributes British membership of the EU as the core cause of immigration to the UK, citing the Union's open-border policies as the reason why large numbers of East European migrants have moved to Britain.{{sfn|Tournier-Sol|2015|p=146}} On their campaign billboards, UKIP have presented EU migrants as a source of crime, as well as a pressure on housing, the welfare state, and the health service.{{sfn|Goodwin|Milazzo|2015|p=42}} Farage has emphasised not only the economic impact of migration but also the public anxieties regarding the cultural changes brought by immigration.{{sfn|Goodwin|Milazzo|2015|p=42}} In its 2009 electoral manifesto, UKIP proposed a five-year ban on any migrants coming to the UK.{{sfn|Deacon|Wring|2016|p=173}} By 2015, it had modified this to the view that the five-year ban should apply only to unskilled migrants.{{sfn|Goodwin|Milazzo|2015|p=231}} To regulate the arrival of skilled migrants, it called for the UK to adopt a points-based system akin to that employed by Australia.{{sfnm|1a1=Goodwin|1a2=Milazzo|1y=2015|1pp=172, 231|2a1=Heywood|2y=2015|2p=139}} It advocated the establishment of a watchdog to help curb immigration, and bring the levels of net annual immigration down from the hundreds of thousands to between 20,000 and 50,000, which was the average level in the UK between 1950 and 2000.{{sfn|Goodwin|Milazzo|2015|p=231}} UKIP calls for all immigrants to require compulsory health insurance,{{sfn|Goodwin|Milazzo|2015|p=231}} and proposes that migrants be barred from claiming any state benefits until they had been resident in the UK for at least five years.{{sfn|Deacon|Wring|2016|p=183}}
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! style="background:{{party color|UK Independence Party}}; color:white;" | 7
|[[Diane James]] || [[September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election|16 September 2016]] || 4 October 2016{{refn| group="N" |name="legalleader"|Diane James won the [[September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election|September 2016 leadership election]] but resigned 18 days later, prior to taking office. As the relevant paperwork required by the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]] was not
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| colspan="5"|''[[Nigel Farage]] was acting leader during this interim''
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| Lois Perry || 13 May 2024 ||
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| colspan="5"|''Nick Tenconi was interim leader during this period''
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''(interim leader)''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-25 |title=Party Leadership Update |url=https://www.ukip.org/party-leadership-update |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=UKIP.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>Lois Perry was party leader when the election was called, but resigned from the position on 15 June 2024, resulting in Tenconi taking over as leader for the remainder of the campaign.</ref>
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