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UK Independence Party

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UKIP or Brexit Party? Dilemma for Leave voters

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Leader of UK Independence Party Nigel Farage adresses the media after Brexit results

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UK Independence Party Chief Nigel Farage Quits

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The UK Independence Party (UKIP ) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It presently has three representatives in the House of Lords and seventeen Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), making it the third-largest UK party in the European Parliament. It has five Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and two members in the London Assembly.
  • Foundation and early years: 1991–2004 

  • Growing visibility: 2004–2014 

  • Entering mainstream politics: 2014–2016 

  • Farage's resignation as leader, Diane James and Paul Nuttall's leadership 

  • Bolton's leadership and Batten's election as leader 

  • Batten and Braine's leadership and association with the far right 

  • Mountain, Vachna and Hamilton leaderships and internal instability 

  • Right-wing populism 

  • Nationalism and British unionism 

  • Euroscepticism, immigration and foreign policy 

  • Economic policy 

  • Social policy 

  • Financial backing 

  • Membership 

  • Voter base 

  • Leadership 

  • Regions 

  • House of Commons 

  • House of Lords 

  • Regional assemblies and parliaments 

  • Local government 

  • European Parliament 

  • Members of the European Parliament 

  • General elections 

  • Other political groups 

  • Media and academia