2006 UK Independence Party leadership election information
United Kingdom independence party (UKIP) leadership election
2006 UK Independence Party leadership election
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Candidate
Nigel Farage
Richard Suchorzewski
Popular vote
3,329
1,782
Percentage
44.0%
23.5%
Candidate
David Campbell Bannerman
David Noakes
Popular vote
1,443
1,092
Percentage
19.0%
11.2%
Leader before election
Roger Knapman
Elected Leader
Nigel Farage
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) held a leadership election in September 2006.
The Eurosceptic party had been led since 2002 by Roger Knapman. Although he was entitled to stand for second term of office on the expiry of his four-year term, he decided not to.[1]
^Dave Harvey, "West: UKIP flower fades", BBC News, 8 June 2006
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