UK Independence Party representation and election results

This article lists the election results and representation of the UK Independence Party with respect to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales, Northern Ireland Assembly, London Assembly, European Parliament and local authorities.

For results of elections contested by the Anti-Federalist League, UKIP's predecessor, see Anti-Federalist League election results.

Current representatives

European Parliament

UKIP had 24 MEPs elected at the 2014 European elections, its highest tally to date. As of January 2018 it has 19 MEPs.

Constituency MEP(s)
East Midlands Jonathan Bullock, Margot Parker
East of England Patrick O'Flynn, Stuart Agnew, Tim Aker
London Gerard Batten
North West England Paul Nuttall, Louise Bours
North East England
Scotland David Coburn
South East England Nigel Farage, Ray Finch
South West England
 Earl of Dartmouth, Julia Reid
Wales Nathan Gill
West Midlands Jill Seymour, James Carver, Bill Etheridge
Yorkshire and the Humber Jane Collins, Mike Hookem
  • On 23 January 2015, Amjad Bashir (Yorkshire and the Humber) defected from UKIP to the Conservatives citing UKIP's "ridiculous lack of policies".[1]
  • On 23 March 2015, Janice Atkinson (South East England) was expelled from UKIP for bringing the party into disrepute.[2] She now sits as an independent and in June 2015, joined the Europe of Nations and Freedom group in the European Parliament.[3]
  • On 17 October 2016, Steven Woolfe (North West England) resigned from UKIP, calling the party "ungovernable". He now sits as an independent MEP.[4]
  • On 21 November 2016, Diane James (South East England) resigned from the party that she had briefly led, saying it was "time to move on" from UKIP and she would continue to serve as an independent MEP.[5]
  • On 13 June 2017, Roger Helmer resigned his seat.
  • On 19 January 2018, Jonathan Arnott (North East England) resigned from the party on 19 January 2018, continuing to sit as an independent MEP..[6]

House of Lords

Devolved Parliaments and Assemblies

There are five UKIP members of the Welsh Assembly

(Group Leader)

UKIP has no representation in the Scottish Parliament or Northern Ireland Assembly.

Local authorities

UKIP achieved its first major breakthrough in local elections in 2013, when they won 140 seats (out of around 2,300 being contested)[10] The following year they won 163 seats (out of about 4,200 up for election),[11] while in 2015 (on the same day as the general election), they won 202 seats (out of about 9,300).[12]

Also in 2015, UKIP won control of Thanet Council, the first time the party had won control of a local council (apart from town or parish councils).

English councils

Immediately following the elections in May 2015, UKIP had 494 seats out of a total of 19,385 local council seats in England (excluding the City of London and the Isles of Scilly). On January 9 2018 UKIP had 248 seats but by 23rd of January they had 241.

Council Type Councillors
County Councils 132
Unitary Authorities 67
London Boroughs 12
Metropolitan Boroughs 41
District Councils 242

Source:[13]

Scottish councils

UKIP has no representation in Scottish local government.[13]

Welsh councils

UKIP has one councillor in Wales, in Vale of Glamorgan.[13]

Northern Ireland councils

UKIP won three seats in Northern Ireland at the inaugural elections for the new Northern Ireland councils in 2014;[14] one each in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon,[15] Mid and East Antrim[16] and Newry, Mourne and Down[17]

House of Commons elections

UKIP has no Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The party first had representation for a period in 2008 when Dr Bob Spink, the MP for Castle Point, resigned from the Conservative Party and joined UKIP on 21 April 2008. However, by November 2008, Spink had left UKIP, and in any case subsequently lost his seat to the Conservatives in the 2010 General Election.

Douglas Carswell, the MP for Clacton, and Mark Reckless, the MP for Rochester and Strood, resigned from the Conservative Party to join UKIP on 28 August and 27 September 2014, respectively, and resigned their seats shortly thereafter. Carswell and Reckless won subsequent by-elections held on 9 October and 20 November 2014. At the 2015 general election, Carswell was re-elected, but Reckless was not, the seat being re-taken by the Conservatives. Carswell thus became the only person so far to win a seat for UKIP in a General Election: but left UKIP to sit as an independent MP on 25 March 2017. On 6 April 2017, Mark Reckless - by now sitting in the Welsh Assembly, having been elected there in 2016 - also left UKIP to sit with the Conservative group in the Assembly, although he had not yet officially rejoined his old party.

General elections

YearCandidatesNumber
of votes		SeatsDeposits
saved		% Total
vote		% Vote in
contested seats		Winner
1992174,383000.010.53 | Conservative
1997194106,028010.341.06 | Labour
2001[18]428390,575061.482.16 | Labour
2005[19]496603,2980382.202.80 | Labour
2010[20]572919,5460993.103.45Hung Parliament
2015[21]6143,881,129154112.6413.15 | Conservative
2017378593,8520401.84Hung Parliament

By-elections

Below are UKIP's results for the Westminster by-elections in which it competed for each period.

1992–97

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Barnsley East12 December 1996Count Nikolai Tolstoy3782.15th | Labour
South East Staffordshire11 April 1996A. Smith1,2722.94th | Labour
Hemsworth1 February 1996Peter Davies4552.16th | Labour
Barking9 June 1994Gerard Batten4062.15th | Labour
Dagenham9 June 1994Peter Compobassi4572.15th | Labour
Eastleigh9 June 1994Nigel Farage9521.74th | Liberal Democrat
Newham North East9 June 1994Anthony Scholefield5092.64th | Labour
Dudley West15 December 1994Malcolm Floyd5901.44th | Labour
Islwyn16 February 1995Hugh Moelwyn Hughes2891.26th | Labour
Perth and Kinross25 May 1995Vivian Linacre5041.26th | SNP
Littleborough and Saddleworth27 July 1995John Whittaker5491.35th | Liberal Democrat
Wirral South27 February 1997Richard North4100.94th | Labour

Source:

1997–2001

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Uxbridge31 July 1997James Feisenberger390.110th | Conservative
Winchester20 November 1997Robin Page5211.04th | Liberal Democrat
Leeds Central10 June 1999Raymond Northgreaves3532.75th | Labour
Hamilton South23 September 1999Alistair McConnachie610.310th | Labour
Wigan23 September 1999John Whittaker8345.24th | Labour
Kensington and Chelsea25 November 1999Damian Hockney4502.35th | Conservative
Ceredigion3 February 2000John Bufton4871.95th | Plaid Cymru
Romsey4 May 2000Garry Rankin-Moore9012.34th | Liberal Democrat
Tottenham22 June 2000Ashwinkumar Tanna1360.87th | Labour
Preston23 November 2000Gregg Beaman4582.15th | Labour
West Bromwich West23 November 2000Jonathan Oakton2461.35th | Labour

Source:

2001–05

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Ipswich22 November 2001Jonathan Wright2761.05th | Labour
Brent East18 September 2003Brian Hall1400.610th | Liberal Democrat
Hartlepool30 September 2004Stephen Allison3,19310.23rd | Labour

Source:

2005–10

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Livingston29 September 2005Peter Adams1080.47th | Labour
Dunfermline and West Fife9 February 2006Ian Borland2080.68th | Liberal Democrat
Bromley and Chislehurst29 June 2006Nigel Farage2,3478.13rd | Conservative
Ealing Southall19 July 2007K. T. Rajan2850.86th | Labour
Sedgefield19 July 2007Toby Horton5361.96th | Labour
Crewe and Nantwich22 May 2008Mike Nattrass9222.24th | Conservative
Henley26 June 2008Chris Adams8432.46th | Conservative
Glenrothes6 November 2008Kris Seunarine1170.37th | Labour
Norwich North23 July 2009Glenn Tingle4,06811.84th | Conservative

Source:

2010–2015

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Oldham East & Saddleworth13 January 2011Paul Nuttall2,0295.84th | Labour
Barnsley Central3 March 2011Jane Collins2,95312.22nd | Labour
Leicester South5 May 2011Abhijit Pandya9942.94th | Labour
Inverclyde30 June 2011Mitch Sorbie2881.05th | Labour
Feltham & Heston15 December 2011Andrew Charalambous1,2765.54th | Labour
Bradford West29 March 2012Sonja McNally1,0853.35th | Respect
Cardiff South and Penarth15 November 2012Simon Zeigler1,1796.15th| Labour
Corby15 November 2012Margot Parker5,10814.33rd| Labour
Manchester Central15 November 2012Chris Cassidy7494.54th| Labour
Croydon North29 November 2012Winston McKenzie1,4005.73rd| Labour
Middlesbrough29 November 2012Richard Elvin1,99011.82nd| Labour
Rotherham29 November 2012Jane Collins4,64821.72nd| Labour
Eastleigh28 February 2013Diane James11,57127.82nd| Liberal Democrat
South Shields2 May 2013Richard Elvin5,99824.22nd | Labour[22]
Wythenshawe and Sale East13 February 2014John Bickley4,30118.02nd | Labour[23]
Newark5 June 2014Roger Helmer10,02825.92nd | Conservative[24]
Clacton9 October 2014Douglas Carswell21,11359.71st | UKIP[25]
Heywood and Middleton9 October 2014John Bickley11,01638.72nd | Labour[25]
Rochester and Strood20 November 2014Mark Reckless16,86742.11st | UKIP[26]

Source:

2015–2017

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Oldham West and Royton3 December 2015John Bickley6,48723.42nd | Labour
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough5 May 2016Steven Winstone4,49719.92nd | Labour
Ogmore5 May 2016Glenda Davies3,80816.22nd | Labour
Tooting16 June 2016Elizabeth Jones5071.65th | Labour
Witney20 October 2016Kenrick "Dickie" Bird1,3543.55th | Conservative[27]
Sleaford and North Hykeham8 December 2016Victoria Ayling4,42613.52nd | Conservative
Copeland23 February 2017Fiona Mills2,0256.54th | Conservative
Stoke-on-Trent Central23 February 2017Paul Nuttall5,23324.72nd | Labour

From 2017-

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Lewisham East14 June 2018David Kurten3,801.76th | Labour

Scottish Parliament elections

General elections

YearNumber
of votes		% Vote+/-Seats+/-Winner
20078,1970.40N/A0N/A | SNP
201118,1380.91+0.510±0 | SNP
201646,4262.00+1.090±0 | SNP

Source:

By-elections

2000–present

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Ayr16 March 2000Alistair McConnachie1130.48th | Conservative
Glasgow Cathcart29 September 2005Bryan McCormack540.49th | Labour
Aberdeen Donside20 June 2013Otto Inglis1,1284.85th | SNP
Dunfermline24 October 2013Peter Adams9083.85th | Labour
Cowdenbeath23 January 2014Denise Baykal6103.04th | Labour

Source:

Welsh Assembly elections

Current representatives

There are six UKIP members of the Welsh Assembly

Nathan Gill was elected in 2016, but left the Assembly group later that year to sit as an Independent. He remains a UKIP MEP.[28]

Mark Reckless was elected in 2016, but defected to the Welsh Conservative Party in 2017.

Assembly elections

YearNumber of Votes% Vote+/-Seats+/-Winner
200319,7952.3N/A0N/A | Labour
200738,4904.0+1.70±0 | Labour
201143,7564.6+0.60±0 | Labour
2016132,13813.0+8.47±7 | Labour

By-elections

2001–present

ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Swansea East27 September 2001Tim Jenkins2431.95th | Labour
Ynys Môn1 August 2013Nathan Gill3,09914.33rd | Plaid Cymru

Source:

Northern Ireland Assembly elections

YearNumber
of votes		% of
vote		+/-Seats+/-Winner
20114,1520.6+0.40±0 | DUP
20071,2290.2N/A0N/A | DUP

Source:

London Assembly elections

The London Assembly is elected using both first-past-the-post constituencies and a London-wide list using the D'Hondt method of proportional representation. At the 2004 election (held on the same day as elections to the European Parliament), UKIP won two of the London-wide seats, although both members subsequently defected to Veritas and contested the 2008 election as the One London party. UKIP did not have representation in the assembly again until the 2016 election in which it won two seats.

YearNumber of
FPTP votes		% FPTP
vote		Number of
top-up votes		% Top-up
vote		Seats+/-Winner
20002,1150.134,0542.00±0Conservative/Labour
2004180,51610.0156,7808.22+2 | Conservative
200871,9843.046,6171.90-2 | Conservative
201295,8494.3100,0404.50±0 | Labour
2016197,4487.6171,0696.52±2 | Labour

Source:

London Mayoral elections

YearCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
vote		PositionWinner
2000Damian Hockney16,3241.08th | Independent
2004Frank Maloney115,6666.24th | Labour
2008Gerard Batten22,4221.27th | Conservative
2012Lawrence Webb43,2742.07th | Conservative
2016Peter Whittle94,3733.65th | Labour

European Parliament elections

YearNumber
of votes		% of
vote		SeatsPositionWinner
1994150,2511.008th | Labour
1999696,057734th | Conservative
20042,650,76816123rd | Conservative
20092,498,22617132nd | Conservative
20144,352,25127.5241st | UKIP

Source:

References

  1. ↑ "UKIP MEP Amjad Bashir defects to Conservative Party", BBC News,
  2. ↑ "UKIP's Janice Atkinson expelled from party". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "South East MEP Janice Atkinson joins far-right EU group". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Merrick, Rob (17 October 2016). "Steven Woolfe quits Ukip calling party 'ungovernable'". The Independent.
  5. ↑ "Diane James, former UKIP leader, quits party". BBC News. 21 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "UKIP loses another MEP as Jonathan Arnott quits party". BBC News. BBC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018. Jonathan Arnott, MEP for the North East of England, said he had lost confidence in Mr Bolton but thought no better of those "jockeying" to replace him. UKIP, he added, had "shifted" its stance on religious and cultural issues to a degree he could not support.
  7. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-42493743
  8. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-42516556
  9. ↑ http://www.deeside.com/new-north-wales-ukip-following-resignation-nathan-youre-stuck-gill-2/
  10. ↑ "Local elections: Nigel Farage hails results as a 'game changer'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "England Council Results". BBC News. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Local Election Results 2015". BBC News. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 "Local Council Political Composition".
  14. ↑ "Northern Ireland Council Results". BBC News.
  15. ↑ "Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon". BBC News.
  16. ↑ "Mid and East Antrim". BBC News.
  17. ↑ "Newry City, Mourne and Down". BBC News.
  18. ↑ "2001 General election results" at UK Political Info
  19. ↑ "2005 General election results" at UK Political Info
  20. ↑ Election 2010 National Results, BBC News
  21. ↑ Election 2015 Results, BBC News
  22. ↑ Patrick Wintour, "South Shields byelection: Labour holds off Ukip surge" The Guardian, 3 May 2013
  23. ↑ "Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election: Labour wins" BBC News, 14 February 2014
  24. ↑ "Conservatives see off UKIP challenge to win Newark by-election" BBC News, 6 June 2014
  25. 1 2 "UKIP gains first elected MP with Clacton win", BBC News, 10 October 2014
  26. ↑ Medway Council: "Rochester and Strood Constituency Parliamentary By-Election 20 November 2014" Archived 30 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine.. Accessed 22 November 2014
  27. ↑ West Oxfordshire District Council "Declaration of Result of Poll", 21 October 2016
  28. ↑ "Nathan Gill leaves UKIP assembly group to sit as independent". BBC News. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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