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2006 UK Independence Party 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]

  1. ^ Dave Harvey, "West: UKIP flower fades", BBC News, 8 June 2006

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