UK Independence Party representation and election results
Introduction This article lists the '''election results and representation of the UK Independence Party''' ('''UKIP''') with respect to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Scottish Parliament, Senedd (Welsh Parliament), 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.
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.Carswell was re-elected at the 2015 general election, 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, 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=== Year  Candidates  Numberof votes  Seats  Depositssaved  % Totalvote  % Vote incontested seats  Winner 1992  17  4,383  0  0  0.01  0.53   1997  194  106,028  0  1  0.34  1.06   2001  428  390,575  0  6  1.48  2.16   2005  496  603,298 0  38  2.20  2.80   2010  572  919,546  0  99  3.10  3.45  '''Hung Parliament''' 2015  614  3,881,129  1  541  12.64  13.15   2017 378  593,852  0  40  1.84    '''Hung Parliament''' 2019 44  22,817 0 0 0.07   ===By-elections===Below are UKIP's results for the Westminster by-elections in which it competed for each period.====1992–97==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  Winner Barnsley East  12 December 1996  Count Nikolai Tolstoy  378  2.1  5th of 6   South East Staffordshire  11 April 1996  A. Smith  1,272  2.9  4th of 13   Hemsworth  1 February 1996  Peter Davies  455  2.1  6th of 10   Barking  9 June 1994   Gerard Batten  406  2.1  5th of 6   Dagenham  9 June 1994   Peter Compobassi  457  2.1  5th of 6   Eastleigh  9 June 1994   Nigel Farage  952  1.7  4th of 6   Newham North East  9 June 1994   Anthony Scholefield  509  2.6  4th of 7   Dudley West  15 December 1994   Malcolm Floyd  590  1.4  4th of 10   Islwyn  16 February 1995   Hugh Moelwyn Hughes  289  1.2  6th of 7   Perth and Kinross  25 May 1995   Vivian Linacre  504  1.2  6th of 9   Littleborough and Saddleworth  27 July 1995   John Whittaker  549  1.3  5th of 10   Wirral South  27 February 1997  Richard North  410  0.9  4th of 12  Source:====1997–2001==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  Winner Uxbridge  31 July 1997  James Feisenberger  39  0.1  10th of 11   Winchester  20 November 1997  Robin Page  521  1.0  4th of 8   Leeds Central  10 June 1999  Raymond Northgreaves  353  2.7  5th of 7   Hamilton South  23 September 1999  Alistair McConnachie  61  0.3  10th of 12   Wigan  23 September 1999  John Whittaker  834  5.2  4th of 9   Kensington and Chelsea  25 November 1999  Damian Hockney  450  2.3  5th of 18   Ceredigion  3 February 2000  John Bufton  487  1.9  5th of 7   Romsey  4 May 2000  Garry Rankin-Moore  901  2.3  4th of 6   Tottenham  22 June 2000  Ashwinkumar Tanna  136  0.8  7th of 8   Preston  23 November 2000  Gregg Beaman  458  2.1  5th of 9   West Bromwich West  23 November 2000  Jonathan Oakton  246  1.3  5th of 5  Source:====2001–05==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  Winner Ipswich  22 November 2001  Jonathan Wright  276  1.0  5th of 9   Brent East  18 September 2003  Brian Hall  140  0.6  10th of 16   Hartlepool  30 September 2004  Stephen Allison  3,193  10.2  3rd of 14  Source: ====2005–10==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  Winner Livingston  29 September 2005  Peter Adams  108  0.4  7th of 10   Dunfermline and West Fife  9 February 2006  Ian Borland  208  0.6  8th of 9   Bromley and Chislehurst  29 June 2006  Nigel Farage  2,347  8.1  3rd of 11   Ealing Southall  19 July 2007  K. T. Rajan  285  0.8  6th of 12   Sedgefield  19 July 2007  Toby Horton  536  1.9  6th of 11   Crewe and Nantwich  22 May 2008  Mike Nattrass  922  2.2  4th of 10   Henley  26 June 2008  Chris Adams  843  2.4  6th of 12   Glenrothes  6 November 2008  Kris Seunarine  117  0.3  7th of 8   Norwich North  23 July 2009  Glenn Tingle  4,068  11.8  4th of 12  Source:====2010–15==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  WinnerOldham East & Saddleworth  13 January 2011  Paul Nuttall  2,029  5.8  4th of 10  Barnsley Central  3 March 2011  Jane Collins  2,953  12.2  2nd of 9  Leicester South  5 May 2011  Abhijit Pandya  994  2.9  4th of 5  Inverclyde  30 June 2011  Mitch Sorbie  288  1.0  5th of 5  Feltham & Heston  15 December 2011  Andrew Charalambous  1,276  5.5  4th of 9  Bradford West  29 March 2012 Sonja McNally  1,085  3.3  5th of 8  Cardiff South and Penarth  15 November 2012 Simon Zeigler1,179 6.1 5th of 8  Corby  15 November 2012 Margot Parker 5,108 14.3 3rd of 14  Manchester Central  15 November 2012 Chris Cassidy 749 4.5  4th of 12  Croydon North  29 November 2012 Winston McKenzie 1,400 5.7 3rd of 12  Middlesbrough  29 November 2012 Richard Elvin 1,990 11.8 2nd of 8  Rotherham  29 November 2012 Jane Collins 4,648 21.7 2nd of 11  Eastleigh  28 February 2013Diane James 11,571 27.8 2nd of 14  South Shields 2 May 2013 Richard Elvin5,99824.2 2nd of 9  Wythenshawe and Sale East 13 February 2014 John Bickley4,30118.0 2nd of 7  Newark 5 June 2014 Roger Helmer10,02825.9 2nd of 11  '''Clacton''' '''9 October 2014''' '''Douglas Carswell''''''21,113''''''59.7''' '''1st of 8'''  Heywood and Middleton 9 October 2014 John Bickley11,01638.7 2nd of 5  '''Rochester and Strood''' '''20 November 2014''' '''Mark Reckless''''''16,867''''''42.1''' '''1st of 13'''  Source:====2015–17==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  WinnerOldham West and Royton  3 December 2015  John Bickley  6,487  23.4  2nd of 6   Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough  5 May 2016  Steven Winstone  4,497  19.9  2nd of 7   Ogmore  5 May 2016  Glenda Davies  3,808  16.2  2nd of 5   	Tooting  16 June 2016  Elizabeth Jones  507  1.6  5th of 14   Witney  20 October 2016  Kenrick "Dickie" Bird  1,354  3.5  5th of 14  Sleaford and North Hykeham  8 December 2016  Victoria Ayling  4,426  13.5  2nd of 10  Copeland  23 February 2017  Fiona Mills  2,025  6.5  4th of 7  Stoke-on-Trent Central  23 February 2017  Paul Nuttall  5,233  24.7  2nd of 10  ====2017–19==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  WinnerLewisham East  14 June 2018  David Kurten  380  1.7  6th of 14  Newport West  4 April 2019  Neil Hamilton  2,023  8.6  3rd of 11  Peterborough  6 June 2019  John Whitby  400  1.2  6th of 15  Brecon and Radnorshire  1 August 2019  Liz Phillips  242  0.8  6th of 6  ====2019–==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  WinnerAirdrie and Shotts  13 May 2021  Donald Mackay  39  0.2  8th of 8  Batley and Spen  1 July 2021  Jack Thomson  151  0.4  7th of 16  Old Bexley and Sidcup  2 December 2021  John Poynton  184  0.8  7th of 11  North Shropshire  16 December 2021  Andrea Allen  378  1.0  6th of 14  Southend West  3 February 2022  Steve Laws  400  2.7  3rd of 9  Tiverton and Honiton  23 June 2022  Ben Walker  241  0.6  6th of 8  Wakefield  23 June 2022  Jordan Gaskell  124  0.5  13th of 15  City of Chester  1 December 2022  Cain Griffiths  179  0.6  7th of 9  Somerton and Frome  20 July 2023  Peter Richardson  275  0.7  7th of 8  Uxbridge and South Ruislip  20 July 2023  Rebecca Jane  61  0.2  14th of 17  Tamworth  19 October 2023  Robert Bilcliff  436  1.7  5th of 9  Kingswood  15 February 2024  Nicholas Wood  129  0.5  6th of 6
European Parliament elections  Year  Numberof votes  % ofvote  Seats  Position  Winner 1994  150,251  1.0  0  8th   1999  696,057  7  3  4th   2004  2,650,768  16  12  3rd   2009  2,498,226  17  13  2nd   2014  '''4,352,251'''  '''27.5'''  '''24'''  '''1st'''   2019  554,463  3.2  0  8th  Source:
Scottish Parliament elections ===General elections=== Year  Numberof votes  % Vote  +/-  Seats  +/-  Winner 2007  8,197  0.40  ''N/A''  0  ''N/A''   2011  18,138  0.91  +0.51  0  ±0   2016  46,426  2.00  +1.09  0  ±0   2021  3,848  0.14  -1.86  0  ±0  Source:===By-elections=======2000–present==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  WinnerAyr  16 March 2000  Alistair McConnachie  113  0.4  8th  Glasgow Cathcart  29 September 2005  Bryan McCormack  54  0.4  9th  Aberdeen Donside  20 June 2013  Otto Inglis  1,128  4.8  5th  Dunfermline  24 October 2013  Peter Adams  908  3.8  5th  Cowdenbeath  23 January 2014  Denise Baykal  610  3.0  4th  Shetland  29 August 2019  Stuart Martin  60  0.5  9th  Source:
Welsh Assembly/Senedd elections UKIP had seven members elected to the Welsh Assembly at the 2016 election. Following multiple defections, there was only one UKIP Assembly member (now Member of the Senedd, MS) by the time of the 2021 Senedd election:* Neil HamiltonNathan Gill was elected in 2016, but left the Assembly group later that year to sit as an Independent. Mark Reckless was elected in 2016, but defected to the Welsh Conservative Party in 2017.Caroline Jones resigned from the party in 2018.Several former UKIP Assembly members moved to the Brexit Party in 2019.On 7 Nov 19 Gareth Bennett became an independent member, until 24 June 2020, as he later joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party, a single-issue anti-Welsh Devolution party.No UKIP MSs were elected in the 2021 Senedd election, with the party's sole surviving MS, Neil Hamilton failing to be re-elected.===Assembly/Senedd elections=== Year  Number of Votes  % Vote  +/-  Seats  +/-  Winner 2003  19,795  2.3  ''N/A''  0  ''N/A''   2007  38,490  4.0  +1.7  0  ±0   2011  43,756  4.6  +0.6  0  ±0   2016  132,138  13.0  +8.4  7  +7   2021  8,586  1.6  -11.4  0  -7  ===By-elections=======2001–present==== Constituency  Date  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvotes  Position  WinnerSwansea East  27 September 2001  Tim Jenkins  243  1.9  5th  Ynys Môn  1 August 2013  Nathan Gill  3,099  14.3  3rd   Source:
Northern Ireland Assembly elections  Year  Numberof votes  % ofvote  +/-  Seats  +/-  Winner 2007  1,229  0.2  ''N/A''  0  ''N/A''   2011  4,152  0.6  +0.4  0  ±0   2016  10,109  1.5  +0.8  0  ±0   2017  1,579  0.2  -1.3  0  ±0  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. Both their Assembly members, Peter Whittle and David Kurten, left the party in December 2018.UKIP lost both their seats at the 2021 election after finishing ninth on the London-wide list. Year  Number ofFPTP votes  % FPTPvote  Number oftop-up votes  % Top-upvote  Seats  +/-  Winner 2000  2,115  0.1  34,054  2.0  0  ±0   Conservative/Labour 2004  180,516  10.0  156,780  8.2  2  +2   2008  71,984  3.0  46,617  1.9  0  -2   2012  95,849  4.3  100,040  4.5  0  ±0   2016  197,448  7.6  171,069  6.5  2  +2   2021  ''n/a''  27,114  1.0  0  -2  Source:
London Mayoral elections  Year  Candidate  Numberof votes  % ofvote  Position  Winner 2000  Damian Hockney  16,324  1.0  8th   2004  Frank Maloney  115,666  6.2  4th   2008  Gerard Batten  22,422  1.2  7th   2012  Lawrence Webb  43,274  2.0  7th   2016 |Peter Whittle  94,373 3.6  5th   2021 |Peter Gammons  14,393 0.6  13th
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