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.

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
1992[lower-alpha 1]174,383000.010.53 | Conservative
1997194106,028010.341.06 | Labour
2001[1]428390,575061.482.16 | Labour
2005[2]496603,2980382.202.80 | Labour
2010[3]572919,5460993.103.45Hung Parliament
2015[4]6143,881,129154112.6413.15 | Conservative
2017378593,8520401.84Hung Parliament
2019[5]4422,817000.1| Conservative
  1. As Anti-Federalist League

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 Democrats
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 Democrats
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 Democrats
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 Democrats
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 Democrats
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 Democrats
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 Democrats
South Shields2 May 2013Richard Elvin5,99824.22nd | Labour[6]
Wythenshawe and Sale East13 February 2014John Bickley4,30118.02nd | Labour[7]
Newark5 June 2014Roger Helmer10,02825.92nd | Conservative[8]
Clacton9 October 2014Douglas Carswell21,11359.71st | UKIP[9]
Heywood and Middleton9 October 2014John Bickley11,01638.72nd | Labour[9]
Rochester and Strood20 November 2014Mark Reckless16,86742.11st | UKIP[10]

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[11]
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

2017–
ConstituencyDateCandidateNumber
of votes		% of
votes		PositionWinner
Lewisham East14 June 2018David Kurten3801.76th | Labour
Newport West4 April 2019Neil Hamilton2,0238.63rd | Labour
Peterborough6 June 2019John Whitby4001.26th | Labour
Brecon and Radnorshire1 August 2019Liz Phillips2420.86th | Liberal Democrats

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:

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
Shetland29 August 2019Stuart Martin600.59th | Liberal Democrats

Source:

Welsh Assembly/Welsh Parliament elections

Current representatives

UKIP had seven members elected to the Welsh Assembly at the 2016 election. Following multiple defections, there is now only one UKIP Assembly member:

Nathan Gill was elected in 2016, but left the Assembly group later that year to sit as an Independent.[12] Mark Reckless was elected in 2016, but defected to the Welsh Conservative Party in 2017. Caroline Jones resigned from the party in 2018.[13] 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 AWAP, a single-issued anti-Welsh Devolution party.[14][15][16]

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

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. One of their Assembly members, Peter Whittle, left the party in December 2018.

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
2019554,4633.208th | Brexit Party

Source:

References
  1. "2001 General election results" at UK Political Info
  2. "2005 General election results" at UK Political Info
  3. Election 2010 National Results, BBC News
  4. Election 2015 Results, BBC News
  5. "Known candidates for each ballot in the UK Parliament elections". candidates.democracyclub.org.uk.
  6. Patrick Wintour, "South Shields byelection: Labour holds off Ukip surge" The Guardian, 3 May 2013
  7. "Wythenshawe and Sale East by-election: Labour wins" BBC News, 14 February 2014
  8. "Conservatives see off UKIP challenge to win Newark by-election" BBC News, 6 June 2014
  9. "UKIP gains first elected MP with Clacton win", BBC News, 10 October 2014
  10. Medway Council: "Rochester and Strood Constituency Parliamentary By-Election 20 November 2014" Archived 30 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 22 November 2014
  11. West Oxfordshire District Council "Declaration of Result of Poll", 21 October 2016
  12. "Nathan Gill leaves UKIP assembly group to sit as independent". BBC News. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  13. David Deans, "UKIP AM Caroline Jones quits party over 'far-right move'", BBC News, 12 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  14. "Ukip AM quits to back Boris Johnson's Brexit deal - leaving the party with just one member in the Senedd". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  15. "A Member of the Senedd has joined the Abolish the Assembly party". Wales Online. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  16. "Ex-UKIP Senedd leader Gareth Bennett joins anti-devolution party". BBC. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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