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UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY (UKIP) LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS 2002-2016

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20025 October
Roger KnapmanRatified as leader after being only candidate to be nominated
200612 September
All-member ballotVotes%
Nigel Farage3,32945.0
Richard Suchorzewski1,78224.1
David Campbell-Bannerman1,44319.5
David Noakes85111.5
Turnout: see note below
200927 November
All-member ballotVotes%
Lord (Malcolm) Pearson4,74347.7
Gerard Batten2,57125.9
Nikki Sinclaire1,21412.2
Mike Nattrass1,09211.0
Alan Wood3153.2
Turnout: see note below
20105 November
All-member ballotVotes%
Nigel Farage6,08560.5
Tim Congdon2,03720.3
David Campbell-Bannerman1,40414.0
Winston McKenzie5305.3
Turnout: 65.1%
201616 September
All-member ballotVotes%
Diane James8,45147.4
Lisa Duffy4,59125.7
Bill Etheridge2,05211.5
Phillip Broughton1,5448.7
Elizabeth Jones1,2036.7
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Notes:
Simple-majority (plurality) system
2002: Knapman ratified as leader by UKIP annual conference
2006: In its accounts submitted to the Electoral Commission, UKIP reported its membership as approximately 16,000 on 31 December 2006, implying a turnout in the leadership election of approximately 46%
2009: In its accounts submitted to the Electoral Commission, UKIP reported its membership as 16,252 on 31 December 2009, implying a turnout in the leadership election of approximately 61%.
2010: Farage served a full four-year fixed term and was re-elected unopposed in 2014.
2016: Diane James tendered her resignation after 18 days as leader (professional and personal reasons).