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The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, British fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and is led by Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government.
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- Foundation: 1982
- Early Years: 1983–1990
- Gains at Local Level, 1990s
- Griffin Leadership, Identity Nationalism, Growth Years 1999 to 2007
- Major Electoral Breakthrough, European Parliament, 2007 to 2010
- Electoral Peak and Subsequent Decline: 2010–
The British National Party[note 1] was founded by the extreme-right political activist John Tyndall, who had been involved in Neo-Nazi groups since the late 1950s. He had led the far-right National Front (NF) throughout most of the 1970s, although resigned in 1980, complaining that homosexuals like Martin Webster held senior positions within the pa...
Rather than seeking electoral victories, the BNP focused on long-term institutional growth. At the 1983 election, its membership was below 2000, and by 1988 this had dropped to 1000. It adopted a key tactic of the NF, that of street marches and rallies, believing that these attracted publicity and new recruits as well as boosting the morale of exis...
The British National Party in the early 1990s picked up in its membership and support through the decline of the National Front, which had split into further factions. It had also mobilised 200 people for a "Rights for Whites" demonstration resulting in the 1989 Dewsbury riot. The BNP claimed the demonstration was in support of white parents who wi...
In September 1999, Nick Griffin, supported by Tony Lecomber, stood against Tyndall for leadership of the BNP.John Tyndall only received 411 (30%) of the votes, giving Griffin the majority with 70%. After Griffin won he began modernising the party's image, though the crucial policy change from compulsory to voluntary repatriation which had already b...
In the 2009 European elections the British National Party won two seats in the European Parliament. Andrew Brons was elected in the Yorkshire and the Humber regional constituency with 9.8% of the vote. Party chairman Nick Griffin was elected in the North West region, with 8% of the vote. Nationally, the BNP received 6.26%. Griffin stated that it wa...
The British National Party in the 2010 general election fielded a record 338 candidates, polling 563,743 votes, but won no seats. Nick Griffin came third in the Barking constituency, where the party the same year in the local elections lost all of the 12 councillors it held on the borough.In total, 26 BNP councillors lost their seats, leaving the p...
The British Democratic Party (BDP) was founded in 2013 by Andrew Brons, one of the British National Party's two MEPs. In 2022, following the collapse of the BNP, a plethora of prominent ex-BNP members rapidly began coalescing around the British Democrats.
The British National Party (or BNP for short) is a far-right [1] [2] and fascist [3] [4] [5] [6] political party in the United Kingdom. The party was led by Nick Griffin from 1999 until 2014 and the current leader of the BNP is Adam Walker. [source?] In 2009, the party had 2 MEPs (Members of European Parliament) out of 73 British seats in the ...
Below is a list of members of the European Parliament serving in the ninth term (2019–2024). It is sorted by list position or in cases of multiple constituencies, an English perception of surname treating all variations of de/di/do, van/von, Ó/Ní/Uí, and so forth as part of the collation key, even if this is not the normal practice in a member's own country.
Oct 22, 2009 · The British National Party was formed by John Tyndall, co-founder of the National Front, in 1982. He led the BNP until 1999 and died in 2005. His successor was Nick Griffin, a Cambridge law graduate who lives in mid-Wales with his wife and four children. Before becoming leader, Mr Griffin was a full-time political writer and organiser for the ...
