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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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On 23 June 2016, a referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, took place in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to ask the electorate whether the country should remain a member of, or leave, the European Union (EU). The referendum resulted in 51.9% of the votes cast being in favour of leaving the EU ...
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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 party received 2,074 votes, their best result being the seat they were defending in Charnwood. They gained no new seats and lost the one they were defending. In the 2016 elections, the party fielded two candidates in Burnley, and one each in Barnsley, Tameside, Havant and Pendle.
In 2016, it was noted that most of this had focused on examining the party's electoral support base, its consequences for other parties, and the possibilities and prospects of a referendum on continued EU membership, with little having focused on an examination of the party's policies.
- 3 September 1993; 30 years ago
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Nov 24, 2016 · Thu 24 Nov 2016 11.36 EST. A fter years of austerity, and at a time of rising concern about immigration and uncertainty about the future direction of the UK, the political and economic...
Aug 22, 2021 · With the Brexit referendum in 2016 and the collapse of Labour’s so-called ‘Red Wall’ three years later, liberal Britain could no longer console itself with these platitudes.
