Brexit Party election results
This article lists the Brexit Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections and in elections to the European Parliament.
European elections, 2019
The Brexit Party stood in the 2019 European Parliament elections in every regional constituency except Northern Ireland and won the highest number of seats and the most votes nationwide.
2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom: Great Britain | ||||||
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Year | Leader | Number of votes | Share of votes | Seats | Change | Position |
2019 | Nigel Farage | 5,248,533 | 30.52% | 29 / 73 |
New | 1st |
Results by regional constituency
The Brexit Party won at least one seat in every region that they stood in. The party topped the poll in the majority of districts in Great Britain.
Gibraltar
For elections to the European Parliament, the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is a part of the European Parliament constituency combined region of South West England, but votes are counted on the island separately. The table below shows the results of the European Parliament election in Gibraltar.
Date of election | Votes | % |
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2019 | 746 | 8.0 |
By-elections, 2019
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected MP | Ref |
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6 June 2019 | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | Mike Greene | 9,801 | 28.89 | Lisa Forbes (Labour) | [1] |
1 August 2019 | Brecon and Radnorshire, Mid Wales | Des Parkinson | 3,331 | 10.47 | Jane Dodds (Liberal Democrat) | [2] |
General election, 2019
In April 2019, party leader Nigel Farage said the Brexit Party intended to stand candidates at the next general election.[3] The same month, he promised not to stand candidates against the 28 Eurosceptic Conservative MPs who opposed the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Parliament.[4]
When a general election was held in December 2019, the Brexit Party stood in around half of the total seats in England, Scotland and Wales, campaigning most strongly in the red wall (seats long held by Labour Members of Parliament). The party did not stand in seats won by the Conservative Party in 2017 along with a number of exceptional seats; mainly in London, Scotland and the North East.[5] A number of candidates who had been selected to stand in Conservative constituencies went on to run in the election as independent candidates on a Pro-Brexit platform.[6]
As largely expected, the Brexit Party failed to win any seats in the general election.[7] Among its best results were in Barnsley Central, where Victoria Felton came second with 30.4% of the vote;[8] Hartlepool, where party chairman Richard Tice came third with 25.8% of the vote;[9]and Hull West and Hessle, where businesswoman and media personality Michelle Dewberry came third with 18% of the vote.[10]
Results by constituency
Notes
Bold denotes that either; the majority of votes went in favour of Brexit or the percentage of votes was enough to retain the election deposit (5%).
*denotes that the candidate was originally selected as a Brexit Party prospective parliamentary candidate in a Conservative seat but after those candidates were pulled, they eventually stood as independent candidates.
References
- Leishman, Fiona (7 June 2019). "Live Peterborough by-election updates: Results, reaction and full coverage". cambridgenews. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "By-election loss for Tories cuts Commons majority". BBC News. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "Nigel Farage reveals Brexit Party will stand in next general election". Evening Standard. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- Shipman, Tim; Wheeler, Caroline; Allardyce, Jason (27 April 2019). "Back Farage and be kicked out of party, Tories tell rebel MPs". The Times. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "We won't stand aside for you in any seats, Johnson tells Farage". Evening Standard. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "Frustrated former Brexit Party general election candidates to run as independents". Scram News. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "'I killed the Lib Dems and hurt Labour' – Farage". 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000541. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000733. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000773. Retrieved, 20 December 2019.
- Stevens, Mike (19 November 2019). "Election 2019: Why is Lancashire so important?". BBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "Meet the election candidate who changed his name to Brexit". JOE.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "General Election 2019: Sorry Nigel, I'm still standing". Kent Online. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- "Sunderland Brexit Party candidate announced while he is still a Conservative Councillor 300 miles away in West Sussex". www.sunderlandecho.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.