Simon Darby
| Simon Darby | |
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| Deputy chairman of the British National Party |
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In office 2007 – 1 July 2010 |
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| Leader | Nick Griffin |
| Preceded by | Scott McLean |
| Succeeded by | Adam Walker |
| Councillor Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Castle & Priory Ward |
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In office 1 May 2003 – 10 June 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Hall, Peter Robert |
| Succeeded by | Finch, Joseph Alan |
| Majority | 173 (7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 November 1964 West Bromwich, West Midlands, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | British National Party |
Simon Darby (born 8 November 1964) is a British politician and former Deputy Chairman of the British National Party.
By occupation a computer communications consultant, Darby began his political career in the National Democrats, most of whose activity was centred on his West Midlands base. Darby joined the BNP when his local National Democrat group defected to the party en bloc; he soon became associated with the modernising wing of the party led by Nick Griffin. He was appointed local organiser following Griffin's election as leader, and was courted for membership by the Freedom Party on its foundation, although he refused to leave the BNP.
Darby's involvement in local politics led to him being elected to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in 2003, although he lost the seat in a round of elections the following year. Despite this loss, Darby remained one of the leading figures in the BNP, to the extent that Griffin, who in 2005-06 faced jail before being cleared of inciting racial hatred, designated Darby as party leader should he have been imprisoned.
Darby stood in the 2007 Welsh National Assembly Elections in the North Wales region but was not elected.
Newspaper reports identify Darby as the BNP's deputy leader in 2007. He became a personal assistant to Richard Barnbrook following the latter's election as the BNP's representative on the Greater London Authority in May 2008. In this capacity, in November 2008 Darby faced criticism after admitting carrying out BNP party political work from his office as Barnbrook's assistant at City Hall; Darby denied that he used GLA resources and said that he always made up any office hours spent on party activities. Darby is now the national press officer for the BNP.
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