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United Kingdom Independence Party

UK Independence Party
Abbreviation UKIP
Leader Paul Nuttall
Deputy Leader Peter Whittle
Chairman Paul Oakden
Deputy Chairman The Earl of Dartmouth
Suzanne Evans
Founder Alan Sked
Founded 3 September 1993; 23 years ago (1993-09-03)
Preceded by Anti-Federalist League
Headquarters Lexdrum House
Newton Abbot, Devon
Youth wing Young Independence
Membership  (November 2016) Decrease 32,757
Ideology Hard Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
British nationalism
Political position Right-wing
European affiliation Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe
International affiliation None
European Parliament group Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
Colours          Purple, yellow
House of Commons
1 / 650
House of Lords
3 / 805
European Parliament
20 / 73
National Assembly for Wales
6 / 60
Northern Ireland Assembly
0 / 108
London Assembly
2 / 25
Local government
487 / 20,690
Scottish Parliament
0 / 129
Police and Crime Commissioners
0 / 40
Directly-elected Mayors
0 / 17
Website
www.ukip.org

The UK Independence Party (UKIP /ˈjuːkɪp/) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Newton Abbot, Devon and currently led by Paul Nuttall. At Westminster, UKIP has one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and three representatives in the House of Lords. It has 20 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), making it jointly the largest UK party in that Parliament. It has six Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and has 488 councillors in UK local government.

UKIP has been identified by political scientists as part of the broader European radical right. Its ideological approach is that of right-wing populism, employing populist rhetoric to distinguish itself from the political establishment. Promoting a British unionist and nationalist agenda, it characterises the latter approach as a non-racial civic nationalism, although the accuracy of this description has been disputed. UKIP's primary emphasis has been on hard Euroscepticism, calling for the UK's exit from the European Union, while it has also placed strong emphasis on lowering immigration. Economically describing itself as libertarian and influenced by classical liberalism and Thatcherism, it promotes economically liberal policies while appealing to traditional social values.


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