British National Party leadership election, 2015

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) – 27 July 2015 (2015-07-27)



Candidate	Adam Walker	Paul Hilliard	Spoiled ballots
Popular vote	523	145	15
Percentage	76.58%	21.23%	2.19%

Leader before election

Adam Walker (acting; previously Nick Griffin)

Elected Leader

Adam Walker

The British National Party (BNP) leadership election of 2015 was triggered on 19 July 2014 when Nick Griffin stepped down as BNP leader to instead become the organisation's president (he was later expelled from the party and therefore the presidency in October 2014), but was not announced until 29 June 2015.^[1] Two candidates stood in the leadership election: Adam Walker (Acting BNP leader since 2014, and previously Deputy Leader of the BNP) and Paul Hilliard (BNP Derbyshire Sub Regional Organiser). On 27 July 2015, the results of the leadership election were announced, with Walker being named the winner by a margin of 378 votes, which translated to a 55.35% margin of victory. Walker had secured 543 votes compared to the 145 votes for Hilliard and the 15 spoiled ballot papers (which equaled 2.19%).^[2]

Candidates

All candidates required a 150 word write up along with a photograph of the candidate for the postal election address, a further 500 word write up for publication on the BNP website, a 5-minute video election address for publication on the Party website, and were required to attend a series of husting events for voting members in order to appear on the ballot. Two candidates were confirmed:

Adam Walker, Acting BNP leader since 2014 and previously Deputy Leader of the BNP
Paul Hilliard, BNP Derbyshire Sub Regional Organiser

Results

The share of the vote was split 21.23% to Hilliard and 76.58% to Walker. There were 15 spoiled ballot papers.^[3]

British National Party leadership election, 2015
Candidate		Votes	%
	Adam Walker	523	76.58%
	Paul Hilliard	145	21.23%
	Spoiled ballots	15	2.19%

References

↑ British National Party Leadership Election British National Party website, 2 July 2015
↑ BNP leadership election results are in BBC News, 27 July 2015
↑ BNP leadership election results are in British National Party website, 27 July 2015

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Leaders	John Tyndall (1982–1999) Nick Griffin (1999–2014) Adam Walker (2014–present)

Deputy Leaders	Richard Edmonds (1982–1999) Sharron Edwards (1999–2000) Tony Lecomber (2000–2002) Scott McClean (2002–2007) Simon Darby (2007–2010) vacant (2010–2014) Adam Walker (2014)

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Pre-1945 people	Mary Sophia Allen John Amery Henry Hamilton Beamish John Beckett Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford R. B. D. Blakeney A. K. Chesterton John Henry Clarke Thomas Haller Cooper Barry Domvile Henry Drummond Wolff Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll William Evans-Gordon Robert Forgan Rolf Gardiner Patrick Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow Harold Elsdale Goad Reginald Goodall Robert Gordon-Canning Louis Greig Neil Francis Hawkins J. F. C. Fuller William Joyce Arnold Leese Rotha Lintorn-Orman Frank McLardy Diana Mitford Unity Mitford Cynthia Mosley Oswald Mosley Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth Archibald Maule Ramsay David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale Alliott Verdon Roe Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford Alexander Raven Thomson Graham Seton Hutchison Nesta H. Webster Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington Henry Williamson Ormonde Winter Francis Yeats-Brown

Post-1945 people	Tim Ablitt Ian Anderson Richard Barnbrook A.F.X. Baron James Larratt Battersby Derek Beackon John Bean Jane, Lady Birdwood Jonathan Bowden Andrew Brons Kevin Bryan Eddy Butler A. K. Chesterton Mark Collett David Copeland Mark Cotterill Nicky Crane Simon Darby Sharon Ebanks Richard Edmonds Andrew Fountaine Nick Griffin Jeffrey Hamm Anthony Hancock Patrick Harrington Ray Hill Derek Holland Tom Holmes Colin Jordan Arthur Kemp John Kingsley Read Alan Lake Richard Lawson Tony Lecomber Michael McLaughlin Eddy Morrison John Morse David Myatt John O'Brien Roy Painter Denis Pirie Enoch Powell Kevin Quinn Anthony Reed Herbert Robert Relf Tommy Robinson Robert Row Simon Sheppard Ian Stuart Donaldson Keith Thompson John Tyndall Richard Verrall Adam Walker Martin Webster Graham Williamson Martin Wingfield John Graeme Wood

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