The

British National Party The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK gover ...

(BNP) leadership election of 2011 was triggered on 28 June 2011 when the party adopted a new constitution that required a leadership election to take place every four years. Two candidates stood in the leadership election:

Nick Griffin Nicholas John Griffin (born 1 March 1959) is a British politician and white supremacist who represented North West England as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014. He served as chairman and then president of the far-righ ...

(BNP leader since 1999, and MEP for North West England) and

Andrew Brons Andrew Henry William Brons (born 3 June 1947) is a British politician and former MEP. Long active in far-right politics in Britain, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber for the British National ...

(MEP for

Yorkshire and the Humber Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The population in 2011 was 5,284,000 with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York. It is ...

). On 25 July 2011, the results of the leadership election were announced, with Griffin being named the winner by just 9 votes. Griffin had secured 1,157 votes compared to the 1,148 votes for Brons.

Candidates

All candidates required support from 11 'voting members' in order to appear on the ballot. Two candidates were confirmed: *

, MEP for North West England and current Chairman of the BNP. *

, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, and former Chairman of the National Front.

Richard Edmonds Richard Charles Edmonds (10 March 1943 – 23 December 2020) was an English politician. He was the deputy chairman and national organiser of the British National Party (BNP) and also prominent in the National Front (NF) during two spells of m ...

had announced his hope to stand for the leadership, but stood down in favour of Brons.

Results

The vote was split 49.8% to Brons and 50.2% to Griffin. There were 11 spoilt papers and 37 ballots were declared invalid as they contained no signature.Nick Griffin Wins BNP Leadership Contest by 9 Votes
, British National Party Ideaas.

References

External links

Official BNP website

Andrew Brons' ideological website

Andrew Brons' campaign website
2011 elections in the United Kingdom 2011 British National Party leadership election {{UK-election-stub