Sentences with phrase «ukip in a national election»

Established media, state radio and tv and the political class had only a walk - on role in forcing the referendum which they collectively opposed: it was the victory by UKIP in a national election (the 2014) European Elections), social media, youtube and the spreading of the message even when it was kept away from the voters by the elite that did the job.

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Ukip will attempt to secure the balance of power in British national politics in the 2015 general election by targeting around 30 seats, Nigel Farage has said.

While parties such as the Austrian Freedom Party and the True Finns may have scored better in their most recent national elections, UKIP's share of the vote is very similar to the results of the French Front National (2012: 13.6 %), the Danish People's Party (2011: 12.3 %) and the Dutch Freedom Party (2012: national elections, UKIP's share of the vote is very similar to the results of the French Front National (2012: 13.6 %), the Danish People's Party (2011: 12.3 %) and the Dutch Freedom Party (2012: National (2012: 13.6 %), the Danish People's Party (2011: 12.3 %) and the Dutch Freedom Party (2012: 10.1 %).

Because of the issues raised by David Davis in the by - election, many parties other than the Conservatives, such as Labour, Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and British National Party (BNP) chose not to stand.

UKIP did extraordinarily well in yesterday's local elections, securing a projected national share of the vote of 23 %.

UKIP's share of general election vote intention, at 14 % last week, is much more muted than the 23 % they achieved in the Projected National Share of the vote (PNS) from the local elections.

The UKIP, which for the first time came in first in a nation - wide election, has been traditionally strong in EU elections, only to fizzle out in the run up to national general election.

The unusual circumstances of a by - election though mean anything is possible — and from a national polling point of view, it keeps the UKIP bandwagon rolling, keeps them in the public eye, keeps the publicity coming, keeps them looking like a viable choice.

Ukip has outspent Labour for the first time in a national election, according to the Electoral Commission.

Because Ukip did not contest the constituency at the last election in 2010, it is not possible to calculate any swing from the Tories that could give a clue to impact on the national political map.

It has been a good year electorally for UKIP, since it is the first party other than Labour and the Conservatives to come first in a national election — in this case for the European Parliament — since the Liberal landslide of 1906.

It would be «foolish» if Britain's main parties did not worry about Ukip topping a national election in Britain, Tony Blair has said.

After all, seats are what count in general elections, not national vote share — and this is UKIP's main challenge.

UKIP became the first party in British politics other than Labour or the Conservatives to win a national election since 1906.

«I genuinely think that Ukip has a serious chance of topping the national poll in those elections,» he said.

UKIP support surged, and the BBC's projected national share of the vote suggests they would have scored 17 % in a Britain - wide election.

In the 2014 European elections, Euroscepticism was primarily associated with success of far - right populist political parties such as the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Golden Dawn, Jobbik and Front National.

Mr Farage's comments came as Nick Clegg claimed Ukip exploited the same «politics of blame» as France's far - Right National Front, which inflicted heavy defeats on the ruling socialists in local elections at the weekend.

Kirsty Williams has today underlined that it is only by voting Welsh Liberal Democrat will people be able to stop UKIP gaining seats in the National Assembly elections.

«So I will resign my seat in Parliament, trigger a by - election and, your national executive allowing, stand for Ukip.»

Ukip took 23 % of the projected national vote share in May 2nd's elections, two points behind the Conservatives.

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