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A level Politics Pearson/ Edexcel UK politics Chapter 2- UKIP
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A level Politics Pearson/ Edexcel UK politics Chapter 2- UKIP
when was the party formed? - Answer-1993
who formed UKIP? - Answer-Eurosceptic academic Alan Sked
what was Sked's aim? - Answer-securing the UK's withdrawal from the European Union
Where were some members of UKIP drawn from? ...
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politics Chapter 2- UKIP
when was the party formed? - Answer-1993
who formed UKIP? - Answer-Eurosceptic academic Alan Sked
what was Sked's aim? - Answer-securing the UK's withdrawal from the European Union
Where were some members of UKIP drawn from? - Answer-Anti Federalist League
where is UKIP on the political scale? - Answer-Right winged populist
what happened in the 1997 election? - Answer-1997 stood for election but was
overshadowed by James Goldsmith's Referendum Party which beat it in all but two
seats contested by both parties
when did UKIP get its first 3 seats? - Answer-They won their first seats (3) in the 1999
election to the European Parliament- including a victory for Nigel Farage
why did UKIP have limited success in the elections? - Answer-due to first past the post
(2001 they won 1.5% of the vote and 2005-2.3% of the vote)
when did Farage take over the party? - Answer-2006 September, challenging the likes
of Cameron.
when did Farage resign as leader? - Answer-He resigned in the leadership of the party
after 3 year however he won the leadership contest in 2010, winning over 60% of the
vote.
what happened under Farage's leadership? - Answer-UKIP won its first elected MPs in
2014 winning 27.5% which boosted their MEPs to 24. In the autumn they finally gained
representation at Westminster due to winning by elections. In 2015 they won 12.6% of
the vote beating Lib Dems but only got 1 MP.
what was Farage known for? - Answer-UKIPs success
how many seats did UKIP win in 2015? - Answer-1 in parliament
who are current UKIP leaders? - Answer-Sian Berry and Jonathon Bartley
what happened in 2019? - Answer-Received 0.1% of the vote in 2019, 1 seat
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