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The result was redirect to Freddy Vachha. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 10:24, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 UK Independence Party leadership election

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There is no reliable source coverage of this leadership election. It fails the WP:GNG, but it also doesn't meet basic standards of verifiability. Ralbegen (talk) 10:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Ralbegen (talk) 10:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Ralbegen (talk) 10:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There's coverage of these clowns here. No doubt there's lots of other press coverage too. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 10:48, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to Freddy Vachha (or alternatively to UK Independence Party#Leadership) - The coverage in reliable sources is of Freddy Vachha, but not the leadership contest per se. See 1 2 3. None of these even say who his competitors were or how many votes he received. This is no surprise as he ran unopposed and there was no vote (and as such, no actual contest). Whilst other leadership contests have ended without an actual vote being held (e.g., Michael Howard's emplacement as leader of the Conservatives) there was at least a contest and a process that arrived at them being declared leader - but in this case if there was such a process it is not covered in reliable sources.
The party remains significant in as much as it still has councillors elected in various local seats around the country. Obviously "other stuff exists" isn't a great argument, but the other zombie parties of British politics (e.g., the Liberals, the BNP, and the SDP - all of whom hold/held local seats) no longer warrant articles for their leadership elections as no reliable sources covers them any more. Probably we are approaching that point with UKIP. FOARP (talk) 11:52, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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