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The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leadership election of 2010 was triggered on 17 August 2010 with the resignation of the incumbent leader, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, following difficulties during the 2010 general election campaign, with the result announced on 5 November 2010.〔 Lord Pearson of Rannoch had been leader of the party since the previous leadership election, less than a year earlier. Jeffrey Titford was appointed interim leader during the summer by the UKIP National Executive Committee. Nigel Farage won the election with over 60% of the vote. == Candidates == All candidates require support from 51 members of UKIP in order to appear on the ballot.〔Ross Hawkins, "(UKIP considers leadership hopefuls )", ''BBC News'', 3 September 2010〕 The following is a list of confirmed candidates for the election: * David Campbell Bannerman, MEP for East of England〔 * Tim Congdon, economist * Nigel Farage, MEP for South East England and former leader * Winston McKenzie, former boxer〔 MEP Nikki Sinclaire originally announced she had hoped to stand for the leadership as did MEP Godfrey Bloom who stated he would stand if Nigel Farage decided not to do so.〔 Gerard Batten initially intended to stand, but withdrew and gave his support to Congdon.〔 Lord Monckton also was considering standing but decided not to run. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UK Independence Party leadership election, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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