Neil Hamilton (politician)
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Mostyn Neil Hamilton (born 9 March 1949) is a British politician, non-practising barrister and former teacher who was the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2020 to 2024. He was a Member of the Senedd (MS) for Mid and West Wales from 2016 to 2021.
Previously, he was a Conservative MP in the House of Commons for Tatton from 1983 to 1997, when he was defeated. After being implicated (alongside Tim Smith) in the cash-for-questions affair, he left active politics.
Hamilton left the Conservative Party in 2002, and joined UKIP. He was elected to the National Executive Committee of UKIP in 2011. Following his election to the National Assembly for Wales, he was UKIP Assembly Group Leader from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2019. He was Leader of UKIP Wales from 2016 to 2024.
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[edit]- It is well known that I have not always seen eye to eye with Nigel, but I salute his very significant achievements. UKIP has a massive continuing role to play in British politics and, under a new leader, we will reach out to an even wider constituency. Nigel Farage deserves the thanks of every Brexiteer. There would have been no referendum without him. He is a controversial figure but, like him or loathe him, he is a dynamic force and one of the great figures in British politics today. He clearly has much still to offer in the continuing campaign for an independent Britain. He should be given a peerage.
- Statement on the resignation of Nigel Farage (July 4, 2016).
