2017 UK Independence Party leadership election

The 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election was held on 29 September 2017. UKIP members voted for who they want to lead the party. Henry Bolton won the election after receiving 30% of the vote.
The election was called for after the party's poor performance in the 2017 general election.
Nigel Farage decided not to run for the UKIP leadership position.
After the election.
Bolton said that his victory stopped UKIP from becoming a fascist party. Waters left UKIP and created her own political party, For Britain, in October. Rees-Evans also left UKIP and created his own political party, Affinity.