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Farage stays as UKIP leader after resignation rejected
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 11, 2015 04:03pm |
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| Author | BBC |
| News Date | Monday, May 11, 2015 09:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Nigel Farage is to remain as UKIP leader after the party rejected his resignation.
Mr Farage had previously said he would stand down after failing to win a seat in last week's general election.
But the party said there was "overwhelmingly evidence" that UKIP members did not want Mr Farage to go.
Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Farage said he had been "reluctant", but decided he "owed it to the party to stay" on as leader.
UKIP won a 13% vote share in the election - some 3.8 million votes - and has one MP, Douglas Carswell, who held his Clacton seat.
It puts the party in third place behind the Conservatives and Labour in terms of share of the vote.
Mr Farage failed to gain the seat of Thanet South, losing out to Conservative candidate Craig Mackinlay.
Speaking about his defeat, he insisted he had "never felt happier", with a "weight lifted off his shoulders". |
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