Henry Bolton has been elected UKIP leader – the party’s fourth leader in just over a year.
The former soldier, who saw off a challenge from anti-Islam campaigner Anne Marie Waters, won with 30% of the vote.
He told the party conference: “Brexit is our core task.”
Mr Bolton, who was backed by Nigel Farage, stood for UKIP as police and crime commissioner in Kent in 2016, coming second.
.UKIP leadership results
Winner: Henry Bolton, 3,874 votes (29.9%)
2, Anne Marie Waters, 2,755 votes (21.3%)
3. David Kurten, 2,201 votes (17%)
4. John Rees-Evans, 2,021 votes (15.6%)
5. Peter Whittle, 1,413 votes, (10.9%)
6. Jane Collins, 566 votes, 4.4%
7. Aidan Powlesland, 85 votes, 0.65%
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but not according to ITV’s Joe Pike, see:
https://twitter.com/joepike/with_replies
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