Nigel Farage to stand for UKIP

Speaking at the South East Summer Rally at the Emmanuel Hall, Westminster on Saturday (3rd June), Nigel Farage MEP, formally announced to the Party that he would be the candidate in the Bromley and Chislehurst by-election. More unexpectedly, he chose his keynote speech at the end of the rally to announce his intention to 'throw my hat in the ring' in the forthcoming Party Leadership election.

As a local resident and one of UKIP's most well known politicians, Nigel Farage is the logical choice to contest the Bromley & Chislehurst by-election, caused by the death of Eric Forth MP.

Nigel is 42 and married with 4 children. He has lived in Bromley Borough all of his life and currently lives in the village of Downe. He was elected to the European Parliament in 1999, and re-elected in 2004. He is the UKIP MEP for the South Eastern Counties and the leader of UKIP's MEPs and co-President of UKIP's European parliamentary bloc, the Independence & Democracy Group.

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