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[[File:Farage.jpg|thumb|200px|Prominent UKIP MEP, Nigel Farage, wants to take Britain out of the [[EU]] and subject immigration to legal controls]]

[[File:Farage.jpg|thumb|200px|Prominent UKIP MEP, Nigel Farage, wants to take Britain out of the [[EU]] and subject immigration to legal controls]]

The '''United Kingdom Independence Party''', also known by the acronym '''UKIP''', is a British political party. Founded in 1993, it campaigns for [[British]] withdrawal from the [[European Union]] (EU). Its support-base is made up substantially of right-wing voters opposed to the surrender of British sovereignty. The current leader of UKIP is [[House of Lords]] member Lord Pearson of Rannoch.

The '''United Kingdom Independence Party''', also known by the acronym '''UKIP''', is a British political party. Founded in 1993, it campaigns for [[British]] withdrawal from the [[European Union]] (EU). Its support-base is made up substantially of right-wing voters opposed to the surrender of British sovereignty. The current leader of UKIP is Nigel Farage.

UKIP is the fastest-growing British political party. It currently has 17,400 members according to a statement by General Secretary Jonathan Arnott in UKIP e-newletter 26th May 2010.

UKIP is the fastest-growing British political party. It currently has over 22,000 thousand members, up from 17,000 in 2011.

In the 2008 European elections UKIP came second. with 16.5% of the vote and 13 of the UK's 78 seats in the [[European Parliament]]  

In the 2008 European elections UKIP came second. with 16.5% of the vote and 13 of the UK's 78 seats in the [[European Parliament]]