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Phillip Broughton is a British politician who stood for the UK Independence Party in Hartlepool at the 2015 General Election. In July 2016, he announced that he is running to be leader of UKIP in the UK Independence Party leadership election, 2016 following the resignation of Nigel Farage. Broughton said the party needed to change its "tone".

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At the general election Broughton fought a campaign in which he and Conservative Party candidate Richard Royal tried to present themselves as the only viable alternatives to Labour party candidate Iain Wright. As a result, much of the anti-Labour vote was split, with UKIP and the Conservatives gaining a combined 48.9% compared to Iain Wright’s 35.6%, but neither taking enough votes individually to defeat Labour. However, this was still one of UKIP's highest vote shares in the election.

In 2016 Broughton stood to be the leader of UKIP after Nigel Farage stepped down as leader. Broughton finished fourth out of five candidates with 8.6% of the vote.

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In the leadership election that occurred after Diane James stood down 18 days into the job Broughton endorsed Paul Nuttall.

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Personal life

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Broughton is a former semi-professional wrestler and now works as a supervisor for Tesco. He also has a keen interest in football and tennis.

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References

Phillip Broughton Wikipedia


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