Farage has contested several elections under the UKIP banner: Date of election Constituency Party Votes % of votes Result1994 by-election Eastleigh UKIP 952 1.7 Not elected 1997 general election Salisbury UKIP 3,332 5.7 Not elected 2001 general election Bexhill and Battle UKIP 3,474 7.8 Not elected 2005 general election South Thanet UKIP 2,079 5.0 Not elected 2006 by-election Bromley and Chislehurst UKIP 2,347 8.1 Not elected 2010 general election Buckingham UKIP 8,410 17.4 Not elected 2015 general election South Thanet UKIP 16,026 32.4 Not elected, Date of election Constituency Party Votes Percentage of votes Result 1994 European election Itchen, Test and Avon UKIP 12,423 5.4 Not elected 1999 European election South East England UKIP 144,514 9.7 Elected 2004 European election South East England UKIP 431,111 19.5 Elected 2009 European election South East England UKIP 440,002 18.8 Elected 2014 European election South East England UKIP 751,439 32.1 Elected, Farage attending the 2009 Ashes series at Lord's Cricket Ground Farage lives in Single Street, a hamlet in the London Borough of Bromley, "around the corner from his mother. 2023 BBC. Around a third of the sixth form went on to either Cambridge or Oxford. Since 1999 he has been a Member of the European Parliament for South East England. In a second visit to Edinburgh in May 2014 Farage correctly predicted that UKIP would win a Scottish seat in the elections. But he reserves his greatest enthusiasm for touring World War I battlefields, with a group of close friends who call themselves "Farage's Foragers". The Duggar family shuttered the car lot after news of the investigation broke. No. What better illustration that random quirks of fate can change the destiny of nations. Nick Clegg v Nigel Farage: the tale of the tape But it proved to be the perfect vehicle for Farage. And with a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU on the horizon, that situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. This generated embarrassing headlines. It is too limp of the author not to come to his own conclusion. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. The decision to take up seats in Brussels sparked one of many splits in the UKIP ranks - they were proving to be a rancorous bunch.
