Talk:2018 UK Independence Party leadership election

Proposed move to "Next UK Independence Party leadership election"

Since Batten prefers to hold this election in a year, I suggest moving the page to "Next UK Independence Party leadership election". This would account for the fact that a date in 2018 is not certain. We can add a year in once UKIP sets a clear timetable for the election. I'll probably do this myself if I get no replies, but I wanted to let people know about my proposal in case anyone objects to it. Maswimelleu (talk) 09:06, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Batten's proposal, as reported in The Guardian articles, appears to be to elect him uncontested and then hold another election later. That would still mean there is a process this year, just one that ends up with only one candidate, so matching something like Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2017. So I would favour leaving this article as is. There also seems to be some way to go from what Batten is suggesting to it actually happening that way. Bondegezou (talk) 09:30, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Fair point. Worth revisiting if UKIP decides to not even go through the formality of an uncontested election though. I gather that if another candidate is serious about opposing Batten then they might have to take other means to stop a contest being held, as they can't really afford one. Maswimelleu (talk) 11:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Agreed. Happy to re-visit as further developments unfold. Bondegezou (talk) 12:22, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

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