Four candidates stood in the election: •
Nigel Farage was an
MEP for
South East England, and the group's leader in the
European Parliament. He called for the party to avoid being seen as a single issue pressure group, by focussing campaigning on low taxation,
selective education and a distinctive trade policy. • Richard Suchorzewski, the Chair of UKIP Wales, •
David Campbell Bannerman was a former
Conservative Party councillor and former chairman of the
Bow Group, who had joined UKIP in 2002, and became its chairman in early 2006. He also called for the party to broaden its policies, and wanted to focus on democracy and freedom from government interference. If elected, he wanted to work alongside Farage, who he hoped would remain the party's leader in the European Parliament. •
David Noakes, a computer consultant, called for the party to strengthen its focus on anti-EU campaigning. He stressed his belief that the
European Union was equivalent to a
police state. He called for co-operation with
trade unions to organise an anti-EU general strike and for creating a permanent protest outside the
British Houses of Parliament with a van broadcasting the party's message. ==Result==