Shock UKIP leadership result as anti-Islam activist Anne Marie Waters loses to outside candidate Henry Bolton

It is understood party officials tried to change the first-past-the-post voting system to ensure the winner wouldn't have a tiny mandate, but one candidate vetoed the idea. It was not an outright endorsement - Mr Farage merely agreed to act as his "political referee" - but the best known former UKIP leader said he was "delighted" by Mr Bolton's victory, describing him on Twitter as "real man of substance". Meet Ukip’s New Leader

Henry Bolton has been named as the new leader of Ukip following a shock result at the party's conference in Torquay - this is all you need to know about him. The 54-year-old former soldier, who also served with Thames Valley police and has worked for the UN, stood for UKIP as police and crime commissioner in Kent in 2016, coming second. Former party leader Paul Nuttall quit after the general election, which saw UKIP's vote share shrink to 1.8% from 12.6% in 2015 - the year before the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Henry Bolton wins UKIP leadership, taking over the position from Paul Nuttall, who resigned after the party's poor performance in the last general election.