National Front (United Kingdom)
The National Front (NF) is a British far right, racial nationalist, whites-only political party. It reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s. Its electoral support peaked in the 1979 general election, when it received 191,719 votes (0.6% of the overall vote).
The British prison service and police services forbid their employees to be members of the party.
It put up 17 candidates in the 2010 general election and 18 candidates for the 2010 local elections. The party failed to gain any representation at either national or local level.
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