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Neil Hamilton wins UKIP assembly group leadership | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Neil Hamilton has been elected as the leader of UKIP's seven strong group in the Welsh Assembly. | |
The ex-Conservative MP challenged Nathan Gill for the leadership. | |
The party's AMs met on Tuesday in the Senedd to decide who should lead them. | |
Mr Gill will continue as leader of UKIP Wales, a position appointed by UKIP leader Nigel Farage. | |
Both sides had claimed to have the numbers to win. | |
Mr Gill told an election debate in April that he probably would not have chosen Mr Hamilton as a UKIP candidate. | Mr Gill told an election debate in April that he probably would not have chosen Mr Hamilton as a UKIP candidate. |
That led Mr Hamilton's wife, Christine, to call he UKIP Wales leader a "third-rate general". | |
Earlier, Mr Hamilton told the BBC's Daily Politics: "UKIP wouldn't be UKIP if there weren't internal challenges. | |
"It's not a case of mounting a challenge against Nathan Gill. We haven't had any assembly members in the past. | |
"We have to meet together, form a group and elect a leader of it." | "We have to meet together, form a group and elect a leader of it." |
Mr Hamilton said the decision taken on the group leadership would not affect Mr Gill's separate position as leader of UKIP in Wales. | Mr Hamilton said the decision taken on the group leadership would not affect Mr Gill's separate position as leader of UKIP in Wales. |
UKIP won its first ever AMs in the 5 May assembly election, claiming seven seats. | UKIP won its first ever AMs in the 5 May assembly election, claiming seven seats. |