Tom Holmes (British politician)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Thomas Frank Holmes (31 October 1930 – August 2016) was a British far-right politician. He was the chairman of the National Front between 1998 and 2009, and was a long-standing member of the movement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Life and activism

Holmes was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on 31 October 1930.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was involved in nationalist politics from 1958.<ref>Template:YouTube</ref> Holmes later lived in Caister-on-Sea, a village near Yarmouth.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He died there in August 2016, at the age of 85.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holmes was a strong supporter of European nationalism and stated, "I have contacts with people all over Europe: Austria, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Serbia, but none of these are official contacts, we have unofficial contacts, yes, we support any European nationalist party."<ref>RFERL, "EU: Union Again Seeks To Introduce Legal Immigration Policy", 12 January 2005</ref> He was also highly critical of the British National Party, claiming that it was no longer truly white nationalist and condemning it for having a Sikh columnist in the party's newspaper.

Date of election	Constituency	Party	Votes	%
1979	Yarmouth	NF	640	1.2
2001	North Thanet	NF	395	0.9
2005	Halifax	NF	191	0.5