John Tyndall (politician)
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John Hutchyns Tyndall was a British politician who was prominently associated with several fascist/neo-Nazi sects. However, he is best known for leading the National Front in the 1970s and founding the contemporary British National Party
(BNP) in 1982.
The most prominent figure in British nationalism in the second-half of the twentieth century, Tyndall's legacy has been highly controversial among political opponents, including some members of the contemporary BNP under his successor Nick Griffin
. His opponents both inside and outside the National Front and the BNP have frequently pointed at his historical involvement with the openly neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement
as deputy leader under Colin Jordan
in the early 1960s.
in Devon
, England
, on 14 July 1934. The son of the warden of St George's House, a YMCA
hostel at Southwark
, he grew up in London
. He was related to the early English translator of the Bible, William Tyndale
, his ancestors having moved to County Waterford
in Ireland
in the 16th century.
, a right-wing pressure group, led by A. K. Chesterton
. In 1957, feeling that the League was not sufficiently active, he and John Bean
left to form the National Labour Party. The Labour Party
prevented the use of this name, and in 1960 the NLP merged with the White Defence League
of Colin Jordan
to form the old British National Party
(BNP) which was led by John Bean
.
Tyndall left the original British National Party with Colin Jordan
in 1962, when the National Socialist Movement
was formed; Tyndall was Jordan's deputy. Spearhead was set up as the NSM's embryonic security corps, modelled on the SA
of Nazi Germany
. In 1962, the police prosecuted Jordan, Tyndall, Denis Pirie
and Kerr-Ritchie for paramilitary organising. All four were imprisoned for several months after having been found guilty of breaching the Public Order Act, 1936.
In 1963, Tyndall fell out with Jordan over Françoise Dior
, the attractive French heiress, who, though she was originally engaged to Tyndall, hastily married Jordan, who had been released from prison before Tyndall, to avoid being expelled from Britain as an undesirable alien. This caused a certain cooling of relations between the two former allies, although in 2009 - by which point both were deceased - Tyndall's widow Valerie was reported to have claimed that Tyndall and Jordan were eventually reconciled, an assertion which is supported by Jordan's account of a meeting between Tyndall and Jordan himself, in 1968, as reported in Martin Walker's book The National Front (p 77).
In 1964, Tyndall set up his personal magazine, using the name Spearhead
, which ran until his death. His political thoughts and comments, as well as those of select others - in most cases close political allies - were communicated. The magazine made up a great part of his personal revenue because, although he changed parties several times in his life, he retained the copyright over the name Spearhead. Tyndall formed the Greater Britain Movement
that year, taking most of the members of the National Socialist Movement with him. Jordan was well in with the proprietor of the headquarters at 74, Princedale Road, London, W11 (the widow of Arnold Leese
), so it was Tyndall who was obliged to quit the building but he retained his copy of the keys and during one of Jordan's prolonged absences, emptied the HQ of all the expensive equipment. A court of justice ruled that it was an internal affair and considering that both litigants were members of the same movement at the time in question, no theft had occurred. The Greater Britain Movement drifted from various accommodation addresses varying from an upper room in a pub named "The Silver Sword" in Petty France, London, SW1, to an address in Holborn, and finally occupying the basement of the prestige address of "Westminster Chambers", which eventually became the first HQ of the National Front.
Tyndall spent much of the 1960s developing his ideological programme. He published the book The Authoritarian State in 1962, in which he claimed that liberal democracy was a Jewish tool of world domination that needed to be replaced by authoritarianism.
Later, Tyndall continued to develop his ideological programme and produced Six Principles of Nationalism (1966) which appeared to break with the neo-Nazi NSM and, instead, looked to electoral paths to government, which would be characterized by leadership, corporatism, moral regeneration, racial purity and a restored British Empire, and would be regularly ratified by referendums, bringing to mind the earlier calls of Sir Oswald Mosley
who, along with his mother, Tyndall deeply respected. Tyndall’s new work impressed A. K. Chesterton, who co-operated with Tyndall in engineering a re-alignment of nationalism.
Under Tyndall's guidance the Front grew in membership and gained many votes, peaking during the local elections of 1977. This success was undoubtedly largely due to Tyndall's sound leadership, though credit is also due in large measure to Martin Webster
's tactic of 'banging the drum' in the streets. However, Tyndall's leadership faced a number of challenges from both populists
and Strasserites, beginning with a running feud with Roy Painter
, then his replacement as leader by John Kingsley Read
and culminating in the two groups uniting to form the breakaway National Party
in 1976. After this split Tyndall was able to regain the Chair and re-establish his control of the NF. Tyndall promoted a British pan-nationalist policy, leading to the formation of branches of the NF in South Africa and Australia in 1977.
For the 1979 general election, the Front put up 303 candidates: it lost every deposit
. Internal recriminations saw Tyndall removed from all his positions and he opted to depart, setting up the New National Front (NNF) in 1980.
emerged in 1982 after he amalgamated his group with the British Democratic Party
, elements of the Constitutional Movement
and those members of the British Movement
loyal to Ray Hill
.
During his tenure as leader of the new BNP, Tyndall often resisted any attempts to soften the party's policies or image. However, the crucial change from a policy of compulsory, to one of voluntary repatriation, was accomplished while Tyndall was still leader. Tyndall was convicted of publishing material likely to incite racial hated in 1986 and was jailed. During his time in prison, he wrote the work of political philosophy entitled The Eleventh Hour (ISBN 0-9513686-2-1), which he subsequently revised several times.
In 1999, Tyndall lost the leadership of the BNP to Nick Griffin
. Afterwards he threatened, at times, to run against Griffin to regain the leadership. Griffin expelled Tyndall twice, on the first occasion, in 2003, with his close ally John Morse
. Tyndall was reinstated after a court case. In December 2004 Tyndall was expelled from the BNP a second time, having announced in Spearhead of August 2004 his intention to mount a challenge to Griffin's leadership in 2005.
In 2004 Tyndall joined in signing the New Orleans Protocol. The New Orleans Protocol seeks to "mainstream our cause" by reducing violence and internecine warfare, and was written by David Duke
, When he signed, Tyndall made it clear that he was not acting on behalf of the BNP. For a time, he also became associated with Eddy Morrison
who had split from the White Nationalist Party
and organised a Spearhead Support Group to back Tyndall. However the alliance fell apart when Tyndall made it clear that he did not support Morrison's attempts to set up a new party (which eventually emerged as the Nationalist Alliance
).
On 12 December 2004, Tyndall was arrested on suspicion of incitement to racial hatred of Michael Howard
's Jewish roots and towards African people, following a BBC documentary which aired in July 2004. On 6 April 2005, he was charged by police with two offences of using words or behaviour intended or likely to stir up racial hatred.
Tyndall was found dead at his home in Hove
, East Sussex
, on 19 July 2005, less than a week after his 71st birthday. He was due to stand trial on charges of incitement to racial hatred at Leeds
Magistrates' Court just two days later (21 July 2005).
, became a leading member of the BNP in its early years and provided the party with a source of funding. Valerie died on 24 June 2011 in Hove.
European Parliament elections
European Parliament elections
British National Party
The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
(BNP) in 1982.
The most prominent figure in British nationalism in the second-half of the twentieth century, Tyndall's legacy has been highly controversial among political opponents, including some members of the contemporary BNP under his successor Nick Griffin
Nick Griffin
Nicholas John "Nick" Griffin is a British politician, chairman of the British National Party and Member of the European Parliament for North West England....
. His opponents both inside and outside the National Front and the BNP have frequently pointed at his historical involvement with the openly neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement
National Socialist Movement (1960s)
The National Socialist Movement was a British Neo-Nazi group formed on 20 April 1962, Adolf Hitler's birthday, by Colin Jordan, with John Tyndall as his deputy as a splinter group from the original British National Party of the 1960s.-Formation:...
as deputy leader under Colin Jordan
Colin Jordan
John Colin Campbell Jordan was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich.Through organisations such as the National...
in the early 1960s.
Early life
John Tyndall was born in ExeterExeter
Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
in Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, on 14 July 1934. The son of the warden of St George's House, a YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
hostel at Southwark
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
, he grew up in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He was related to the early English translator of the Bible, William Tyndale
William Tyndale
William Tyndale was an English scholar and translator who became a leading figure in Protestant reformism towards the end of his life. He was influenced by the work of Desiderius Erasmus, who made the Greek New Testament available in Europe, and by Martin Luther...
, his ancestors having moved to County Waterford
County Waterford
*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...
in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in the 16th century.
Early politics
Tyndall was first politically active in the League of Empire LoyalistsLeague of Empire Loyalists
The League of Empire Loyalists was a British pressure group , established in 1954, which campaigned against the dissolution of the British Empire. The League was a small group of current or former members of the Conservative Party led by Arthur K...
, a right-wing pressure group, led by A. K. Chesterton
A. K. Chesterton
Arthur Kenneth Chesterton MC was a far right-wing politician and journalist who helped found right-wing organisations in Britain, primarily in opposition to the break-up of the British Empire, and later adopting a broader anti-immigration stance. His cousin, the author G. K...
. In 1957, feeling that the League was not sufficiently active, he and John Bean
John Bean
John Edward Bean is a long-standing participant in the British far right, who has been active within a number of movements during the course of his life and is the voice behind the BNP election broadcasts.-Early life:...
left to form the National Labour Party. The Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
prevented the use of this name, and in 1960 the NLP merged with the White Defence League
White Defence League
The White Defence League was a British far-right political group. Using the provocative marching techniques popularised by Oswald Mosley, its members included a young John Tyndall.-Formation:...
of Colin Jordan
Colin Jordan
John Colin Campbell Jordan was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich.Through organisations such as the National...
to form the old British National Party
British National Party (1960s)
The British National Party was a far right political party that operated in the United Kingdom from 1960 to 1967. Led by John Bean the group, which was subject to internal divisions during its brief history, established some areas of local support before helping to form the National Front in...
(BNP) which was led by John Bean
John Bean
John Edward Bean is a long-standing participant in the British far right, who has been active within a number of movements during the course of his life and is the voice behind the BNP election broadcasts.-Early life:...
.
Tyndall left the original British National Party with Colin Jordan
Colin Jordan
John Colin Campbell Jordan was a leading figure in postwar Neo-Nazism in Britain. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly 'Nazi' inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich.Through organisations such as the National...
in 1962, when the National Socialist Movement
National Socialist Movement (1960s)
The National Socialist Movement was a British Neo-Nazi group formed on 20 April 1962, Adolf Hitler's birthday, by Colin Jordan, with John Tyndall as his deputy as a splinter group from the original British National Party of the 1960s.-Formation:...
was formed; Tyndall was Jordan's deputy. Spearhead was set up as the NSM's embryonic security corps, modelled on the SA
Sturmabteilung
The Sturmabteilung functioned as a paramilitary organization of the National Socialist German Workers' Party . It played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s...
of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
. In 1962, the police prosecuted Jordan, Tyndall, Denis Pirie
Denis Pirie
Denis Pirie is a veteran of the British far right scene who took a leading role in a number of movements.He began his career as a member of the 1960s British National Party and was appointed a member of the party's national council not long after its foundation...
and Kerr-Ritchie for paramilitary organising. All four were imprisoned for several months after having been found guilty of breaching the Public Order Act, 1936.
In 1963, Tyndall fell out with Jordan over Françoise Dior
Françoise Dior
Marie Françoise Suzanne Dior, also known as Françoise de Caumont La Force, Françoise Dior-Jordan, and Françoise Dior-de Mirleau , was a French socialite and post-war Nazi underground financier...
, the attractive French heiress, who, though she was originally engaged to Tyndall, hastily married Jordan, who had been released from prison before Tyndall, to avoid being expelled from Britain as an undesirable alien. This caused a certain cooling of relations between the two former allies, although in 2009 - by which point both were deceased - Tyndall's widow Valerie was reported to have claimed that Tyndall and Jordan were eventually reconciled, an assertion which is supported by Jordan's account of a meeting between Tyndall and Jordan himself, in 1968, as reported in Martin Walker's book The National Front (p 77).
In 1964, Tyndall set up his personal magazine, using the name Spearhead
Spearhead (magazine)
Spearhead was a British far right-wing magazine edited by John Tyndall until his death in July 2005. Founded in 1964 by Tyndall, it was used to voice his grievances against the state of the United Kingdom...
, which ran until his death. His political thoughts and comments, as well as those of select others - in most cases close political allies - were communicated. The magazine made up a great part of his personal revenue because, although he changed parties several times in his life, he retained the copyright over the name Spearhead. Tyndall formed the Greater Britain Movement
Greater Britain Movement
The Greater Britain Movement was a British far right political group formed by John Tyndall in 1964 after he split from Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement...
that year, taking most of the members of the National Socialist Movement with him. Jordan was well in with the proprietor of the headquarters at 74, Princedale Road, London, W11 (the widow of Arnold Leese
Arnold Leese
Arnold Spencer Leese was a British veterinarian and fascist politician. He was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England and educated at Giggleswick School....
), so it was Tyndall who was obliged to quit the building but he retained his copy of the keys and during one of Jordan's prolonged absences, emptied the HQ of all the expensive equipment. A court of justice ruled that it was an internal affair and considering that both litigants were members of the same movement at the time in question, no theft had occurred. The Greater Britain Movement drifted from various accommodation addresses varying from an upper room in a pub named "The Silver Sword" in Petty France, London, SW1, to an address in Holborn, and finally occupying the basement of the prestige address of "Westminster Chambers", which eventually became the first HQ of the National Front.
Tyndall spent much of the 1960s developing his ideological programme. He published the book The Authoritarian State in 1962, in which he claimed that liberal democracy was a Jewish tool of world domination that needed to be replaced by authoritarianism.
Later, Tyndall continued to develop his ideological programme and produced Six Principles of Nationalism (1966) which appeared to break with the neo-Nazi NSM and, instead, looked to electoral paths to government, which would be characterized by leadership, corporatism, moral regeneration, racial purity and a restored British Empire, and would be regularly ratified by referendums, bringing to mind the earlier calls of Sir Oswald Mosley
Oswald Mosley
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet, of Ancoats, was an English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists...
who, along with his mother, Tyndall deeply respected. Tyndall’s new work impressed A. K. Chesterton, who co-operated with Tyndall in engineering a re-alignment of nationalism.
National Front
When the National Front (NF) was formed in 1967, Tyndall pressed for the inclusion of the Greater Britain Movement. Eventually, a compromise was reached to allow individual members to join the NF, and Tyndall disbanded the Greater Britain Movement when they all had done so. On the secession of John O'Brien and his supporters, in 1972, Tyndall assumed the chairmanship, in which his principal metier was ideology and strategy. Tyndall was also a talented orator, in the Mosley tradition.Under Tyndall's guidance the Front grew in membership and gained many votes, peaking during the local elections of 1977. This success was undoubtedly largely due to Tyndall's sound leadership, though credit is also due in large measure to Martin Webster
Martin Webster
Martin Guy Alan Webster is a former leading figure on the far-right in British politics.-Early political activism:An early member of the Young Conservatives, from which he claimed to have been expelled, Webster was associated loosely with the League of Empire Loyalists until he joined the National...
's tactic of 'banging the drum' in the streets. However, Tyndall's leadership faced a number of challenges from both populists
Populism
Populism can be defined as an ideology, political philosophy, or type of discourse. Generally, a common theme compares "the people" against "the elite", and urges social and political system changes. It can also be defined as a rhetorical style employed by members of various political or social...
and Strasserites, beginning with a running feud with Roy Painter
Roy Painter
Roy Painter is a British Conservative politician and once candidate who for a time became one of the leading figures on the British far right....
, then his replacement as leader by John Kingsley Read
John Kingsley Read
John Kingsley Read was chairman of the British National Front from 1974 to 1976 and a founder of the National Party.A former member of the Conservative Party and chairman of the Blackburn Young Conservatives, Read left to join the NF in 1973 having addressed a rally against the arrival of Ugandan...
and culminating in the two groups uniting to form the breakaway National Party
National Party (UK, 1976)
The National Party was a short-lived British far right political party formed on 6 January 1976 and which dissolved before the 1979 general election...
in 1976. After this split Tyndall was able to regain the Chair and re-establish his control of the NF. Tyndall promoted a British pan-nationalist policy, leading to the formation of branches of the NF in South Africa and Australia in 1977.
For the 1979 general election, the Front put up 303 candidates: it lost every deposit
Deposit (politics)
A deposit is a sum of money that a candidate must pay in return for the right to stand for election to certain political offices, particularly seats in legislatures.-United Kingdom:...
. Internal recriminations saw Tyndall removed from all his positions and he opted to depart, setting up the New National Front (NNF) in 1980.
British National Party
As NNF leader, Tyndall sought to work with other groups and as a result the British National PartyBritish National Party
The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982...
emerged in 1982 after he amalgamated his group with the British Democratic Party
British Democratic Party
The British Democratic Party was a short-lived far-right political party in the United Kingdom. A breakaway group from the National Front the BDP was severely damaged after it became involved in a gun-running sting and was absorbed by the British National Party.-Formation and naming...
, elements of the Constitutional Movement
Constitutional Movement
The Constitutional Movement was a right wing political group in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1979 by Andrew Fountaine as the National Front Constitutional Movement, a splinter group from the National Front...
and those members of the British Movement
British Movement
The British Movement , later called the British National Socialist Movement , is a British neo-Nazi organisation founded by Colin Jordan in 1968. It grew out of the National Socialist Movement , which was founded in 1962...
loyal to Ray Hill
Ray Hill
Ray Hill was a leading figure in the British far right who went on to become a well-known informant.Born in Lancashire, he spent three years in the army before making his first steps in the far right with the Racial Preservation Society in Leicester in the late 1960s...
.
During his tenure as leader of the new BNP, Tyndall often resisted any attempts to soften the party's policies or image. However, the crucial change from a policy of compulsory, to one of voluntary repatriation, was accomplished while Tyndall was still leader. Tyndall was convicted of publishing material likely to incite racial hated in 1986 and was jailed. During his time in prison, he wrote the work of political philosophy entitled The Eleventh Hour (ISBN 0-9513686-2-1), which he subsequently revised several times.
In 1999, Tyndall lost the leadership of the BNP to Nick Griffin
Nick Griffin
Nicholas John "Nick" Griffin is a British politician, chairman of the British National Party and Member of the European Parliament for North West England....
. Afterwards he threatened, at times, to run against Griffin to regain the leadership. Griffin expelled Tyndall twice, on the first occasion, in 2003, with his close ally John Morse
John Morse (British politician)
John Morse was a leading figure in the British National Party under John Tyndall, serving alongside Richard Edmonds as Tyndall's closest ally in the party....
. Tyndall was reinstated after a court case. In December 2004 Tyndall was expelled from the BNP a second time, having announced in Spearhead of August 2004 his intention to mount a challenge to Griffin's leadership in 2005.
In 2004 Tyndall joined in signing the New Orleans Protocol. The New Orleans Protocol seeks to "mainstream our cause" by reducing violence and internecine warfare, and was written by David Duke
David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
, When he signed, Tyndall made it clear that he was not acting on behalf of the BNP. For a time, he also became associated with Eddy Morrison
Eddy Morrison
Eddy Morrison is a far-right wing political figure in Britain, who has been involved in a number of movements throughout his career. He is of Irish, Scottish, English and Wallonian descent and has two adult daughters...
who had split from the White Nationalist Party
White Nationalist Party
The White Nationalist Party was a neo-fascist British political party, founded in May 2002 as "the British political wing of Aryan Unity"...
and organised a Spearhead Support Group to back Tyndall. However the alliance fell apart when Tyndall made it clear that he did not support Morrison's attempts to set up a new party (which eventually emerged as the Nationalist Alliance
Nationalist Alliance
The Nationalist Alliance is a far right movement in British politics, that aims to serve as an umbrella group for the various White nationalist groups in Britain...
).
On 12 December 2004, Tyndall was arrested on suspicion of incitement to racial hatred of Michael Howard
Michael Howard
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, CH, QC, PC is a British politician, who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005...
's Jewish roots and towards African people, following a BBC documentary which aired in July 2004. On 6 April 2005, he was charged by police with two offences of using words or behaviour intended or likely to stir up racial hatred.
Tyndall was found dead at his home in Hove
Hove
Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...
, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, on 19 July 2005, less than a week after his 71st birthday. He was due to stand trial on charges of incitement to racial hatred at Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
Magistrates' Court just two days later (21 July 2005).
Personal life
His wife, Valerie whom he met while both were in the National Front in the 1970s stood as an NF candidate in Brighton, Kemptown, in the 1979 general election, and as BNP candidate in Hackney, South & Shoreditch in the 1983 general election and at Old Bexley & Sidcup in the 1997 general election. Her father, Charles ParkerCharles Parker (UK politician)
Charles Parker was a leading member of the British National Party in its early years and provided the group with much of its funding.A leading businessman in Brighton, Parker and his wife joined the British National Front in 1975...
, became a leading member of the BNP in its early years and provided the party with a source of funding. Valerie died on 24 June 2011 in Hove.
Elections contested by John Tyndall
UK Parliament elections| Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 general election United Kingdom general election, 1979 The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats... |
Hackney, S & Shoreditch | NF | 1958 | 7.6 |
| 1992 general election United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil... |
Bow and Poplar Bow and Poplar (UK Parliament constituency) Bow and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.... |
BNP British National Party The British National Party is a British far-right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front by John Tyndall in 1982... |
1107 | 3.0 |
| 9 June 1994 by-election Dagenham by-election, 1994 The Dagenham by-election, in Dagenham, on 9 June 1994 was held after Labour Member of Parliament Bryan Gould resigned the seat. A safe Labour seat, it was won by Judith Church, who would go on to retain the seat in 1997.-Candidates:... |
Dagenham Dagenham (UK Parliament constituency) Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... |
BNP | 1511 | 7.0 |
| 1997 general election United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general... |
Poplar and Canning Town | BNP | 2849 | 7.3 |
| 2001 general election United Kingdom general election, 2001 The United Kingdom general election, 2001 was held on Thursday 7 June 2001 to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. It was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media, as the Labour Party was re-elected with another landslide result and only suffered a net loss of 6 seats... |
Mitcham and Morden | BNP | 642 | 1.7 |
European Parliament elections
| Year | Region | Party | Votes | % | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | London London (European Parliament constituency) London is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 8 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :The constituency corresponds to Greater London, in the south east of the United Kingdom.... |
BNP | 17,960 | 1.6 | Not elected | Multi member constituencies; party list |
Elections contested by Valerie Tyndall
UK Parliament elections| Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 general election United Kingdom general election, 1979 The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats... |
Brighton Kemptown | NF | 404 | 0.9 |
| 1983 general election United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945... |
Hackney, S & Shoreditch | BNP | 374 | 1.0 |
| 1997 general election United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general... |
Old Bexley and Sidcup | BNP | 415 | 0.8 |
European Parliament elections
| Year | Region | Party | Votes | % | Results | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | London London (European Parliament constituency) London is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 8 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :The constituency corresponds to Greater London, in the south east of the United Kingdom.... |
BNP | 17,960 | 1.6 | Not elected | Multi member constituencies; party list |
External links
- John Tyndall, excerpts from EURO Intl. Conference 2004 -I/II
- John Tyndall, excerpts from EURO Intl. Conference 2004 -Ii/II
- Recent BNP arrests BBC report 14 December 2004
- "BNP men bailed in race case" The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 8 April 2005 - The Guardian Obituary of John Tyndall, 19 July 2005
- The Guardian "A racist, violent neo-nazi to the end: BNP founder Tyndall dies", 20 July 2005
- BNP News "Obituary: JohnTyndall 14/7/1934 – 18/7/2005" 19 July 2005
- Information on Tyndall from the Anti-Nazi League
- "The Creed of a Nationalist"
- "Six Principles of Nationalism"
- "Spearhead"
- Fight Back! 1992 Manifesto of the British National Party
- 1997 Manifesto of the British National Party