The weakened UK Independence Party (UKIP) announced today that former officer Henry Bolton will be its fourth leader in just over a year.
After the unexpected victory, Bolton said that the "key task" of the party is to ensure a quick exit of Great Britain from the EU and that the conservative government of Prime Minister Theresa May has so far failed to meet the expectations of voters regarding Brexit.
London and Brussels are currently negotiating the terms of the split.
"We want the right to self-determination," Bolton said and called for an end to decisions about Britain being made in a foreign capital.
Bolton's first major speech is expected on Saturday at the party conference.
Ann Marie Waters, an openly anti-Islam candidate who split the party, finished second.
She is the leader of Britain's Sharia Watch, a group that sees the spread of Islam as a threat to the country.
Former UKIP leader Nijy Farage, who led the party through the Brexit referendum campaign, warned that the party would be "over" if it adopted an anti-Islamic platform.
UKIP has been in trouble since winning public support for Brexit last year.
In the June parliamentary elections, UKIP won only two percent of the vote and has no MPs, although it is represented in the European Parliament.
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