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'''Martin Wingfield''' (born 1951) is a long-standing figure involved in the [[British]] national liberation movement.

==Political History==
===National Front===
Disillusioned with the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]],<ref>http://bnp.org.uk/2009/03/martin-wingfield/</ref> Wingfield joined the [[British National Front|National Front]] in 1976 and quickly rose in the party, winning election to the National Directorate in 1980. He became editor of the ''[[National Front News]]'' for a time, from 1983. He was briefly expelled from the party by [[John Tyndall (politician)|John Tyndall]] after attempting to take control of the [[Sussex]] branch of the party from Tyndall's father-in-law [[Charles Parker (UK politician)|Charles Parker]] by publishing a dissident paper the ''[[Sussex Front]]''.<ref>N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p38</ref> 

With [[Ian Anderson]], he was associated with the traditionalist [[Flag Group]] wing in opposition to the [[Political Soldier]] wing and became one of the leading members of this dissident group, editing their paper ''[[The Flag]]''. In his role as editor of NF party organs Wingfield was charged under the jewish created thought-crime "[[Race Relations Act 1976|Race Relations Act]]" in 1985 for saying "unless immigration is stopped, Crawley will end up one day like Brixton with all the problems and crime that that entails." After refusing to pay a fine he was imprisoned by the controlled courts and government.<ref>''Daily Star Sunday'' "They're a gallery of rogues with criminal pasts; BNP the truth" 6 June 2004</ref><ref> [http://eppingforestbnp.blogspot.com/2008/09/are-fascist-councillors-holding-secret.html Epping Forest BNP website, 4 Oct 2008]</ref>

===National Democrats=== 
Wingfield served as a member of the [[National Democrats (UK)|National Democrats]],<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/other/martin_wingfield.stm BNP: Under the skin]</ref> continuing to edit ''The Flag'' for them and acting as the party's press officer.<ref>"New name just a Front for 'National Democrats'", ''The Independent'', 17 July 1997</ref> In the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 General Election]], he stood as the ND candidate for [[Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton North East constituency]] gaining 356 votes (0.9%); his wife, Tina, stood as a ND candidate for the [[Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackburn constituency]] gaining 671 votes (1.41%).

==British National Party==
In 2001, he joined the [[British National Party (1982-present)|British National Party]],<ref>[http://bnp.org.uk/2009/03/martin-wingfield/ Martin Wingfield] bnp.org.uk</ref><ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/other/martin_wingfield.stm BNP: Under the skin]</ref> and currently serves as editor of the party's newspaper ''[[Freedom (UK newspaper)|Freedom]]''. He was second on the list of candidates for the [[North West England (European Parliament constituency)|North-West England]] constituency, behind only party leader [[Nick Griffin]], in both the [[European Parliament election, 2004|2004]] and [[European Parliament election, 2009|2009 European Elections]].<ref>[http://bnp.org.uk/2009/03/martin-wingfield/ Martin Wingfield] bnp.org.uk</ref>

==Elections contested==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date of election !! Constituency !! Party !! Votes !! %
|-
| 9 June 1983 || [[Worthing (UK Parliament constituency)|Worthing]] || [[British National Front|NF]] || 292 || 0.5 
|-
| 15 June 1989 || [[Birmingham East (European Parliament constituency)|Birmingham East]] || [[British National Front|NF]] || 1,471 || 0.8
|-
| 1 May 1997 || [[Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton North East ]] || [[National Democrats (UK)|ND]] || 356 || 0.9
|}

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