It was her lowest vote in a Westminster by-election to date
24th June, 2022.
A far-right loyalist activist living in the North of Ireland has come last in the Westminster by-election for Wakefield.
Jayda Fransen, who lives in the North Down constituency, received just 23 votes in Thursday's poll - a 0.08% share of the votes cast. She received even less votes than Jamie Bryson (who also lives in the North Down constituency) he only managed to scrape up 167 votes.
The former deputy leader of far-right group Britain First stood as an independent in the by-election, which saw Labour win back the MP seat it lost to the Conservatives in 2019.
It was her lowest vote in a Westminster by-election to date, having previously stood unsuccessfully in three other snap constituency polls over the years.
Ms Fransen came last out of a total of 15 candidates in the Wakefield by-election.
In 2019, Ms Fransen was found guilty of stirring up hatred towards Muslims over a speech she made at a rally in Belfast and separate comments at a peace wall in the city.
The far-right activist, then aged 33, who gave an address in Donaghadee, (probably next door to Bryson), Co Down, was sentenced to 180 hours of community service.
Ms Fransen was also in the spotlight in 2017 when then US president Donald Trump shared on Twitter a number of her inflammatory tweets which made claims about Muslims.
The Conservative Party suffered a double-defeat on Thursday night after losing two by-elections, with Labour winning Wakefield and the Liberal Democrats overturning a huge Tory majority in Tiverton and Honiton.
With many thanks to: Belfast Live and Brendan Hughes Politicial reporter for the original publication.
Follow these links to find out more on this story: Far-right loyalist living in the North of Ireland Jayda Fransen comes last in Conservative Wakefield-by-election defeat.
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/jayda-fransen-handed-community-service-16223171
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/far-right-activist-living-northern-24310375
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