Patricia Richardson (politician)

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Patricia Richardson
Epping Forest District Councillor
for Loughton Broadway
In office
1 May 2008 – 3 May 2012
Preceded byThomas Richardson
Succeeded byLeon Girling
Epping Forest District Councillor
for Loughton Fairmead
In office
10 June 2004 – 1 May 2008
Preceded byAlbert Farren
Succeeded byDavid Wixley
Personal details
Born1944 or 1945
NationalityBritish
Political partyFor Britain Movement[1]
Other political
affiliations		British National Party
Spouse(s)Thomas Richardson
OccupationRetired office worker

Patricia Feldman Richardson (born 1944 or 1945)[2] is a British politician, most notable as the British National Party's first Jewish candidate, though she does not practise Judaism. In 2004, Richardson said the party was not anti-Semitic. She grew up in Stoke Newington the youngest of three sisters; her father came from Romania while her mother was born in London's East End, of Lithuanian descent.[3]

In the 2004 local elections, she won a seat on Epping Forest District Council, representing the Loughton Fairmead ward with a narrow majority of 13. Her husband, Thomas Richardson, also a BNP candidate, won the nearby ward of Loughton Broadway.[3][4]

In the 2008 local elections, she was elected in the Loughton Broadway ward, covering part of the Debden council estate, with a majority of 123 over Labour. Her old Fairmead seat was lost heavily to the Loughton Residents Association.[5]

From 2009, she was the leader of the BNP group on the local council,[6] but in 2012 local elections lost her seats in both the District and Town Councils.

Under her leadership, the BNP campaigned against Muslim prayer meetings in Loughton, claiming in a leaflet approved by her (the Epping Forest Patriot) that the community hall used would be turned into a mosque. Following allegations of abduction and a firebomb attack on his home, the prayer meeting's organiser accused the BNP. He was subsequently questioned by police on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Richardson said the BNP was not behind the alleged attacks and told The Guardian, "Firebombing is not a British method. A brick through the window is a British method."[7]

She was the BNP candidate for Epping Forest in the 2010 general election.

In the 2019 local elections she stood in Waltham Abbey Honey Lane ward for the For Britain Movement coming second to the Conservative Sam Kane.

Elections contested[]

UK Parliament elections

Date of election Constituency Party Votes % Result
2010 Epping Forest BNP 1,982 4.3 Not elected (4th)[8]

Essex County Council elections

Date of election Constituency Party Votes % Result
2005 Loughton Central BNP 768 9.9 Not elected (4th)
2009 Waltham Abbey BNP 1,072 21.0 Not elected (2nd)
2013 Waltham Abbey BNP 87 2.6 Not elected (6th)

Epping Forest District Council elections

Date of election Constituency Party Votes % Result
2004 Loughton Fairmead BNP 258 26.6 Elected
2008 Loughton Broadway BNP 469 39.7 Elected
2012 Loughton Broadway BNP 94 11.3 Not elected (4th)
2019 Waltham Abbey Honey Lane For Britain 250 23.0 Not elected (2nd)

References[]

  1. ^ "Anti-racism campaigner takes aim at new nationalist party filled with ex-BNP members".
  2. ^ "Why I'm in the BNP". 13 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b Leslie Bunder (11 June 2004). "BNP Jewish win". Something Jewish. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ "2004 election: Ward Results". Epping Forest District Council. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
    - "BNP win three Epping Forest seats". BBC News. 11 June 2004.
  5. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Epping Forest District Council. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  6. ^ BNP: Voice of Freedom no. 70, p5
  7. ^ Vikram Dodd, "Muslim man claims he was kidnapped at knifepoint over prayer sessions", The Guardian, 27 August 2009, p4
    - Viktam Dodd, "Community leader arrested after BNP attack allegations", The Guardian, 4 September 2009. (Online version "Police arrest Muslim community leader who claimed he was abducted by racists", 3 September 2009.)
  8. ^ The Guardian: "How Britain voted" supplement, 8 May 2010

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