Patricia Richardson (politician)

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. Richardson says the party is not anti-Semitic or racist. 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]

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

In 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.[4][5]

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.[6]

From 2009, she was the leader of the BNP group on the local council,[7] but in 2012 local elections lost her seats in both the District and Town Councils.

Under her leadership, the BNP has campaigned against Muslim prayer meetings in Loughton, claiming in a leaflet approved by her (the Epping Forest Patriot) that the community hall used will be turned into a mosque. Following allegations of abduction and firebomb attack on his home, the prayer meeting's organiser accused the BNP. He has subsequently been 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."[8]

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 comming second to the Conservative Sam Kane.

Elections contested

UK Parliament elections

Date of electionConstituencyPartyVotes%Result
2010Epping ForestBNP1,9824.3Not elected (4th)[9]

Essex County Council elections

Date of electionConstituencyPartyVotes%Result
2005Loughton CentralBNP7689.9Not elected (4th)
2009Waltham AbbeyBNP1,07221.0Not elected (2nd)
2013Waltham AbbeyBNP872.6Not elected (6th)

Epping Forest District Council elections

Date of electionConstituencyPartyVotes%Result
2004Loughton FairmeadBNP25826.6Elected
2008Loughton BroadwayBNP46939.7Elected
2012Loughton BroadwayBNP9411.3Not elected (4th)
2019Waltham Abbey Honey LaneFor Britain25023.0Not elected (2nd)
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References
  1. https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/16444852.a-stand-up-to-racism-campaigner-from-loughton-has-criticised-for-britain/
  2. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/why-im-in-the-bnp-6941572.html
  3. Leslie Bunder "BNP Jewish win", Something Jewish, 11 June 2004
  4. Leslie Bunder "BNP Jewish win ", Something Jewish, 11 June 2004
    Epping Forest District Council: 2004 election: Ward Results archived from the original. (Retrieved 9 November 2013)
  5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/3798739.stm
  6. "Epping Forest District Council website". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  7. BNP: Voice of Freedom no. 70, p5
  8. 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.)
  9. The Guardian: "How Britain voted" supplement, 8 May 2010
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