It was de-registered by the Electoral Commission in December 2012[6] after failing to return the annual registration form and £25 fee by the due date of 31 October 2012.

[4] The BFP was registered on 18 October 2010 by Paul Weston (party leader), George Whale (nominating officer) and Richard Bateman (treasurer).

[7] The chairman until January 2013 was Paul Weston, a former UK Independence Party candidate in Cities of London and Westminster.

[9] The BFP formed a pact with the English Defence League (EDL), whereby members of the latter could stand as election candidates under the British Freedom Party name, given suitable circumstances.

[20] The party stood Kevin Carroll, the deputy leader of the EDL, in the November 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner election in Bedfordshire.