Around this time he was criticized by leading Official National Front member Nick Griffin as being more suited to the extreme right-wing of the Conservative Party.
[3] In his role as editor of NF party organs Wingfield was charged under the 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."
[4][5] Wingfield was a member of the National Democrats (ND),[6] continuing to edit The Flag for them and acting as the party's press officer.
[7] In the 1997 General Election, he stood as the ND candidate for Wolverhampton North East constituency gaining 356 votes (0.9%); his wife, Tina, stood as a ND candidate for the Blackburn constituency gaining 671 votes (1.41%).
[11] In August 2011, after the BNP had a leadership challenge, both Martin and his wife had shown support to Andrew Brons and now face being sacked by the party for 'breaching confidentiality'.