Nick Tenconi - Leader of UKIP | Reform Watch

Profile and accountability tracker for Nick Tenconi, Leader of UKIP. UKIP.

Role: Leader of UKIP

Party: UKIP

Nick Tenconi is a British political activist and former personal trainer who has led the UK Independence Party since February 2025, after serving as interim leader from June 2024. He is also chief operating officer of the right-wing pressure group Turning Point UK. Before entering politics, Tenconi worked in sales and later ran a personal training business. He rose to prominence through Turning Point UK, where he became closely associated with its street campaigning and culture-war activism. Within UKIP he was elected deputy leader in 2024, quickly moving into the leadership after internal upheaval. His tenure has been marked by an emphasis on Christian identity politics and hardline positions on immigration and social issues.

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Recorded incident

Category: hate speech

Location: Southsea, Portsmouth

Nick Tenconi, leader of the UK Independence Party, was seen in a video shared on social media outside the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea, Portsmouth performing a gesture with his right arm that was criticised and compared by observers to a Nazi salute. The clip was captioned "we are sending them home" and was posted amid demonstrations against asylum seeker hotels and houses of multiple occupation. Mr Tenconi has denied that he performed a Nazi salute, saying "I have never done a Nazi salute." Turning Point UK, of which he is COO, said he "did not do a Nazi salute he did a close fisted salute" and described the coverage as a politically motivated smear.