Formation: 1966–1967
The National Front began as a coalition of small far-right groups active on the fringes of British politics during the 1960s. The resolve to unite them … See more

Leadership and branches
During its 1970s, heyday the National Front was headed by its directorate, a body of between seven and 20 party members. With strict control over local and regional organisations, the directorate determined party … See more

The National Front experienced its greatest success between 1972 and 1977. By the late 1970s, the party's support had drastically declined … See more

• Baker, David (1996). Ideology of Obsession: A. K. Chesterton and British Fascism. London and New York: Tauris Academic Studies. See more

Far-right politics, fascism and neo-Nazism
A far-right or extreme-right party, the NF has both commonalities and differences with older far-right groups. Political scientists and historians characterise it as fascist, or neo-fascist, with the historian Martin Durham … See more

There was regional variation in the support that the NF received during the 1970s, reflected both in its vote share and the size and number of its branches. Paralleling the earlier support of the … See more

By the late 1960s, the National Front was "the principal electoral force" on the British far-right, and still dominated that scene at the start of the … See more