Jack Buckby

Liberty GB and Anne Marie Waters Buckby joined Liberty GB, a new far-right party, in 2013. By 2016, he was serving as the party's press officer.

In June 2016, he tweeted that the Orlando nightclub shooting was the fault of LGBT people. Following the murder of Jo Cox in 2016 by a far-right activist, Buckby stood as the Liberty GB candidate in the 2016 Batley and Spen by-election to fill Cox's seat, appearing on the ballot as "No to terrorism, yes to Britain". Large parties, including the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats did not stand candidates due to the circumstances of the by-election. He came sixth, with 1.1% of the vote.

In February 2017, Buckby told a student activist on television to "take in a Syrian refugee, I hope you don't get raped". He is thought to have left Liberty GB in June 2017, after which he was media manager for Anne Marie Waters's campaign in the 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election. He told an undercover reporter "I'm basically the campaign manager. But I don't make it too public." Waters came second, with 21.3% of the vote. Following the leadership election, Waters started a new party called the For Britain Movement, which Buckby joined.

Proud Boys

Buckby was a former member of the Proud Boys and has been described as the "head" of the Proud Boys in the UK as well as having edited their magazine. He has since stated: "I have had zero involvement with anybody in the Proud Boys since late 2016" and disputes roles assigned to him in the organization by Gavin McInnes.

Alleged recantation of racist beliefs In an interview with Channel 4 News on 10 July 2020, which also quotes William Baldet of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, Buckby said that he had repudiated his former extremist views and recognised their troubling nature.

Buckby's claim to have fully renounced his racist beliefs has been questioned by Political Research Associates who point out he has continued to make xenophobic (anti-immigrant) and Islamophobic comments post-2020.

Elections contested

UK Parliament elections DateConstituencyPartyVotes%2016Batley and Spen by-electionLiberty GB2201.1

European Parliament elections