Jayda Fransen

Jayda Kaleigh Fransen (born March 1986) is a British politician and activist. Formerly involved with the English Defence League (EDL), she left due to its association with drink-fuelled violence. She then joined the far-right political party Britain First. With Paul Golding as leader, Fransen was deputy leader of the party from 2014 to 2019. She became acting leader for six months from December 2016 to June 2017, while Golding was imprisoned in December 2016. Fransen has been an unsuccessful candidate in several elections since 2014. In addition to online anti-Islamic activism, she has marched while holding a white cross, in what she called "Christian patrols", through predominantly Muslim populated areas of Britain. In March 2018, she was sentenced to 36 weeks' imprisonment after being convicted of three counts of religiously aggravated harassment. She co-founded the Christian Nationalist Party in 2025, and leads the organisation alongside Jim Dowson.