Jayda Fransen
Jayda Fransen | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Christian Nationalist Party | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Leader of Britain First | |
| Acting December 2016 – June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Golding |
| Succeeded by | Paul Golding |
| Deputy leader of Britain First | |
| In office July 2014 – January 2019 | |
| Leader | Paul Golding |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jayda Kaleigh Fransen March 1986 (age 40) |
| Party | Christian Nationalist Party (2025–present) |
Other political affiliations | British Freedom Party (2020–2025) Britain First (2011–2019) |
Criminal charges | Religiously aggravated harassment |
Criminal penalty | 36 weeks imprisonment |
| Website | jaydafransen.online |
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.