2024 People's Patriotic Vanguard Leadership Contest

After the release of Paul Gould and Hugh Lord from Belmarsh prison in 2023, many People's patriotic Vanguard members were extremely angry and without the party leadership managing the party. Many members began taking extreme actions such as violence and rioting. With much media scrutiny and stagnating poll numbers at the time, Paul Gould vowed to clean up the party by naming the members who caused the trouble and expelling them from the party. He also openly apologised to left wing groups and others who had been defamed. Many saw this as a betrayal.

As a result Lucas Fitzgerald, Chairman of People's Patriotic Vanguard for Manchester vowed to tear the party up if Paul did not step down. To compromise Paul Gould stepped to force a leadership contest but was allowed to run again which he immediately did.Only Paul Gould and Lucas Fitzgerald put their names forward, some members wanted Hugh Lord to take over as a younger more liberal. Not the extremist Fitzgerald or Gould who was leading the party poorly. In the end both Hugh Lord and Johnny Watson would both Gould to remain as leader.

 2024 People's Patriotic Vanguard Leadership Election Results  Lucas Fitzgerald becomes Party Leader (Turnout 59,312 out of 70,668 Members / 83.93%)
 * Lucas Fitzgerald - 26,302 / 44.35%
 * Paul Gould - 23,979 / 40.43%
 * Spoiled Ballots - 9,031 / 15.23% (Hugh Lord - 7,712 / 13.00%) (Johnny Watson - 854 / 1.44%)

Lucas Fitzgerald becomes party leader in a close fought result. More interestingly was the large number of spoiled ballots cast for Hugh Lord even though he had no intention to become party leader. As many members struggled to pick between these two controversial figures. Lucas Fitzgerald announced Hugh Lord would remain as deputy leader and Johnny Watson to remain economic spokesman. Despite both supporting Gould in the leadership contest he needed to heal the wounds between the moderates and extremists in the party.