Leader Roger Knapman Preceded by John Corrie Preceded by Graham Booth Nationality British | Leader Jeffrey Titford Name Mike Nattrass Preceded by Nigel Farage Role Politician | |
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Born 14 December 1945 (age 78)
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( 1945-12-14 ) | ||
Political party Independence from Europe Organizations founded Independence from Europe Succeeded by David Campbell Bannerman | ||
Mike nattrass on the politics programme part 2
Mike Henry Nattrass FRICS (born 14 December 1945) is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament, representing the West Midlands constituency, from 2004 to 2014. He was elected as a candidate for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) for the first time in June 2004 and re-elected in June 2009, but resigned from the party in September 2013. He lost his seat in the May 2014 election.
Contents
- Mike nattrass on the politics programme part 2
- More legislation from the eu sausage machine mike nattrass mep
- Political career
- References
More legislation from the eu sausage machine mike nattrass mep
Political career
In 1994, Nattrass joined the New Britain Party, whose candidates were absorbed into the Referendum Party in 1997. He gained the highest vote in the West Midlands for the Referendum Party at the 1997 general election. In 1998, he accepted an invitation to join UKIP from its leader Michael Holmes and sat on the UKIP National Executive Committee. In 2000 he became Party Chairman under Leader Jeffrey Titford and from 2002 to 2006 he was Deputy Leader under Roger Knapman.
Nattrass stood in many by-elections and general elections representing UKIP, including the May 2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election and in South Staffordshire at the general election in 2010.
He was elected to the European Parliament in 2004, one of 12 seats won by UKIP, with 16.1% of the vote. Nattrass was re-elected in West Midlands in June 2009.
Nattrass failed a candidate assessment test in August 2013 and was deselected by the party for the 2014 European election. He took the party to court over the decision, but lost. He said he was considering standing as an independent at the next election. He left UKIP in September 2013.
Nattrass was in talks with the English Democrats about the possibility of joining them, and agreed to speak at their September 2013 conference, but he chose not to after the party prematurely claimed he was joining them, citing concerns about elements in the party. In November 2013, Nattrass announced the creation of his new party, called An Independence Party. At the 2014 European election, the party stood as Independence from Europe but failed to win any seats.