Name Peter Whittle | Role British politician | |
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Peter Robin Whittle AM (born 6 January 1961) is a British politician. Since November 2016 he has been the Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party. He is currently running in the 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election.
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Whittle has served as an Assembly Member (AM) in the London Assembly since the Assembly election in May 2016, and was also UKIP's candidate, at the same hustings, for the 2016 London mayoral election.
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Career
Whittle was born in Peckham, South London, and studied at Roan Boys' School, Orpington College and the University of Kent (BA History and Politics). He worked in journalism, living for five years in Los Angeles, before founding the New Culture Forum think-tank in 2006.
He became UKIP's cultural spokesperson in 2013 and stood for Eltham at the 2015 general election, coming third with 15% of the vote, beating both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party.
In September 2015, Whittle was selected as the UKIP candidate for Mayor of London, as well as topping the party list for election to the Greater London Assembly. Openly gay, Whittle was the only LGBT candidate currently selected by any of the parties for the 2016 Mayoral election.
On 12 October 2016, Whittle announced his intention to stand for UKIP leader following the resignation of Diane James after just 18 days; however, on reflection, he decided to stand for the position of deputy leader instead and was duly successful in this candidature. On 28 November 2016, it was announced that Whittle was the new Deputy Leader of UKIP, replacing Paul Nuttall, the new Party Leader.