Mike Nattrass
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| Deputy Leader of UKIP | |
| In office 5 October 2002 – 27 September 2006 |
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| Leader | Roger Knapman |
| Preceded by | Graham Booth |
| Succeeded by | David Campbell-Bannerman |
| Chairman of the UK Independence Party | |
| In office 22 January 2000 – 5 October 2002 |
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| Leader | Jeffrey Titford |
| Preceded by | Nigel Farage |
| Succeeded by | David Lott |
| Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands |
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| In office 10 June 2004 – 2 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | John Corrie |
| Succeeded by | Jill Seymour |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1945 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Independence from Europe (2013-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
UK Independence Party (1998-2013) |
Mike Henry Nattrass FRICS (born 14 December 1945) is an English 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.
Biography
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.[1] 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.[2] He took the party to court over the decision, but lost. He said he was considering standing as an independent at the next election.[3] He left UKIP in September 2013.[4][5]
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,[6] citing concerns about elements in the party.[7] In November 2013, Nattrass announced the creation of his new party, called An Independence Party.[8] At the 2014 European election, the party stood as Independence from Europe but failed to win any seats.
References
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| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the UK Independence Party 2000–2002 |
Succeeded by David Lott |
| Preceded by | Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by David Campbell-Bannerman |
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- 1945 births
- Living people
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- Members of the European Parliament for English constituencies
- People from Leeds
- MEPs for the United Kingdom 2004–09
- MEPs for the United Kingdom 2009–14
- UK Independence Party MEPs
