Anne Marie Waters

Not to be confused with Anne-Marie Walters.

Anne Marie Waters
Waters in 2016
Leader of For Britain
In office
October 2017 – July 2022
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Anne Marie Dorothy Waters[1]

(1977-08-24) 24 August 1977 (age 47)[2]
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyUKIP (2014–2017; 2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		Labour Party (2010–2014)
For Britain (2017–2022)
Alma materNottingham Trent University

Anne Marie Dorothy Waters (born 24 August 1977) is a far-right[3] politician and activist in the United Kingdom. She founded and led the anti-Islam party For Britain until its dissolution in 2022.[4][5][6] She is also the director of Sharia Watch UK, an organisation launched in April 2014.[7] In January 2016, Waters launched Pegida UK in conjunction with activist Tommy Robinson and far-right politician Paul Weston.[8]

Having unsuccessfully attempted to become a Labour Party parliamentary candidate, Waters joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and stood in its 2017 leadership election. She came second to Henry Bolton.[9] She subsequently left UKIP to form her own party, For Britain, in October 2017. Following the dissolution of For Britain in 2022, Waters rejoined UKIP in 2023.

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  8. ^ Douglas Murray. "Cologne exposes a crisis in our continent, yet parliament is debating Donald Trump". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  9. ^ Walker, Peter (29 September 2017). "Henry Bolton elected new leader of Ukip". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.