Jane Collins

For the EastEnders character, see Jane Beale.

Jane Collins
Collins in 2014
UKIP Spokesperson for Home Affairs
In office
2 December 2016 – 18 October 2017
LeaderPaul Nuttall
Steve Crowther (Acting)
Henry Bolton
Preceded byDiane James
Succeeded byRichard Bingley
Other UKIP offices
UKIP Spokesperson for Justice
In office
16 September 2016 – 6 December 2016
LeaderDiane James
Nigel Farage (Acting)
Preceded byDiane James
Succeeded byPeter Jewell
UKIP Spokesperson for Work and Pensions
In office
24 July 2014 – 2 December 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Diane James
Nigel Farage (Acting)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAndrew Charalambous
Member of the European Parliament
for Yorkshire and the Humber
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019[1][2]
Preceded byEdward McMillan-Scott
Succeeded byJohn Longworth
Personal details
Born (1962-02-17) 17 February 1962 (age 62)
Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyUK Independence Party (until April 2019)
Brexit Party (since April 2019)

Jane Maria Collins (born 17 February 1962) is a British politician and horse show-jumper who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2014 to 2019. She was elected in May 2014 as a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), but defected to the Brexit Party in 2019 in the last months of her membership of the European Parliament.

Collins served as UKIP's spokesperson on Employment law, Home Affairs and most recently on Animal Welfare.[3] On 15 April 2019 she announced that she was leaving the party to join the Brexit Party.[4]

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "UKIP 'can afford' to pay Labour MP's £175,000 damage costs". BBC. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference independent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).