Jonathan Arnott | |
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| Special Political Advisor for the Leader of the UK Independence Party | |
| In office 18 October 2017 – 19 January 2018 | |
| Leader | Henry Bolton |
| Preceded by | Patrick O'Flynn |
| Succeeded by | Tommy Robinson |
| UKIP Spokesperson for Europe | |
| In office 24 July 2014 – 9 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Nigel Farage Diane James Nigel Farage (Acting) Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Gerard Batten (DExEU) |
| General Secretary of the UK Independence Party | |
| In office 8 September 2008 – August 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Kingscott |
| Succeeded by | Roger Bird |
| Member of the European Parliament for North East England | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Martin Callanan |
| Succeeded by | Brian Monteith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1981 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Brexit Party[3] Independent (until 17 April 2019) UK Independence Party (until 19 January 2018) |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Website | www |
| Chess career | |
| Country | England |
| Title | Candidate Master (2011) |
| Peak rating | 2191 (November 2011) |
Jonathan William Arnott (born 12 January 1981) is a British politician and former schoolteacher. After the 2014 European Parliament election, he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North East England region. Originally sitting as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) representative, he resigned from the party on 19 January 2018 to sit as an independent until designating as Brexit Party on 17 April 2019.[4][3]
- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Advanced search | Search | MEPs | European Parliament | United Kingdom".
- ^ "UKIP loses another MEP as Jonathan Arnott quits party". BBC News. BBC. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
Jonathan Arnott, MEP for the North East of England, said he had lost confidence in Mr Bolton but thought no better of those "jockeying" to replace him. UKIP, he added, had "shifted" its stance on religious and cultural issues to a degree he could not support.