Paul Nuttall

Paul Nuttall
Nuttall in 2014
Leader of the UK Independence Party
In office
28 November 2016 – 9 June 2017
DeputyPeter Whittle
Preceded byDiane James
Succeeded byHenry Bolton
Leader of the UK Independence Party in the European Parliament
In office
November 2015 – 3 January 2017
Preceded byRoger Helmer
Succeeded byRay Finch
UKIP Spokesperson for Education, Life Skills and Training
In office
24 July 2014 – 17 September 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDavid Kurten
Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party
In office
8 November 2010 – 16 September 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byDavid Campbell Bannerman & The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
Succeeded byPeter Whittle
Chair of the UK Independence Party
In office
8 September 2008 – 8 November 2010
LeaderNigel Farage
The Lord Pearson of Rannoch
Jeffrey Titford (Acting)
Preceded byJohn Whittaker
Succeeded bySteve Crowther
Member of the European Parliament
for North West England
In office
14 July 2009 – 1 July 2019[1][2]
Preceded byJohn Whittaker
Succeeded byClaire Fox
Personal details
Born
Paul Andrew Nuttall

(1976-11-30) 30 November 1976 (age 47)
Bootle, England
Political partyBrexit Party (2019–)
Other political
affiliations		None/Independent (2018)
UK Independence Party (2004–2018)
Conservative (Before 2004)
Alma materNorth Lincolnshire College
Edge Hill University
Liverpool Hope University
University of Central Lancashire
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Paul Andrew Nuttall (born 30 November 1976) is a British politician who served as Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2016 to 2017. He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate, and served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England between 2009 and 2019, sitting in the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group. He left UKIP in December 2018, criticising the party's association with far-right activist Tommy Robinson,[3] and joined the Brexit Party in 2019.

Nuttall was a Conservative Party candidate in a council election in Sefton before joining UKIP in 2004. He became deputy leader of UKIP, deputising for Nigel Farage, in November 2010 and the party's spokesperson for education, life skills and training in July 2014. He was elected party leader in the November 2016 leadership election. Nuttall stood unsuccessfully for UKIP six times in parliamentary elections between 2005 and 2017, of which his best result was finishing second in the 2017 Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election. He resigned as party leader after coming third in Boston and Skegness in the 2017 general election, with his party losing most of its electoral support.

A prominent Eurosceptic, Nuttall has also called for the establishment of an English parliament.[4] He favours a ban on wearing burqas in public places,[5][6] has shown support for the reintroduction of the death penalty,[7][8] and opposed Labour's 2015 plans to include LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education in schools.[9]

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News Online. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Ex-UKIP leader Paul Nuttall quits party over Tommy Robinson role". Sky News.
  4. ^ West, Ed (18 October 2011). "Would an English Parliament save the Union?". Blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  5. ^ Elgot, Jessica (23 April 2017). "Ukip to campaign to ban burqa and sharia courts, says Paul Nuttall". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Radio 4 Programmes – Any Questions?, 12/02/2010". BBC. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Euro man favours death penalty (from The Bolton News)". Theboltonnews.co.uk. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  8. ^ Walker, Peter (28 November 2016). "Paul Nuttall: pragmatist who aims to move Ukip beyond Brexit". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Duffy, Nick (6 February 2015). "UKIP Deputy Leader: Labour's plans to tackle homophobia are 'a disgrace'". PinkNews.