Annunziata Rees-Mogg

The Honourable
Annunziata Rees-Mogg
Member of the European Parliament
for East Midlands
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byMargot Parker
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979 (age 45)
Bath, Somerset, England
Political partyConservative (1984–2019;[1] 2020–present)[2]
Other political
affiliations		Independent (2019–2020)[3]
Brexit (2019)
Spouse
Matthew Glanville
​
(m. 2010)​
Children3
Parent(s)William Rees-Mogg
Gillian Morris
RelativesJacob Rees-Mogg (brother)
EducationGodolphin and Latymer School
OccupationPolitician, journalist

Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg (/əˌnʊntsiˈɑːtə/; born 25 March 1979) is a British freelance journalist whose focus is finance, economics, and European politics. She was a Brexit Party, then Conservative politician, during 2019 and into early 2020. Rees-Mogg has been a leader writer for The Daily Telegraph, deputy editor of MoneyWeek, and editor of the European Journal, a Eurosceptic magazine owned by Bill Cash's think tank, the European Foundation.

Formerly active in Conservative Party politics, Rees-Mogg was added to the party's A-List by David Cameron.[4] She stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in the 2005 and 2010 general elections.[5][6] On 12 April 2019, Rees-Mogg was selected as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the East Midlands constituency in the European Parliament elections[7] and won a seat.[8] She resigned the party whip in December 2019 to support the Conservative Party's Brexit strategy.[9] She rejoined the Conservative Party in January 2020.[10]

  1. ^ Halliday, Josh; Walker, Peter (12 April 2019). "Annunziata Rees-Mogg to stand as MEP for Farage's Brexit party". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2020. I joined the Conservative party in 1984 and this is not a decision I have made lightly
  2. ^ "Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister leads ex-Brexit Party MEPs in joining the Tories". BT. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "General election: Three Brexit Party MEPs quit to back Conservatives". Sky News. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference eyre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ UK General Election results May 2005 Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, politicsresources.net.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2010Result-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Nigel Farage launches Brexit Party". BBC News. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Annunziata Rees-Mogg says brother Jacob will be 'devastated' after Tory losses". ITV News. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Three MEPs quit Brexit Party to back PM's EU deal". BBC News. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister leads ex-Brexit Party MEPs in joining the Tories". BT.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.[permanent dead link‍]