Catherine Blaiklock

Catherine Blaiklock
Leader of the Brexit Party
In office
20 January 2019 – 20 March 2019
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byNigel Farage
UK Independence Party Economics Spokesperson
In office
September 2018 – November 2018
Personal details
Born
Catherine Anne Blaiklock
NationalityBritish
Political partyEnglish Democrats (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseGyaljen Sherpa (divorced)[1] Christopher Kirkpatrick
Children2[2]
Parent
Residence(s)Lingwood, Norfolk, England[3]
EducationChrist Church, Oxford (MA (Hons) Geography)[4]
OccupationFinancial trader[4]
Hotelier[4]
Known forFounding the Brexit Party[5]
Former UKIP Economic Spokesperson[6]
WebsiteCatherine Blaiklock

Catherine Blaiklock is an English nationalist politician, financial trader and hotelier who was the founder and first leader of the Brexit Party, a political party established in January 2019 to support a no-deal Brexit. She was forced to resign as leader in March 2019 when it was disclosed she had made anti-Islamic and racist statements online.[7] Blaiklock had been the Economics Spokesperson for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which she left in late 2018.[5] Before entering politics in 2016, she worked as a financial currency and derivatives trader.[8] She also founded a Nepali healthcare charity with her ex-husband, an Everest Sherpa.[4]

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