John Tennant (politician)

John Tennant
Member of the European Parliament
for North East England
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byPaul Brannen
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
Leader of the Independent Union
In office
18 February 2019 – 6 May 2021
Preceded byParty established
Councillor for Hartlepool Borough Council (Jesmond Ward)
In office
5 May 2016[1] – 6 May 2021
Personal details
Born
John David Edward Tennant[2]

(1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 37)
Newcastle upon Tyne, England[3]
Political partyReform UK (2019–present)
Independent Union (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		UKIP (2016–2018)
WebsiteCouncil website

John Tennant (born 25 December 1986) is a British politician, who was a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North East of England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.[4] Tennant is also the former party leader of Independent Union, of which he is a councillor on Hartlepool Borough Council for the Jesmond ward.[5]

In September 2019, all IU councillors, as well as the one Veterans and People's Party councillor, who made up the coalition at Hartlepool Borough Council defected to the Brexit Party, renaming their already existing coalition with the three Conservative councillors to the "Brexit and Conservative Coalition".[6][7] Despite this, the IU was still registered with the Electoral Commission with Tennant listed as its current leader.[8] Tennant stepped down from the IU leadership in February 2020 and was replaced by Shane Moore.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Hartlepool Borough Council (May 2016). "Local Government Elections - Thursday 5th May 2016" (PDF). Hartlepool Borough Council. Hartlepool. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HBC2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "9th parliamentary term | John David Edward TENNANT | MEPs | European Parliament".
  4. ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference HM4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Brexit Party forms pact for Hartlepool control". BBC News. Broadcasting House, London. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  7. ^ Bartlett, Nicola (13 September 2019). "Nigel Farage's Brexit Party have just signed their first pact with the Tories". Daily Mirror. One Canada Square, London: Reach plc. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Independent Union - View registration". Electoral Commission. London. 22 September 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.