Roger Helmer | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands | |
| In office 1 May 1999 – 28 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Bullock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1944 London, England |
| Political party | Conservative (1993–2012) UKIP (2012–2017) |
| Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge |
Roger Helmer (born 25 January 1944) is a British politician and businessman. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands region from 1999 to 2017. Before becoming an MEP, he was a business executive.
Helmer was elected to the European Parliament in 1999, 2004, and 2009 as a member of the Conservative Party and in 2014 as a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), having defected from the Conservatives to UKIP in March 2012.[1][2] He has described himself as a eurosceptic and is a supporter of the Better Off Out campaign.
- ^ "Candidate Profile: Roger Helmer". MiCandidate.eu. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "Conservative MEP Roger Helmer joins UKIP". BBC. 2 March 2012.