Ray Finch
Ray Finch | |
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| Leader of the UK Independence Party in the EFDD[1] | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2017 Serving with Nigel Farage | |
| Leader | Paul Nuttall Steve Crowther (Acting) Henry Bolton Gerard Batten |
| Preceded by | Paul Nuttall |
| UKIP Spokesperson for Housing & Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2016 | |
| Leader | Nigel Farage (Acting) Paul Nuttall Steve Crowther (Acting) Henry Bolton Gerard Batten |
| Preceded by | Andrew Charalambous |
| UKIP Spokesperson for Fisheries | |
| In office 24 July 2014 – 29 November 2016 | |
| Leader | Nigel Farage Diane James Nigel Farage (Acting) Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Mike Hookem |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | James Elles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 June 1963 Liverpool |
| Political party | UK Independence Party |
Raymond Finch (born 2 June 1963) is a UK Independence Party politician who has been Member of the European Parliament for South East England since the 2014 European Parliament election. He was the fourth candidate on the UKIP party list.
He was 10th on the list in the 2009 European Parliament election.
Finch was the leader of the UKIP group on Hampshire County Council, standing down on election to the European Parliament.[2] He resigned as a councillor in January 2017 following his appointment as head of the UK Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy delegation in the European Parliament.[3]
References
- ^ "Ray Finch becomes Leader of the UKIP MEP delegation". UKIP. 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Vote2014 - South East". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Carr, Michael (12 January 2017). "'I am unable to continue': Hampshire UKIP councillor Ray Finch quits". Daily Echo. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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