Difference between revisions of "Douglas Carswell"
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[[File:Douglas Carswell.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Douglas Carswell, former Tory MP, now UKIP's only MP]] | [[File:Douglas Carswell.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Douglas Carswell, former Tory MP, now UKIP's only MP]] | ||
| − | [[Douglas Carswell]] was a [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harwich from 2005 to 2010, and MP for Clacton from 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/douglas-carswell/31685 Douglas Carswell], parliament.uk, accessed 14 | + | [[Douglas Carswell]] was a [[Conservative Party]] MP for Harwich from 2005 to 2010, and MP for Clacton from 2010.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/douglas-carswell/31685 Douglas Carswell], parliament.uk, accessed 14 October 2012</ref> |
| − | In August 2014 | + | In August 2014 Carswell defected to join [[UKIP]] (the [[United Kingdom Independence Party]]).<ref>Nicholas Watt, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/28/douglas-carswell-ukip-defects-tory-mp-byelection Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to UKIP and forces by-election], ''The Guardian'', 28 August 2014, accessed 11 September 2014.</ref> He resigned his seat to force a by-election which he won in October 2014.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29549414 UKIP gains first elected MP with Clacton win], BBC News, 10 October 2014.</ref> Carswell was then re-elected in the May 2015 general election with 44 per cent of the vote - he is UKIP's only MP.<ref> ''BBC News'' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000642 Clacton], accessed 11 May 2015.</ref> |
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| + | Carswell quit UKIP to become an independent MP from March 2017. He did not stand in the 2017 general election. | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:49, 22 March 2018
Douglas Carswell was a Conservative Party MP for Harwich from 2005 to 2010, and MP for Clacton from 2010.[1]
In August 2014 Carswell defected to join UKIP (the United Kingdom Independence Party).[2] He resigned his seat to force a by-election which he won in October 2014.[3] Carswell was then re-elected in the May 2015 general election with 44 per cent of the vote - he is UKIP's only MP.[4]
Carswell quit UKIP to become an independent MP from March 2017. He did not stand in the 2017 general election.
Affiliations
- Henry Jackson Society - political council
Notes
- ↑ Douglas Carswell, parliament.uk, accessed 14 October 2012
- ↑ Nicholas Watt, Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects to UKIP and forces by-election, The Guardian, 28 August 2014, accessed 11 September 2014.
- ↑ UKIP gains first elected MP with Clacton win, BBC News, 10 October 2014.
- ↑ BBC News Clacton, accessed 11 May 2015.
