Nicole Sinclaire
Nicole Sinclaire (born 26 July 1968, London) is an MEP for West Midlands. She originally represented the United Kingdom Independence Party from June 2009 until January 2010,[1] when she was expelled by UKIP. [2] In September 2012 she set up the We Demand a Referendum party.
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Affiliations
Parliamentary Affiliations
- Member:
- EMPL Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- PETI Committee on Petitions
- DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights
- D-CL Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
- DLAT Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
- Substitute:
- FEMM Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality[3]
Record and controversies
Discrimination case
Nicole Sinclaire had the whip removed by UKIP leader Nigel Farage in January 2010 after she refused to sit with members of the far-right Italian party Lega Nord, claiming some of its members were homophobic. Ms Sinclaire said it was 'ridiculous' she had been asked to join the Europe of Freedom and Democracy bloc, which includes Lega Nord: "You would not expect a black MEP to sit next to a Ku Klux Klan member so why would you expect me to sit next to someone who wanted me dead?"[4][5]
Ms Sinclaire filed a discrimination suit against UKIP, claiming that Godfrey Bloom MEP called her 'a queer' as she passed him in the hallway of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The judgement, on which UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Godfrey Bloom MEP were both listed as respondents, found that: 'The claim of sexual orientation discrimination is well founded'.[4]
Godfrey Bloom, who denied making the comment and said he was unaware of any investigation, had been ejected from the European Parliament in November 2010 after directing a Nazi slogan at a German colleague.[6]
Declaration of financial interests
(A) Occupation(s) during the three-year period before taking up office with the Parliament, and membership during that period of any boards or committees of companies, non-governmental organisations, associations or other bodies established in law:
- political advisor to Mike Nattrass MEP (income category 2)[7]
Record of Parliamentary Votes
Personal information
Curriculum Vitae
Contact
- Address:
- Parlement européen
- Bât. Altiero Spinelli
- 04F254
- 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
- B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
- Phone:
- +32 (0)2 28 45756
- Fax
- +32 (0)2 28 49756
- Email:
- nikki.sinclaire AT europarl.europa.eu
- Website:
- http://www.yourmep.org/
Resources
- BBC, "Rebel Euro MP Nikki Sinclaire expelled by UKIP," BBC News, 04 March 2010.
- Daily Mail, "Lesbian UKIP MEP told to sit next to 'far right member who wanted me dead' wins discrimination case," Mail Online 24 December 2010, accessed 25 November 2012.
- European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Nicole Sinclaire, 16 June 2009, accessed 05 November 2009.
- European Parliament, MEP Directory: Nicole Sinclaire, accessed 05 November 2009.
- European Parliament, MEP Directory: Nicole Sinclaire, accessed 05 December 2010.
Notes
- ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: Nicole Sinclaire, accessed 05 December 2010.
- ↑ BBC, "Rebel Euro MP Nikki Sinclaire expelled by UKIP," BBC News, 04 March 2010.
- ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: Nicole Sinclaire, accessed 16 October 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mail Online, "Lesbian UKIP MEP told to sit next to 'far right member who wanted me dead' wins discrimination case," Daily Mail 24.12.2010, accessed 28.11.2012.
- ↑ Birmingham Post, "West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire wins discrimination claim against UKIP," 22.12.2010, accessed 28.11.2012.
- ↑ BBC News, "UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom ejected over Nazi jibe," BBC 24.11.2010, accessed 28.11.2012.
- ↑ European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Nicole Sinclaire, 28 February 2009, accessed 25 November 2012.
