Janice Atkinson

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Janice Ann Atkinson (* 31 August 1962 in London as Janice Small ) is a British politician . She moved into the European Parliament in 2014 for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) .

Life and family

Atkinson grew up as the daughter of a miner and a cleaning lady. While the father was a socialist, the mother was a supporter of the Tories . According to Atkinson, he attended a grammar school , and there is evidence that he attended the Blackheath Bluecoat Church of England School . In her 20s she started working as a freelancer. She was the owner of a small marketing consultancy and worked for clients in various industries.

Their first marriage had two sons. She is now married for the second time. Her husband brought two other children into the marriage.

politics

Atkinson claims to be committed to Margaret Thatcher in her youth .

During the Conservative Party's 2005 election campaign , she was its press spokeswoman in the south-east region. In the constituency of Batley and Spen , she ran in the British general election in 2010 for a seat, but lost to Mike Wood .

Atkinson has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014 . There she is a deputy member of the committee for civil liberties, justice and home affairs . Within her party she was controversial for making a sensational, insulting statement against a voter of Thai descent.

In March 2015, Atkinson was expelled from UKIP after asking a restaurant for a receipt for an amount that was far too high after an Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe event . She joined the Europe of Nations and Freedom Group in June 2015 , where she is Vice-Chair.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d www.janiceatkinson.co.uk ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.janiceatkinson.co.uk
  2. ↑ Simon Cressy: Has Janice Atkinson Been Caught Out? (No longer available online.) Hopenothate.org.uk, May 15, 2014, archived from the original on July 18, 2014 ; accessed on November 28, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hopenothate.org.uk
  3. ↑ a b Profile on Winsfordguardian on the occasion of the 2010 elections ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.winsfordguardian.co.uk
  4. ↑ Mike Wood ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mikewood.org.uk
  5. ↑ UKIP leader Farage sorry for MEP Janice Atkinson's 'offensive' term ( English ) BBC News. August 19, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32028343
personal data
SURNAME Atkinson, Janice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Atkinson, Janice Ann (full name); Small, Janice (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (UK Independence Party), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH London