Jill Seymour Explained

Jill Seymour
Birth Date:8 May 1958
Birth Place:Cosford, Shropshire, England
Constituency Mp:West Midlands
Parliament:European
Term Start:1 July 2014
Term End:1 July 2019
Predecessor:Mike Nattrass
Successor:Martin Daubney
Title1:UKIP portfolios
Suboffice1:Transport
Subterm1:2014–2018
Party:UK Independence Party (2002 - 2019)
Brexit Party (April–May 2019)

Jill Seymour (born 8 May 1958) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2014 to 2019. Elected for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2014,[1] in April 2019 she defected to the Brexit Party.[2] Despite her defection, she was not selected as a Brexit Party candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections, and ceased to remain an MEP on 26 May 2019.

Political career

In 2015 she was criticized for renting an office in Shropshire from her husband with taxpayers' money. The Independent reported that there was no suggestion that the arrangement was against European Parliament rules.[3] She stood unsuccessfully for the UK Parliament in 2015, coming third at The Wrekin,[4] but she did not stand in the 2017 election.[5]

Transport spokesperson

After becoming an MEP, Seymour was appointed UKIP's transport spokesperson, serving until 2018 when she expressed unease about the direction the party was taking.As transport spokesperson Seymour was pro-car and anti-High Speed 2. In 2015, she became patron of the Alliance of British Drivers.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ukip rocks political rivals in European elections success . Shropshire Star . Midland News Association . 26 May 2014 . 26 May 2014.
  2. Web site: MEP Jill Seymour defects to Brexit Party. 15 April 2019. 15 April 2019.
  3. News: Ukip MEP Jill Seymour under fire for renting office from her husband with taxpayers cash . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-mep-jill-seymour-under-fire-for-renting-office-from-her-husband-with-taxpayers-cash-10133780.html . 8 June 2022 . subscription . live . Stone. Jon . 26 March 2015. The Independent.
  4. News: Election 2015: The Wrekin. https://web.archive.org/web/20161230170716/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000992 . 30 December 2016. BBC News.
  5. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20170520022526/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000992 . 20 May 2017 . Election 2017: The Wrekin. BBC News.
  6. Web site: Seymour. Jill . Motoring group appoints Jill. jillseymourukip.org. 3 November 2015.