John Tennant (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Cllr
John Tennant
Constituency Mp1:North East England
Term Start1:2 July 2019
Term End1:31 January 2020
Parliament1:European
Predecessor1:Paul Brannen
Successor1:constituency abolished
Office2:Leader of the Independent Union
Term Start2:18 February 2019
Term End2:6 May 2021
Predecessor2:Party established
Office3:Councillor for Hartlepool Borough Council (Jesmond Ward)
Term Start3:5 May 2016[1]
Term End3:6 May 2021
Party:Reform UK (2019–present)
Independent Union (2019–present)
Otherparty:UKIP (2016–2018)
Birth Name:John David Edward Tennant
Birth Date: 25 December 1986 df=y
Birth Place:Newcastle upon Tyne, England[2]

John Tennant (born 25 December 1986) is a British politician, who was a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North East of England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.[3] Tennant is also the former party leader of Independent Union, of which he is a councillor on Hartlepool Borough Council for the Jesmond ward.

In September 2019, all IU councillors, as well as the one Veterans and People's Party councillor, who made up the coalition at Hartlepool Borough Council defected to the Brexit Party, renaming their already existing coalition with the three Conservative councillors to the "Brexit and Conservative Coalition".[4] [5] Despite this, the IU was still registered with the Electoral Commission with Tennant listed as its current leader.[6] Tennant stepped down from the IU leadership in February 2020 and was replaced by Shane Moore.

2019 European Parliament election

In May 2019, it was announced John Tennant was standing as a Brexit Party candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election for North East England.[7] [8] [9] Upon the announcement, Tennant was criticised for comments he made on social media, praising the UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom on the day he was ejected from the European parliament for addressing German colleague, Martin Schulz, the then leader of the German Social Democratic Party,[10] with a Nazi slogan in 2010, and then another involving a joke he made regarding sex acts with a young woman in 2011.[11] A spokesperson for the Brexit Party described his comments, which included discussing sex toys in "vulgar and obscene terms" and suggesting Liverpool FC fans are criminals, as "weak jokes".

Tennant, the former UKIP group leader for Hartlepool Borough Council,[12] [13] is said to have a close relationship with Nigel Farage whilst he was a UKIP councillor, organising his public events in the North East, according to a former UKIP advisor.[14] According to Hartleborough Borough Council's Register of Members' Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, in May 2018 Tennant declared his profession as "office manager" to then MEP, Jonathan Arnott.[15] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hartlepool Borough Council . Hartlepool Borough Council . Local Government Elections - Thursday 5th May 2016 . . 29 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190529034054/https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1967/local_government_election_results_may_2016.pdf . 29 May 2019 . . 1 . en . May 2016.
  2. Web site: 9th parliamentary term | John David Edward TENNANT | MEPs | European Parliament.
  3. Web site: The UK's European elections 2019 . BBC News . 26 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Brexit Party forms pact for Hartlepool control . . 22 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190917180051/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-49686398 . 17 September 2019 . . en . 13 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Bartlett . Nicola . Nigel Farage's Brexit Party have just signed their first pact with the Tories . . . 22 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913230019/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-brexit-party-just-20054356 . 13 September 2019 . . en . 13 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Independent Union - View registration . . 22 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922032328/http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/api/pdf/Registrations/PP7984 . 22 September 2019 . . 1 . en . PDF . 22 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Marko . Nic . Hartlepool councillor standing for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party for North East in European elections . . Northeast Press . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190513160948/https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/politics/hartlepool-councillor-standing-for-nigel-farage-s-brexit-party-for-north-east-in-european-elections-1-9764762 . 13 May 2019 . . en . 13 May 2019.
  8. Web site: Russell . Rachel . 'Democracy comes first!' – The north-eastern battle to get Brexit delivered REVEALED . . . 21 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190520142550/https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1128641/brexit-news-nigel-farage-party-european-elections-labour-conservative . 20 May 2019 . . en . 19 May 2019.
  9. Web site: Russell . Rachel . How Brexit will help rebuild this DEPRIVED coastal town – '200 miles of sea would be OURS' . . . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190520161632/https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1128714/brexit-news-european-elections-brexit-party-nigel-farage-hartlepool-conservatives-labour . 20 May 2019 . . en . 18 May 2019.
  10. Web site: Stevens . Robert . George Galloway tried to become Brexit Party candidate—and failed . . . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190522015332/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/17/gall-m17.html . 22 May 2019 . . en . 17 May 2018.
  11. Web site: Kirchgaessner . Stephanie . Halliday . Josh . Brexit party MEP candidate praised use of Nazi slogan . . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190519031311/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/06/brexit-party-mep-candidate-praised-use-of-nazi-slogan . 19 May 2019 . . en . 6 May 2019.
  12. Web site: Halliday . Josh . Walker . Peter . Ukip 2.0: young, angry, digital and extreme . . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190506215501/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/03/new-ukip-gerard-batten-corbyn-hard-right-momentum . 6 May 2019 . . en . 4 March 2019.
  13. Web site: Payne . Mark . Hartlepool UKIP chief hits out at MPs' Brexit vote . . Northeast Press . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222143750/https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/hartlepool-ukip-chief-hits-out-at-mps-brexit-vote-1-8915896 . 22 December 2017 . . en . 19 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Un hombre de confianza de Farage elogió el eslogan nazi de un colega . . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190522025536/https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/internacional/2019/05/07/hombre-farage-elogio-eslogan-nazi-colega/0003_201905G7P20993.htm . 22 May 2019 . . es . 7 May 2019.
  15. Web site: Hartlepool Borough Council . Hartlepool Borough Council . Register of Members' Disclosable Pecuniary Interests - John David Edward Tennant . . 22 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190522022306/https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/4091/cllr_john_tennant.pdf . dead . 22 May 2019 . . 1 . en . 8 May 2018.

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