Gerard Batten
MEP



UK Independence Party
London Region

 

 

 

 

 


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Gerard Batten was a founder member of the UK Independence Party in September 1993 and the first party secretary from 1994 to 1997. He fought local elections, a by-election, a European election, and two general elections as a UKIP candidate before being elected as the MEP for London in June 2004. In July 04 he was appointed to the Security & Defence Committee of the European Parliament and as the UKIP spokesman on Security & Defence.

EU Justice
  How much does EU cost Britain?
The terrorist threat facing Britain.

Gerard Batten was born in London and has lived in the East End of London all his life. He worked for British Telecom in a sales capacity for 28 years prior to his election.

He has had articles published in a number of magazines and is a regular contributor to Freedom Today, the magazine of the Freedom Association, with his 'Batten in Brussels' column.