Jonathan Arnott
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Jonathan Arnott MEP |
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| UKIP Constitutional Affairs Spokesperson | |
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Assumed office 2 December 2016 |
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| Leader | Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | position established |
| EU Budget Spokesperson | |
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Assumed office 24 July 2014 |
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| Leader |
Nigel Farage Diane James Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| UKIP General Secretary | |
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In office 8 September 2008 – August 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Geoffrey Kingscott |
| Succeeded by | Roger Bird |
| Member of the European Parliament for North East England |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Callanan |
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12 January 1981 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | UK Independence Party |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Website | www |
Jonathan William Arnott (born 12 January 1981) is a British politician and former teacher at a school in Sheffield. Since the 2014 European Parliament election, he has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the North East England region for the UK Independence Party. On 11 July 2016, he announced his intention to stand for the leadership of UKIP. He withdrew from the contest a month later.
Arnott was born in Sheffield. At the age of 15 he enrolled at the University of Sheffield, graduating with a MMath in mathematics.
Arnott was Head of Mathematics at Handsworth Christian School. He is known for his belief that those in politics should keep doing a real-world job, and therefore he continued to teach on a part-time basis until his election as an MEP. His first major role in UKIP was as the party's General Secretary; he left the position after six years in August 2014.
Arnott joined UKIP in 2001, and stood in the 2004 and 2009 European elections, being UKIP's No.2 list candidate in the Yorkshire and the Humber region on both occasions. Until 2008 he was the part-time local elections co-ordinator for UKIP, working with 300 candidates to increase the number of UKIP councillors. At the 2008 UKIP conference, Arnott was unveiled as the new General Secretary for the party. Arnott resigned as General Secretary of UKIP after six years in the position in August 2014.
In July 2016, Arnott launched his bid to become leader of UKIP following the resignation of Nigel Farage. He gained the support of Yorkshire and the Humber MEP's Jane Collins and Mike Hookem. Arnott, said he wanted to appeal to the millions of voters who did not support UKIP in last year's general election, but backed Brexit in the EU referendum. He withdrew from the contest in August, acknowledging he couldn't win and saying he refused to be controversial just to grab headlines.
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