Robin Hunter-Clarke
| Robin Hunter-Clarke | |
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| Chief of Staff to the UK Independence Party in National Assembly for Wales | |
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Assumed office May 2016 |
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| Leader | Neil Hamilton AM |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Lincolnshire County Councillor for Skegness South | |
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In office May 2013 – May 2017 |
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| National UKIP Coordinator for Vote Leave | |
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In office January 2016 – June 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of National Executive Committee for UK Independence Party | |
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In office March 2014 – October 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 October 1992 Boston, Lincolnshire,UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | UKIP (2012–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Chester |
| Website | http://www.robinhunterclarke.com/ |
Robin James Hunter-Clarke (born 10 October 1992) is a British eurosceptic politician, former county councillor and chief of staff to the UKIP Group in the National Assembly for Wales. Hunter-Clarke was UKIP's candidate in the party's target seat of Boston and Skegness at the 2015 general election, but lost. After his defeat he played a key role in the EU referendum campaign, becoming the national UKIP co-ordinator for Vote Leave Ltd, the official leave campaign.. He was nominated for the Welsh seat of Pontypridd, but again lost.
Hunter-Clarke was born in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was brought up in the nearby seaside town of Skegness. At the age of 17, in 2009, he joined the Conservative Party. He went on to become the youngest elected Skegness town councillor at the age of 18.
Hunter-Clarke attended Skegness Grammar School, before receiving an LLB degree from the University of Chester in 2014.
In the May 2011 local elections, Hunter-Clarke was elected as a Skegness town councillor as a Conservative. He defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party in September 2012 at the party's national conference in Birmingham, making him the only UKIP member of Skegness town council. In the May 2013 local elections, he was the UKIP candidate for the Skegness South Seat ward for Lincolnshire County Council. He took the seat, beating the incumbent Conservative councillor, while his father Dean Hunter-Clarke won the Skegness North Seat for UKIP.
Hunter-Clarke won the seat whilst reading Law at the University of Chester which caused some controversy at the time. Hunter-Clarke insisted he would be able to combine his studies with being a County Councillor in Lincolnshire.
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