Jonathan Arnott
Jonathan Arnott | |
|---|---|
| Special Political Advisor for the Leader of the UK Independence Party | |
| In office 18 October 2017 – 19 January 2018 | |
| Leader | Henry Bolton |
| Preceded by | Patrick O'Flynn |
| Succeeded by | Tommy Robinson |
| UKIP Spokesperson for Europe | |
| In office 24 July 2014 – 9 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Nigel Farage Diane James Nigel Farage (Acting) Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Gerard Batten (DExEU) |
| General Secretary of the UK Independence Party | |
| In office 8 September 2008 – August 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Kingscott |
| Succeeded by | Roger Bird |
| Member of the European Parliament for North East England | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Callanan |
| Succeeded by | Brian Monteith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1981 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Brexit Party Independent (until 17 April 2019) UK Independence Party (until 19 January 2018) |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Website | www |
| Chess career | |
| Country | England |
| Title | Candidate Master (2011) |
| Peak rating | 2191 (November 2011) |
Jonathan William Arnott (born 12 January 1981) is a British politician and former schoolteacher. After the 2014 European Parliament election, he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North East England region. Originally sitting as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) representative, he resigned from the party on 19 January 2018 to sit as an independent until designating as Brexit Party on 17 April 2019.