Mike Nattrass
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Mike Nattrass MEP | |
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Born | 14 December 1945 Leeds, Yorkshire |
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Nationality | British |
Political party | UKIP |
Michael Nattrass (born 14 December 1945 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands region for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). He was elected for the West Midlands to the European Parliament in June 2004.
Nattrass was originally a member of the New Britain Party. When Nattrass stood for that party in the Dudley West by-election of 1994, he attracted a mere 146 votes. He contested Solihull for the Referendum Party gaining the highest vote for the party in the West Midlands in 1997. In the 2004 European Parliament elections, UKIP received 251,366 votes across the West Midlands region when Nattrass headed the list ten years after his first attempt to gain public office.
Nattrass stood in the May 2008 Crewe and Nantwich by-election for UKIP and came fourth with 922 votes (2.2%).