UK Independence Party Deputy Leader Paul Nuttall has been appointed to head UKIP’s 22 MEPs in the European Parliament.
He becomes Head of the British Delegation of members of the Europe of
Freedom and Direct Democracy group, of which all UKIP MEPs are members. Mr
Nuttall, MEP for the North West since 2009, replaces his East Midlands colleague
Roger Helmer in the role. He was appointed by his fellow UKIP
MEPs.
The 39-year-old, a previous UKIP chairman, said: “I am delighted to
accept this role and look forward to carrying on Roger’s work. He has done a
great job leading our MEPs in Brussels and Strasbourg and I intend to build on
that to the very best of my ability.
“Last year British voters sent far more UKIP MEPs to the European
Parliament than any other party, sending a clear message that they were fed up
being run by Brussels bureaucrats. It is entirely because of that success, along
with the nearly four million votes UKIP polled at the general election in May,
that British people will finally get a referendum on our membership of the
European Union.
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