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{{Short description|British politician (born 1963)}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jonathan Bullock
| office = Member of the [[European Parliament]]<br />for [[East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|East Midlands]]
| honorific-prefix =
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRSA}}
| party = [[Brexit Party|Reform UK]] (since 2019)
| image = Jonathan Bullock MEP (38036863812) (cropped).jpg
| otherparty = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2018–2019)<br />[[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] (2012–2018)<br />[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (before 2012)
| majority =
| predecessor = [[Roger Helmer]]
| successor = ''Constituency abolished''
| term_start = 28 July 2017
| term_end = 31 January 2020
| constituency =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|03|03|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/188733/JONATHAN_BULLOCK_home.html |title=Jonathan Bullock |website=European Parliament |access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Nottingham]], [[Nottinghamshire]], England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = British
| spouse =
| relations =
| children =
| residence =
| education = [[Nottingham High School]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Portsmouth|Portsmouth University]]
| occupation =
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| website =
| caption = Bullock in 2017
}}

'''Jonathan Bullock''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSA}} (born 3 March 1963) is an English politician. He was a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|East Midlands]] constituency until the [[Brexit|United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU]] on 31 January 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gutteridge |first1=Nick |title='Cap Brexit bill at a billion' May urged to reject EU's 'laughable' £90bn divorce demand |url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/837322/Brexit-news-Ukip-MEP-Jonathan-Bullock-May-reject-EU-divorce-bill |access-date=6 August 2017 |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=5 August 2017}}</ref> He was third on the [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] list for that constituency in the [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2014 European election]], and became an MEP on 1 August 2017, succeeding [[Roger Helmer]]. He was re-elected in [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019]] for the [[Brexit Party]].

Bullock was previously a councillor and member of the cabinet on [[Kettering Borough Council]] and a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] parliamentary and European candidate. He resigned from the Conservative Party in September 2012 to join UKIP,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brennan|first1=David|title=Tory Kettering Council cabinet member jumps ship|url=http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/tory-kettering-council-cabinet-member-jumps-ship-1-4270909|access-date=7 August 2017|date=12 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407204117/https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/tory-kettering-council-cabinet-member-jumps-ship-1-4270909|archive-date=7 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> but left in December 2018<ref name=LM>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Dan |title=MEP Jonathan Bullock quits UKIP over party leader's 'increasing support' for EDL founder Tommy Robinson |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/mep-jonathan-bullock-quits-ukip-2308671 |access-date=9 December 2018 |work=[[Leicester Mercury]]}}</ref> and joined the Brexit Party four months later.<ref name="About JB MEP"/>

==Early life and education==
Bullock was born on 3 March 1963 in [[Nottingham]].<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/188733/JONATHAN_BULLOCK/history/9|title=Jonathan Bullock|access-date=7 February 2020|publisher=European Parliament}}</ref> He attended [[Nottingham High School]] before studying at [[University of Portsmouth|Portsmouth]], receiving a BA (Hons) degree in politics. He is a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts]] (FRSA).<ref name="About JB MEP">{{cite web|last1=Parker|first1=Margot|last2=Bullock|first2=Jonathan|author-link1=Margot Parker|title=About Jonathan Bullock MEP|url=http://www.jonathanbullockmep.uk/about-jonathan/|website=www.jonathanbullockmep.uk|publisher=EASIserv|access-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609163419/http://www.jonathanbullockmep.uk/about-jonathan/|archive-date=9 June 2019|location=[[Northampton]]|date=February 2019|df=dmy-all|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early career==
Bullock began his career working in the House of Commons for MPs [[Andy Stewart (politician)|Andrew Stewart]] and Sir [[Richard Ottaway]]. He then went onto work in advertising agencies, becoming an account director responsible for a number of accounts. Subsequently he worked for the [[Advertising Association]] (1994–1997) and for the [[British Road Federation]] (1997–2001), both in similar head of [[public relations]] roles. He was appointed Director of Policy at the [[Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK]] in 2002, working there for five years.<ref name="About JB MEP"/>

==Political career==
For the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], Bullock fought the Parliamentary seats of [[Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Gorton]] ([[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]) and [[Gedling (UK Parliament constituency)|Gedling]] ([[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]) and the [[2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2004 European Parliament election]] in the [[East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|East Midlands]] constituency. He was elected to [[Kettering Borough Council]] in 2007, representing the ward of Queen Eleanor & Buccleuch; in the same year he was appointed to the Cabinet of the Council,<ref name="About JB MEP"/> He was re-elected to Kettering Borough Council in 2011 in the same ward.<ref name="About JB MEP"/>

Bullock moved to UKIP in 2012, citing disillusionment with [[David Cameron]] and the Conservative Party concerning the [[European Union]], as well as the general leftward drift of the Conservative Party. For UKIP he fought the [[Northamptonshire County Council]] seat of Ise in 2013 and 2017, and also the [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2014 European Parliament election]], where he was third on the party list. Following the retirement of Roger Helmer at the end of July 2017, Bullock moved up the list to succeed Helmer as an MEP for East Midlands on 1 August 2017.<ref name="About JB MEP"/>

He resigned from UKIP in December 2018 over a breach of the party's constitution by leader [[Gerard Batten]],<ref name="About JB MEP"/><ref name=LM/> but remained in the [[Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy]] group in the European Parliament.<ref name=LM/>

He joined the [[Brexit Party]] in February 2019 and was re-elected in [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019]].<ref name=EU/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/188733/JONATHAN_BULLOCK/home European Parliament - Jonathan Bullock]
{{Brexit Party}}
{{UKIP}}

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