Gerard Batten is a Member of the European Parliament for London for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). He was first elected in 2004.

He was a founder member of UKIP in September 1993. He was the first Party Secretary from 1994 to 1997. He has fought local elections, a by-election, a European election, and two general elections as a UKIP candidate. As well as his seat in the European Parliament he is a member of the National Executive Committee.

Before becoming an MEP he had been a salesman for British Telecom.

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• Official website