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Paul Nuttall
MEP
Nuttall on 5 April 2014
Leader of the UK Independence Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 November 2016
DeputyPeter Whittle
Preceded byNigel Farage
Leader of the UK Independence Party in the European Parliament
In office
November 2015 – 3 January 2017
Preceded byRoger Helmer
Succeeded byRay Finch
UKIP Spokesperson for Education, Life Skills and Training
In office
24 July 2014 – 17 September 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDavid Kurten
Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party
In office
8 November 2010 – 16 September 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Preceded byDavid Campbell Bannerman
Succeeded byPeter Whittle
Chair of the UK Independence Party
In office
8 September 2008 – 8 November 2010
LeaderNigel Farage
The Lord Pearson of Rannoch
Jeffrey Titford (Acting)
Preceded byJohn Whittaker
Succeeded bySteve Crowther
Member of the European Parliament
for North West England
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 July 2009
Preceded byJohn Whittaker
Personal details
Born
Paul Andrew Nuttall

(1976-11-30) 30 November 1976 (age 47)
Bootle, Merseyside, England
Political partyUKIP (2004–present)
Conservative (Before 2004)
Alma materNorth Lincolnshire College
Edge Hill University
Liverpool Hope University
University of Central Lancashire
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Paul Andrew Nuttall (born 30 November 1976) is a British politician who is the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and MEP for North West England.

Nuttall was a Conservative Party candidate in a council election in Sefton before joining UKIP in 2004. Nuttall became deputy leader of UKIP in November 2010 and the party's spokesperson for education, life skills and training in July 2014. He was elected party leader in the 2016 leadership election.

A prominent eurosceptic, Nuttall has called for the establishment of an English parliament.[1] He favours a ban on wearing burqas in public places,[2][3] has shown support for the reintroduction of the death penalty,[4][5] and opposed Labour's 2015 plans to include LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education in schools.[6] He is an outspoken global warming sceptic.[7]

Nuttall stood unsuccessfully as a UKIP candidate for the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, 2017.

Early life

Born in Bootle in Merseyside, Nuttall was educated at Savio High School, a Roman Catholic school. He was raised Catholic and is currently practising.[8] He completed his A-Levels at Hugh Baird College in Bootle.[9]

Involvement in football

As a footballer, he was a member of Tranmere Rovers' youth squad in the early 1990s,[10][11] although he has backtracked on claims made in one of his own press releases and UKIP campaign material that he had played professionally for the team.[12] He completed a Higher National Diploma in sports science at North Lincolnshire College,

Historical studies

He studied history at Edge Hill College (now Edge Hill University), graduating with a BA, and at Liverpool Hope University where he specialised in Edwardian politics and graduated with an MA.[7] During his time at Edge Hill, he submitted a paper about the Holocaust in which he said there was an argument that "the Jewish people had brought it on themselves," citing Holocaust denier David Irving.[13] His lecturer David Renton said that when questioned about this, Nuttall "said that he was not responsible for the citations: his girlfriend had found them on the internet."[13]

In 2004, Nuttall started working towards a PhD into the 'History of Conservatism in Liverpool', but did not complete it.[14]

Teaching career

He received a Certificate in Education from the University of Central Lancashire. He spent "some time" in Spain,[15][16] and lectured at Liverpool Hope University between 2004 and 2006.[7]

Political career

Early political career, 2002–2009

Before joining UKIP, Nuttall was a member of the Conservative Party. In the 2002 local government elections, he stood as a Conservative candidate in Derby Ward on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, where he came second, winning 11.4% of the vote.[17][7]

In 2004, he left the Conservatives and joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He founded its South Sefton branch in 2005 in order to contest elections in north Merseyside.[3] He was UKIP's candidate for Bootle in the 2005 general election, where he won 4.1% of the vote.[18] At the 2008 local elections, Nuttall again stood as a candidate for Derby Ward on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, but this time as a UKIP candidate. He won 38% of the vote, behind the Labour candidate.[19]

In 2008, Nuttall also became the founding secretary of Young Independence, the youth wing of UKIP for under 35-year-olds. He held this position until UKIP's spring conference in 2009 when Young Independence held its first internal elections. Nuttall was appointed as chairman of UKIP in September 2008.[20] At the time, he was also employed as a political adviser to the Independence/Democracy group in the European Parliament.[21]

First term in the European Parliament, 2009–2014

In the 2009 European Parliament election, Nuttall was selected to head the UKIP list for the North West England constituency. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, he said "The Euro-election next June will give people the chance to express their views about the European Union. It is really the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty that they have been denied. A vote for any other party is a vote for the EU. If people do not like having 80% of our legislation emanating from unelected bureaucrats in Brussels the only party to vote for is UKIP."[21] He was subsequently elected.[22]

Nuttall became a member of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group in the European Parliament, as well as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and a substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT). His first speech in plenary was on 7 October 2009, on the "underhand and undemocratic way in which the incandescent light bulb has been banned across the European Union."[23]

Nuttall opened an office for his European Parliament work in Bootle in March 2010.[24] Nuttall again contested Bootle at the 2010 general election, coming fourth with 6.1% of the vote.[25] In July 2010, it was found that, on average, British MEPs had the worst European Parliament attendance records, and that Nuttall, alongside David Campbell Bannerman and Godfrey Bloom, had the worst attendance records of British MEPs, with an average of below 63%.[26] On 8 November 2010, Nuttall was confirmed by UKIP's NEC as Nigel Farage's choice for deputy leader. At the same time, he stepped down as chairman. He said, "This is a great honour which I was happy to accept, particularly at such a very exciting time for UKIP."[27]

Following the general election, a High Court ruling found the result in Oldham East and Saddleworth null and void after Labour's Phil Woolas was found to have made false statements in campaign literature.[28] Nuttall was selected as UKIP's candidate in the 2011 by-election held in the constituency to replace Woolas. Speaking to local media, he said that the by-election was "built on a pyramid of lies": "Whether it’s Labour lying on their own election literature which has caused this sorry scenario, or whether it’s the Liberal Democrats lying over tuition fees and reneging on their manifesto pledges, or whether it’s the Tories lying over our relationship with the EU, or immigration, or crime."[29] Nuttall came fourth in the election, winning 5.8% of the vote.[30]

During the debate over a possible electoral pact between the Conservatives and UKIP, in September 2012 Nuttall said "You never say never in politics" when asked about the possibility of them working together.[31] However, in November 2012, Nuttall said there would be "no deals with the Tories while David Cameron is leader", blaming Cameron's previous claims about the party, including that it was one of "closet racists".[32]

In February 2013, Nuttall visited Bulgaria at the invitation of independent MEP Slavcho Binev. He visited the largest Romani quarter of Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, and later commented that such slums should not exist in Europe and that minorities should be integrated. He took part in a joint press conference with Binev, during which nationalist politician Volen Siderov interrupted proceedings to accuse UKIP of racism. This led to "an angry and rude exchange of words between him and Binev."[33]

Nuttall predicted that the UK "will probably be out of the EU by 2020" in April 2013.[34] His speech to UKIP's 2013 conference was praised by some, including Isabel Hardman of The Spectator, who wrote: "Nuttall’s speech was more impressive and powerful that the slightly sweaty offering his boss gave a few minutes after him. The question is whether this northern MEP can become a brand in his own right in the way that Farage has managed to."[35]

Second term in the European Parliament, 2014–present

In 2014, Nuttall was returned to the European Parliament at the European election and is currently one of two UKIP MEPs representing the constituency of North West England. In 2015, he once again contested Bootle, and came second behind Labour, with a 10.9% vote share.[36]

He announced in July 2016 that he would not stand in the September 2016 UKIP leadership election following the resignation of Nigel Farage and that he would step down as deputy leader of the party.[37][38] In October 2016, Nuttall announced that he would run in the second UKIP leadership election of 2016, triggered when Diane James, leader for 18 days after the first 2016 leadership election, announced she was to stand down.[39][40]

On 28 November 2016, following the second 2016 leadership election, he became leader of UKIP with 62.2% of the vote.[41]

Nuttall stood as a UKIP candidate for the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, 2017. His campaign was compromised by his various questionable claims: that he was present and "lost close personal friends" at the Hillsborough disaster, that he had a PhD, had been on the board of directors at a vocational training charity, and had been a footballer for Tranmere Rovers, all of which emerged to be untrue.[13] He has been investigated for possibly fraudulent claims that he was living in a house in Stoke-on-Trent, which was discovered to be empty and still advertised to rent, when he filed his nomination papers.[42] Gareth Snell of Labour won the by-election with 7,853 votes to Nuttall's 5,233, Nuttall finishing second with 24.7% of the vote.[43]

Paul Nuttall has announced he will stand in the 2017 General Election, in the constituency of Boston and Skegness.[44]

Political views

Nuttall speaking in 2009

In March 2015 Nuttall stated that "Twelve per cent of Catholics have already indicated that they are going to vote, or have already voted, UKIP. On moral issues, we, more than any other political party, are more in line with Catholic thought. Whether it's on gender-choice, abortion or same-sex marriage, we are absolutely 100 per cent behind the Catholic Church."[8]

During his leadership bid in 2016, Nuttall pitched himself as the unity candidate and has made Suzanne Evans co-deputy chairwoman of the party and Patrick O'Flynn as his principal political advisers, both of whom have been seen as political foes of former UKIP leader Nigel Farage.[45] Nuttall has vowed to "replace the Labour Party in the next five years and become the patriotic party of the working people".[46]

Nuttall has called for the establishment of an English parliament[1] and presented UKIP's new devolution policy at its annual conference at Eastbourne in September 2011.[47]

Influenced by his background, Nuttall has stated that there is an urgent need for a challenge in England's politics in the early 21st century to the dominance of what he has described as "Cultural Marxism", which he accuses of "having changed the way we speak, and the way we think", adding: "They've made the downright nonsensical acceptable, and common sense unacceptable or politically 'incorrect'."[7]

Abortion

Nuttall suggested in October 2016 that the current time limit on abortion be cut down from 24 weeks to 12 weeks.[48] He is a member of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children,[49] United Kingdom's largest pro-life organisation founded in January 1967.

Burqa ban

Nuttall favours a ban on wearing burqas in public places, citing the use of video surveillance and security as the primary reason for this stance,[50] as well as being opposed to the establishment of Sharia courts to operate alongside the UK court system.[51] He has also accused the EU's migration laws as allowing for the "free movement of jihad".[7]

Capital punishment

Nutall has supported the reintroduction of capital punishment for child murderers, serial killers, and those who kill police officers. He has signed an e-petition to this effect. However, he has also stressed that it is UKIP's policy to put controversial policies such as capital punishment to a referendum before undertaking them.[52]

Climate change

A climate change denier, Nuttall has argued for Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth to be banned from schools, calling it "a blatant piece of propaganda".[7]

LGBT rights

Nuttall has opposed Labour's plans to include LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education in schools in 2015, stating that "Rather than helping tackle problems of domestic violence and rape in future years, as given as another woolly reason for introduction, it is going to confuse and worry these little children".[6] Upon becoming UKIP leader, Nuttall faced criticism from Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn over a lack of diversity in his appointments of all-white men to prominent positions within UKIP. Nuttall accused Coburn of "splitting hairs" as "I've literally appointed three people. If you want diversity, Peter Whittle, my deputy, is an open homosexual."[53]

Torture

Following comments by Donald Trump concerning the effectiveness of torture, Nuttall has said techniques such as waterboarding could be justified. Paraphrasing Trump, Nuttall said: "I think sometimes you have to fight fire with fire."[54]

UKIP peerages

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Nuttall has said that it was "obscene and unfair" that no UKIP politician had been appointed to the House of Lords by the government. He has promised to hold inter-party talks with Theresa May on the issue, saying that, if peerages were given in proportion to vote count in the 2015 general election, UKIP should have 26 lords.[55]

United States presidential election, 2016

Before the 2016 United States presidential election, Nuttall stated repeatedly that if he were an American citizen: "I would hold my nose and vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate".[56]

Since the election, he has stated that "Neither the Brexit vote nor the Trump victory was down to emotion rather than truth. They were down to the people realising the truth that the establishment was not acting in their best interests."[7] Nuttall later garnered ridicule after describing Trump as "an anglophobe" before adding that Trump "loves" the United Kingdom.[57] Phillip Blond argued that mocking Nuttall's language in this manner was an example of "laughing at working-class misuse of language", adding that "correcting people's speech is redolent with class [and] division"; however, others such as Oliver Kamm have disagreed with this characterisation of Nuttall's remarks.[58]

Views on the NHS

Nuttall has called for privatisation of the NHS, posting on his website in June 2014 that "the very existence of the NHS stifles competition", and stating his belief that "as long as the NHS is the ‘sacred cow’ of British politics, the longer the British people will suffer with a second-rate health service". This was later taken down from his website.[59][60]

Upon becoming party leader, Nuttall told Andrew Marr on the Sunday Politics that "Maybe at some point, in years to come within this century we'll have to have this debate [over NHS privatisation,] but it won't be under my leadership in UKIP".[59][61] Following his 2016 UKIP leadership win, he has said that his party will be “committed to keeping the NHS in public hands and free at the point of delivery”.[62]

Vladimir Putin and the Syrian civil war

On foreign policy, Nuttall said that he was "not a fan" of Putin's "reprehensible" persecution of Russian journalists.[41] Nuttall has also said Britain "got it wrong" in "helping the so-called rebels" in the Syrian civil war. Asked about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's barrel bombing of Syrian civilians, Nuttall said: "I wouldn't say we are some paragon of virtue when it comes to backing dictators" and that the Assad regime, which Russia is supporting militarily, is not "a threat to the globe in the way that Islamic terrorism is".[41]

Controversies

Nicola Sturgeon comments

Paul Nuttall drew criticism[63] for a tweet he made in the context of the Scottish National Party wishing to vote on foxhunting legislation which affected only England and Wales. Referring to the death of Emily Davison, Nuttall said that, "Tuesday is Emmeline Pankhurst Day, and whilst I am not going to throw myself in front of a horse to make my point about British democracy on this occasion ... perhaps we should throw [Nicola] Sturgeon in front of a hunt horse as part of the commemorations."[64] An SNP spokesperson responded, saying that "Even by UKIP's standards this is a deeply crass comment. Political debate should be conducted in a respectful manner."[64]

Hillsborough claims

Nuttall spoke of his experience at the 1989 Hillsborough disaster on national television in 2015 on BBC Television's Question Time.[65]

An article published by The Guardian in February 2017 questioned his presence at the disaster, stating that his school had tried to account for all pupils who had been present there, and he was not on their list. Further, a friend who had known Nuttall for over 25 years said that he had "never spoken" about Hillsborough. Nuttall insisted the claims were true and presented a letter of support from his father, adding in a newspaper interview that he did not like to talk about the disaster.[66]

A 2011 article on his website quoted him saying that he had lost "close personal friends" at Hillsborough,[67] but in a radio interview during the build-up to the 2017 Stoke by-election he stated that the article was incorrect and that of those he knew who died at Hillsborough none were close personal friends.[68] Nuttall's press officer said she was "entirely responsible" for the posting (which was reported by the BBC) and apologised and offered her resignation.[69][70] The two chairmen of UKIP's Liverpool and Merseyside branch later resigned from the party, accusing Nuttall of being "unprofessional".[71] An article in the Liverpool Echo, by Professor Phil Scraton of the Hillsborough Project, which was also based at Liverpool Edge Hill University, has questioned Nuttall's silence at the time about the topic, given that the two men worked at the same institution. Scraton added that many witnesses understandably found it difficult to talk about their experience, but that Nuttall has not been reticent about his claim more recently.[72]

Arguments over CV

Nuttall has been accused of fabricating parts of his CV. A profile on LinkedIn claimed that Nuttall had completed a PhD at Liverpool Hope University in 2004, despite the fact that the institution did not become a university until 2005 and did not start awarding doctorates until 2009.[14] In response, Nuttall said he had never claimed to have a PhD and did not know who had posted the profile.[14]

In 2009, Nuttall's website claimed he was joining the board of the North West Training Council, a vocational training charity, but in 2017, the organisation's CEO said that he had never been invited and that Nuttall's name appeared in none of their documentation.[73]

Media

Nuttall is one of UKIP's media spokespeople and frequently appears on national radio, including BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport. He has appeared several times on BBC One's Question Time and BBC Radio 4's Any Questions?. He has had a somewhat stormy relationship with the Liverpool Echo.[74]

Electoral performance

Nuttall has contested several elections under the UKIP banner:

UK Parliament elections

Date of election Constituency Party Votes % of votes Result
2005 general election Bootle style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 1,054 4.1 Not elected
2010 general election Bootle style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 2,514 6.1 Not elected
2011 by-election Oldham East and Saddleworth style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 2,029 5.8 Not elected
2015 general election Bootle style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 4,915 10.9 Not elected
2017 by-election Stoke-on-Trent Central style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 5,233 24.7 Not elected

European Parliament elections

Date of election Constituency Party Votes % of votes Result No. of seats
2009 European election North West England style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 261,740 15.8 Elected
1 / 8
2014 European election North West England style="background-color: Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" | UKIP 481,932 27.5 Elected
3 / 8

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Party political offices
Preceded by Chair of the UK Independence Party
2008–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party
2010–2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the UK Independence Party
2016–present 		Incumbent
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