60-865: Mottram is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Buster Mottram , former British tennis player, son of Tony Mottram Craig Mottram , Australian distance runner Don Mottram , English flavour chemist Eric Mottram , English poet Heidi Mottram , British chief executive James Cecil Mottram (1879–1945), British cancer researcher and naturalist Leslie Mottram , Scottish football referee Linda Mottram (born 1957), former British professional tennis player, daughter of Tony Mottram Paul Mottram , classical and jazz composer R.H. Mottram , English writer Richard Mottram , British civil servant Tony Mottram (1920–2016), British tennis player Timothy David Mottram (1987-Present), Drum and Bass DJ See also [ edit ] Mottram St. Andrew ,
120-525: A Scottish seat in the European Parliament elections. Two hundred protesters heckled and booed him. Thirty police in two vans were needed to preserve order. In the European Parliament elections in 2014, Farage led UKIP to win the highest share of the vote. It was the first time a political party other than the Labour Party and Conservative Party had won the popular vote in a national election since
180-463: A Foreign Press Association speech given by Farage in which he had said that over his ten years as a Member of the European Parliament he had received a total of £2 million of taxpayers' money in staff, travel, and other expenses. In response, Farage said that in future all UKIP MEPs would provide monthly expense details. In a second visit to Edinburgh in May 2014 Farage correctly predicted that UKIP would win
240-551: A limited company, Thorn in the Side Ltd. On 12 September 2014, he appeared at a pro-union rally with Scottish UKIP MEP David Coburn ahead of Scotland's independence referendum . In October 2013 Farage announced on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show that he would stand for election as an MP at the 2015 general election , most likely contesting either Folkestone and Hythe or South Thanet; meanwhile he stated that his duty and preference
300-444: A man that likes fixed ideology, you probably picked it up when you were a communist or Maoist, or whatever you were, and for the last ten years you've pursued euro-federalism combined with an increasing green obsession." After the speech of Herman Van Rompuy on 24 February 2010 to the European Parliament, Farage – to protests from other MEPs – addressed the former Prime Minister of Belgium and first long-term President of
360-593: A recent meeting with David Cameron amid claims that individuals and firms are using offshore locations to reduce their tax liabilities", adding that the Isle of Man rejects any allegations that they are used for the purpose of tax avoidance. Farage had previously denounced tax avoidance in a speech to the European Parliament in which he criticised European bureaucrats who earned £100,000 a year and paid 12 per cent tax under EU rules, Farage said in 2014 that "most legal forms of tax avoidance are ok, but clearly some are not" after he
420-499: A short period at a similar school in nearby Eden Park . From 1975 to 1982, Farage was educated at Dulwich College , a fee-paying private school in south London. In his autobiography he pays tribute to the careers advice he received there from the England Test cricketer John Dewes , "who must have spotted that I was quite ballsy, probably good on a platform, unafraid of the limelight, a bit noisy and good at selling things". Farage
480-711: A songwriting partnership with the black entertainer Kenny Lynch , writing the song "Average Man". In November 2008, Mottram was expelled from the UK Independence Party (UKIP) after attempting to broker an electoral pact with the British National Party . UKIP leader Nigel Farage said there were "no circumstances whatsoever" in which UKIP would do a deal with the BNP, declaring his party to be non-racist. Nigel Farage Nigel Paul Farage ( / ˈ f ær ɑː ʒ / FARR -ahzh ; born 3 April 1964)
540-730: A village in Cheshire Mottram in Longdendale , a village in Greater Manchester [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Mottram . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mottram&oldid=1244842125 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
600-450: Is a British politician and broadcaster who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton and Leader of Reform UK since 2024, having previously been its leader from 2019 to 2021. He was the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016. Farage served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the UK's withdrawal from
660-559: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Buster Mottram Christopher " Buster " Mottram (born 25 April 1955 in Kingston upon Thames ) is an English former tennis player and UK number 1 who achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in February 1983. Mottram represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup eight times, scoring 31 wins and 10 losses. Mottram
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#1732851750517720-478: Is not a tax haven." Farage has since said that this was a mistake: that he was "not rich enough" to need it, that what was seen to be fair 10, 20 or 30 years ago wasn't anymore, and that it cost him money. He has criticised the political discourse surrounding tax avoidance as a " race to the bottom ". The BBC reported: "The Isle of Man was one of the UK's crown dependencies which signed an agreement on corporate disclosure at
780-577: Is the son of Tony Mottram and Joy Gannon , leading British tennis players in the 1950s. His sister Linda Mottram is also a successful tennis player. While Mottram was still playing professionally, he became known for his right-wing views. He expressed support for the National Front , supported the policies of Enoch Powell , and applied unsuccessfully for the Conservative parliamentary candidacy in several constituencies. He subsequently formed
840-515: Is why there are nine million people who don't vote now in general elections that did back in 1992." At 10pm on 19 October 2006, Farage took part in a three-hour live interview and phone-in with James Whale on the national radio station Talksport . Four days later, Whale announced on his show his intention to stand as UKIP's candidate in the 2008 London Mayoral Election . Farage said that Whale "not only has guts, but an understanding of what real people think". Whale later decided not to stand and UKIP
900-628: The 1906 general election . It was also the first time a party other than the Labour and Conservatives won the largest number of seats in a national election since the December 1910 general election . In June 2014 Farage declared £205,603 for gifts over ten years, including free use of a barn for his constituency office, which had been declared in the EU register in Brussels each year. The Electoral Commission said that
960-465: The 2010 general election before he returned as UKIP's leader that same year . At the 2014 European Parliament election UKIP won the most seats in the UK, pressuring David Cameron to call the 2016 EU membership referendum . At the 2015 general election Farage was an unsuccessful candidate in South Thanet . After the successful referendum Farage resigned as UKIP's leader. In 2018 he co-founded
1020-631: The Treaty on European Union at Maastricht . In 1992, Farage joined the Anti-Federalist League . In 1993, he was a founding member of UKIP. In 1994, Farage asked Enoch Powell to endorse UKIP; Powell declined. Farage was elected to the European Parliament in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 , 2009 and 2014 . The BBC spent four months filming a documentary about his European election campaign in 1999 but did not air it. Farage, then head of
1080-533: The 2015 General Election. In May 2013 Farage was interrupted by protesters during a press conference in the Canon's Gait pub on Edinburgh's Royal Mile . The demonstration was organised by groups including the Radical Independence Campaign and saw protesters vocally accuse Farage of being "racist", "fascist", and a "homophobe", and tell him to "go back to London". Farage made attempts to leave by taxi but
1140-681: The American commodity operation of brokerage firm Drexel Burnham Lambert , transferring to Crédit Lyonnais Rouse in 1986. He joined Refco in 1994, and Natixis Metals in 2003. Farage had joined the Conservative Party in 1978, but voted for the Green Party in 1989 because of what he saw as their then "sensible" and Eurosceptic policies. He left the Conservatives in 1992 in protest at Prime Minister John Major 's government's signing of
1200-483: The Brexit Party (renamed Reform UK in 2021), which drew support from those frustrated with the delayed implementation of Brexit by Theresa May 's government, and won the most votes at the 2019 European Parliament election , becoming the largest single party in the parliament; May announced her resignation days later, and was succeeded by Boris Johnson , whose government delivered Brexit in 2020; Farage has criticised
1260-569: The British EU Commissioner , had accepted a trip to Jamaica from an unrevealed source at a debate on 26 May 2005. The motion was heavily defeated. A Conservative MEP, Roger Helmer , was expelled from his group, the European People's Party – European Democrats (EPP-ED), in the middle of the debate by that group's leader Hans-Gert Pöttering as a result of his support for Farage's motion. Farage persuaded around 75 MEPs from across
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#17328517505171320-758: The Commissioners had a right of privacy. The German newspaper Die Welt reported that the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso , had spent a week on the yacht of the Greek shipping billionaire Spiros Latsis . It emerged soon afterwards that this had occurred a month before the Commission under Barroso's predecessor Romano Prodi approved 10.3 million euros of Greek state aid for Latsis's shipping company. It also became known that Peter Mandelson , then
1380-457: The Conservative majority to less than 3,000, and gained over 32% of the vote. Farage subsequently announced his resignation as the leader of UKIP, citing that he is a "man of his word" since he promised to resign if he did not win his seat, although he kept open the possibility of re-entering the ensuing leadership contest. On 11 May 2015 it was announced that Farage would continue to serve as
1440-552: The Dolphin" (a reference to MPs – including Bercow – flipping second homes ). On 6 May 2010, the morning of the election, Farage was travelling in a two-seater PZL-104 Wilga aircraft with a pro-UKIP banner attached, when the plane crashed. Farage suffered injuries that were described as non-life-threatening. Although his injuries were originally described as minor, his sternum and ribs were broken and his lung punctured. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report said that
1500-599: The European Council , saying that he had the "charisma of a damp rag" and the appearance of "a low grade bank clerk". Farage questioned the legitimacy of Van Rompuy's appointment, asking, "Who are you? I'd never heard of you, nobody in Europe had ever heard of you." He also said that Van Rompuy's "intention [is] to be the quiet assassin of European democracy and of the European nation states". Van Rompuy commented afterwards, "There
1560-423: The European Parliament was brought against Juncker over his role in the tax avoidance schemes. The motion was defeated by a large majority. Farage was one of the main drivers behind the censure motion. Farage was a founder member of UKIP in 1993. On 12 September 2006 he was elected leader of UKIP with 45 per cent of the vote, 20 percentage points ahead of his nearest rival. He pledged to bring discipline to
1620-532: The European Union (EU) in 2020. A prominent Eurosceptic since the early 1990s, Farage was first elected to the European Parliament (EP) in 1999. In 2004 he became the president of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy . Farage was elected UKIP's leader in 2006 and led the party at the 2009 European Parliament election , when it won the second-most votes in the UK. He stood unsuccessfully in Buckingham at
1680-461: The European elections, but Neil suggested UKIP were still seen as "unprofessional, amateur and even unacceptable". In the same interview, Farage described Baroness Warsi as "the lowest grade Chairman the Tory Party has ever had". He was voted politician of the year by the online service MSN . In May 2013 Farage led UKIP to its best performance in a UK election. The party received 23 per cent of
1740-654: The Farage name comes from a distant Huguenot ancestor. Both parents of one of Farage's great-grandfathers were Germans who emigrated to London from the Frankfurt area shortly after 1861. His German ancestor Nicholas Schrod was mentioned in newspapers in 1870 in connection with a dispute with two men over the Franco-Prussian War . Farage's first school was Greenhayes School for Boys in West Wickham and he subsequently spent
1800-557: The House of Commons, despite the convention that the Speaker , as a political neutral, is not normally challenged in his or her bid for re-election by any of the major parties. He later said he "miscalculated" the popularity of Bercow in the constituency. Farage came third with 8,401 votes. Bercow was re-elected and in second place with 10,331 votes was John Stevens , a former Conservative MEP who campaigned as an independent accompanied by "Flipper
1860-500: The UKIP conference, on 8 October 2006, Farage told delegates that the party was "at the centre-ground of British public opinion" and the "real voice of opposition". He said: "We've got three social democratic parties in Britain – Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative are virtually indistinguishable from each other on nearly all the main issues" and "you can't put a cigarette paper between them and that
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1920-473: The UKIP's South East office, asked for a video and had friends make copies which were sold for £5 through the UKIP's magazine. Surrey Trading Standards investigated, and no offence was found. Farage was the leader of the 24-member UKIP contingent in the European Parliament, and co-leader of the multinational Eurosceptic group, Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy . Farage was ranked the fifth-most influential MEP by Politico in 2016, who described him as "one of
1980-492: The aeroplane was towing a banner, which caught in the tailplane, forcing the nose down. On 1 December 2010, Justin Adams, the pilot of the aircraft involved in the accident, was charged with threatening to kill Farage in a separate incident. He was also charged with threatening to kill an AAIB official involved in the investigation into the accident. In April 2011, the pilot was found guilty of making death threats. The judge said that
2040-495: The coffers of his party. He said that French President Jacques Chirac had granted Barrot amnesty; initial BBC reports said that, under French law, it was perhaps illegal to mention that conviction. The prohibition in question applies only to French officials in the course of their duties. The President of the Parliament, Josep Borrell , enjoined him to retract his comments under threat of "legal consequences". The following day, it
2100-550: The college's deputy headmaster, Terry Walsh, who said later that Farage "was well-known for provoking people, especially left-wing English teachers who had no sense of humour". Farage later stated: "Any accusation [that] I was ever involved in far right politics is utterly untrue." After leaving school in 1982, Farage obtained employment in the City of London, trading commodities at the London Metal Exchange . Initially, he joined
2160-528: The defendant was "clearly extremely disturbed" at the time the offences happened, adding: "He is a man who does need help. If I can find a way of giving him help I will." Adams was given a two-year supervised community order, and in December 2013 was found dead at home in circumstances that police said were "not being treated as suspicious". Farage stood again for the UKIP leadership in 2010 after his successor Lord Pearson had stood down, and on 5 November 2010 it
2220-576: The delivery of Brexit on several occasions. At the 2024 general election Farage again became Reform UK's leader, and won in Clacton . Farage is known for his distinctive character and style, including his flamboyant personality, fashion, and social media presence, as well as his form of British right-wing populism . He was ranked second in The Daily Telegraph 's Top 100 most influential right-wingers poll in 2013, behind Cameron, and
2280-617: The election. The 7-way Leaders' TV debate was broadcast by ITV on 2 April 2015 from MediaCityUK , Salford Quays . Of three polls taken immediately afterwards, the ComRes poll had Farage as joint winner, alongside Labour's Ed Miliband and Conservative David Cameron . In March 2015 Farage declared in his book The Purple Revolution that he would step down as UKIP leader should he not be elected as an MP; he stated his belief that it would not be "credible" for him to lead UKIP without sitting in parliament at Westminster . On 22 March 2015 Farage
2340-601: The exchange, stating that the questions regarding the incident in Edinburgh were insulting and unpleasant. Farage said in 2013 that he had hired a tax advisor to set up the Farage Family Educational Trust 1654, a trust that Farage said was used "for inheritance purposes", on the Isle of Man . Farage later described this "as standard practice" but stated he "decided I didn't want it. I never ever used it. The Isle of Man
2400-495: The family home when Nigel was five years old. His father gave up alcohol two years later, in 1971, and entered the antiques trade, having lost his Stock Exchange position; the next year, endorsed by friends, he returned to the trading floor at the new Stock Exchange Tower on Threadneedle Street . Farage's grandfather, Harry Farage, was a private who fought and was wounded in the First World War . It has been suggested that
2460-478: The gifts should have been also declared in the UK within 30 days of receipt and fined Farage £200. In early November 2014, just days after becoming head of the European Commission, the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker was hit by media disclosures—derived from a document leak known as Luxembourg Leaks —that Luxembourg under his premiership had turned into a major European centre of corporate tax avoidance . A subsequent motion of censure in
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2520-418: The great parliamentary tradition of his own country. I cannot accept this sort of behaviour in the European Parliament. I invited him to apologise, but he declined to do so. I have therefore – as an expression of the seriousness of the matter – rescinded his right to ten days' daily allowance as a Member. Questioned by Camilla Long of The Times , Farage described his speech: "it wasn't abusive, it
2580-504: The party and to maximise UKIP's representation in local, parliamentary and other elections. In a PM programme interview on BBC Radio 4 that day he pledged to end the public perception of UKIP as a single-issue party and to work with allied politicians in the Better Off Out campaign, committing himself not to stand against the MPs who have signed up to that campaign. In his maiden speech to
2640-466: The party was preparing for county council elections in 2013, the European Parliament election in 2014 and a general election in 2015. Asked what would happen to UKIP if the Conservatives made a manifesto commitment to a referendum on EU membership, Farage said they had already failed to honour a "cast iron" commitment to a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty . Farage said that UKIP aspired to come top of
2700-646: The party's leader, with the BBC reporting: "Party chairman Steve Crowther said the national executive committee believed the election campaign had been a 'great success' and members had 'unanimously' rejected Mr Farage's letter of resignation". Interviewed about his continued leadership by the BBC the following day, Farage said: "I resigned. I said I'd resign. I turned up to the NEC meeting with letter in hand fully intending to carry that through. They unanimously said they didn't want me to do that, they presented me with petitions, signatures, statements from candidates saying it would be
2760-465: The policy or institutions of the Union , but not to personally insult our guests in the European Parliament or the country from which they may come... I myself fought for free speech as the absolute cornerstone of a democratic society. But with freedom comes responsibility – in this case, to respect the dignity of others and of our institutions. I am disappointed by Mr Farage's behaviour, which sits ill with
2820-519: The political divide to back a motion of no confidence in Barroso, which would be sufficient to compel Barroso to appear before the European Parliament to be questioned on the issue. The motion was successfully tabled on 12 May 2005, and Barroso appeared before Parliament. In 2013 Farage criticised Barroso's former membership in the Maoist Portuguese Workers' Communist Party , saying: "You are
2880-470: The two most effective speakers in the chamber". Reportedly, he would always be assigned office number 007 in the European Parliament. On 18 November 2004 Farage announced in the European Parliament that Jacques Barrot , then French Commissioner-designate, had been barred from elected office in France for two years, after being convicted in 2000 of embezzling £2 million from government funds and diverting it into
2940-623: The vote in the local elections, winning 147 council seats, and placing it only 2 points behind the governing Conservative Party and 9 points ahead of the Liberal Democrats. Farage was mobbed by well-wishers as he made his way to his favourite pub, the Marquis of Granby , for a celebratory drink. He called the victory "a real sea change in British politics". Subsequently, polling agency Survation found that 22 per cent of voters intended to support UKIP in
3000-496: Was active in the Conservative Party from his school days, having seen a visit to his school by Keith Joseph . In 1981, an English teacher who had not met the 17-year-old Farage, Chloe Deakin, wrote to the headmaster of Dulwich College, David Emms, asking him to reconsider his decision to appoint Farage as a prefect, citing concerns expressed by others over Farage's alleged 'fascist' views. Emms rejected those concerns, as did
3060-681: Was also named "Briton of the Year" by The Times in 2014. He was ranked first on the New Statesman 's Right Power List in 2023, described as "the most influential person on the British right". Nigel Paul Farage was born in Farnborough , Kent , England, the son of Barbara (née Stevens) and Guy Justus Oscar Farage. His father was a stockbroker who worked in the City of London . A 2012 BBC Radio 4 profile described Guy Farage as an alcoholic who left
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#17328517505173120-423: Was announced he had won the leadership contest. UKIP forgot to put its party name on its candidate's ballot paper for the 2012 London mayoral election , Laurence Webb appearing as "a fresh choice for London". Farage described the mistake as an internal error. Interviewed the following Sunday by Andrew Neil and asked about "the game plan", Farage welcomed the "average 13% vote" across the country and stated that
3180-467: Was confirmed that Barrot had received an eight-month suspended jail sentence in the case, and that this had been quickly expunged by the amnesty decided by Chirac and his parliamentary majority. In early 2005 Farage requested that the European Commission disclose where the individual Commissioners had spent their holidays. The Commission did not provide the information requested, on the basis that
3240-485: Was one contribution that I can only hold in contempt, but I'm not going to comment further." After declining to apologise for behaviour that was, in the words of the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek , "inappropriate, unparliamentary and insulting to the dignity of the House", Farage was reprimanded and had his right to ten days' allowance (expenses) "docked". Buzek said after his meeting with Farage: I defend absolutely Mr Farage's right to disagree about
3300-599: Was prevented from doing so, and was eventually taken away in an armoured police van while protesters continued to shout. He was trying to raise the profile of UKIP in Scotland ahead of the Aberdeen Donside by-election ; the party at that point had no representation in the country, and took 0.91 per cent of the vote in the previous election though it won its first Scottish MEP the following year. During an interview with BBC's Good Morning Scotland radio show, Farage cut short
3360-610: Was questioned on why £45,000 of his income was paid into his private company rather than a personal bank account, and that criticism of his actions was "ridiculous". In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, Farage said that the possibility of him releasing his tax return was a "big no" as "I think in this country what people earn is regarded as a private matter", and criticised David Cameron as hypocritical, especially with regard to his past comments about Jimmy Carr 's tax avoidance. As of 2019, Farage continued to have fees paid to him via
3420-408: Was represented by Gerard Batten . On 4 September 2009 Farage resigned as UKIP's leader to focus on his campaign to become Member of Parliament for Buckingham at Westminster in the 2010 general election . He later told The Times journalist Camilla Long that UKIP internal fights took up far too much time. Farage stood against sitting Buckingham MP, John Bercow , the newly elected Speaker of
3480-448: Was right." Charles, Prince of Wales was invited to speak to the European Parliament on 14 February 2008; in his speech he called for EU leadership in the battle against climate change . During the standing ovation that followed, Farage was the only MEP to remain seated, and he went on to describe the Prince's advisers as "naïve and foolish at best." In May 2009 The Observer reported
3540-450: Was targeted by anti-UKIP activists who chased him and his family from a pub lunch in Downe , Greater London . His daughters ran away to hide and were later found to be safe. Farage, when asked what he thought about the incident, called the protesters "scum". Farage was unsuccessful in his bid to become MP for South Thanet although he came second (beating Labour by over 4,000 votes), reduced
3600-492: Was to focus on his current role as an MEP . In August 2014 Farage was selected as the UKIP candidate for South Thanet following local hustings . In October 2014 Farage was invited to take part in prospective Leaders' debates on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky ahead of the 2015 general election. UKIP indicated that it would consider taking legal action were the party excluded, in contravention of established broadcast media rules, from televised Leaders' debates in advance of
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