Amjad Bashir
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Amjad Bashir MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Edward McMillan-Scott |
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Amjud Mahmood Bashir 17 September 1952 Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Conservative (1997–2012, 2015-Present) UKIP (2012–2015) |
| Alma mater | University of Bradford |
| Website | http://amjadbashir.com/ |
Amjad Mahmood Bashir (Urdu: امجد محمود بشیر; born 17 September 1952) is a Member of the European Parliament for the Yorkshire and the Humber region for the Conservative Party. He was elected in 2014 for the UK Independence Party and defected to the Conservative Party on 24 January 2015.
Bashir was born in Pakistan and moved to Yorkshire aged eight, to live with his father who was a mill worker in Bradford. He is a member of the British-Pakistani community. Bashir attended Thornton Grammar School before attending the University of Bradford to study Chemical Engineering.
Bashir is a restaurateur who, prior to becoming politically active, ran two establishments in Bradford and Manchester.
After fifteen years as a member of the Conservatives, Bashir joined UKIP in 2012 and was placed second on the party's list of candidates for the Yorkshire and the Humber region at the 2014 European Parliament election. UKIP topped the regional poll with 31% of the vote winning three seats and Bashir was thus elected as one of six MEPs for the region. He was the party's small and medium business and communities spokesman until his defection to the Conservatives in January 2015.
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