David Coburn (politician)
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David Coburn MEP |
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Coburn at the European Parliament in July 2014
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| Leader of the UK Independence Party in Scotland | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Scotland |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 Serving with 5 others |
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| Preceded by | George Lyon |
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11 February 1959 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Political party | UK Independence Party |
David Coburn (born 11 February 1959) is a British politician and businessman. He has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Scotland constituency for the UK Independence Party since 2014.
Coburn was born on 11 February 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland.
The openly gay Parliamentarian who speaks fluent French and conversational Arabic had worked as an art dealer and City of London trader before owning a freight company.
Coburn contested the southeast London seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup in 2010, winning 1,532 votes which put him in fifth place. He also stood in Bexley and Bromley in the 2012 London Assembly election, finishing fourth.
Coburn ran in the 2014 European Parliament election to become a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland, as a member of UKIP Scotland. At the end of 2013 UKIP Scotland was dissolved after infighting tore the regional party apart; the party's administrative body was dissolved, Mike Scott-Hayward (the chairman and chief fundraiser) quit, and UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, fired Lord Christopher Monckton via email. The national party and UKIP Scotland focused on supporting the candidates for the upcoming European elections. After Coburn won the seat, he was appointed leader of UKIP Scotland. His victory made him UKIP's second openly gay MEP, after Nikki Sinclaire.
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