Godfrey Bloom
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Godfrey Bloom TD |
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Bloom in 2009
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| Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber |
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In office 1 May 2004 – 2 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Goodwill |
| Succeeded by | Jane Collins |
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22 November 1949 Lewisham, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
UK Independence Party (1998-2014) Independent (2013-14) |
| Spouse(s) | Katryna Skowronek (m. 1986) |
| Residence | Wressle, East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Profession | Soldier, financial economist |
Godfrey William Bloom TD (born 22 November 1949) is a British former politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2004 to 2014. He was elected for the UK Independence Party in the European elections of 2004 and 2009, representing UKIP until September 2013, when UKIP withdrew the party whip from him. He then sat as an Independent until the end of his term of office in May 2014. Bloom subsequently resigned his UKIP party membership on 13 October 2014.
During his tenure, he received attention for making remarks considered objectionable by his party leader, for his opinions concerning climate change and for making other controversial comments. On 20 September 2013, UKIP withdrew the party whip from Bloom after he struck journalist Michael Crick in the street with a conference brochure, threatened a second reporter, and at the party's conference jokingly referred to his female audience as sluts. Bloom resigned his party whip from UKIP on 24 September 2013 and thereafter sat as an Independent MEP until the end of his term in office on 2 July 2014.
Bloom was born on 22 November 1949, the son of Alan Bloom and his wife, Phyllis. His father served as a fighter pilot during the Second World War. Bloom was educated at St Olave's Grammar School, the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and the Royal College of Defence Studies. In 1986, he married Katryna (Katie) Skowronek, an equine physiotherapist.
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