John Bickley (politician)
| John Bickley | |
|---|---|
| UKIP Immigration Spokesperson | |
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Assumed office 1 December 2016 |
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| Leader | Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Steven Woolfe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1954 Wythenshawe, Manchester, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
UKIP |
Jonathan Bickley (born 14 December 1954) is a politician who is a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) National Executive Committee, party treasurer, immigration Spokesman and perennial parliamentary by-election candidate.
Bickley grew up in the Wythenshawe area of Manchester, moving away when he was sixteen. He first became politically active in 2013, as a member of UKIP.
UKIP chose Bickley to stand in the Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency Bickley based his campaign on Parliament needing to "take responsibility" having "outsourced running of the country to the EU". Bickley added that he felt "Labour had let down the working class" and that Labour's behaviour would mean his former trade unionist father would be "turning in his grave".
In 2015 Bickley was chosen to contest the by-election in the Heywood and Middleton constituency. It was held on the same day as the Clacton by-election, which saw UKIP return its first every MP. UKIP candidate John Bickley distributed a leaflet in which he said "Labour's betrayal is no more apparent than with the young white working-class girls of Rotherham and Rochdale where rather than upset immigrant communities, years of abuse were ignored and complaints swept under the carpet". During an interview on Daily Politics, after the leaflet was called "divisive" by his Labour opponent Liz McInnes, Bickley criticised McInnes for publishing a leaflet with the heading "WAITING TO DIE" after the death of Jim Dobbin, saying it was landing on the doorsteps of the terminally ill. The Labour Party narrowly held the seat following a recount.
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