Louise Bours
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Louise Bours MEP |
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| UKIP Health Spokesperson | |
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In office 24 July 2014 – 16 September 2016 |
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| Leader |
Nigel Farage Diane James (Elect) Nigel Farage (Acting) Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Suzanne Evans |
| Member of the European Parliament for North West England |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 Serving with Paul Nuttall |
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| Preceded by | Nick Griffin |
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| Born |
23 December 1968 Congleton, England, United Kingdom |
| Political party | UK Independence Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | UCBC |
| Website | louiseboursmep |
Louise Bours (stage name Louise van de Bours) is a Member of the European Parliament politician for the North West England region for the UK Independence Party. She was elected in 2014.
Bours' father is Dutch. She trained as an actress and singer at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She was also a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from year 2000, and a resident at the Savoy Theatre in London. She went on to appear in Brookside, Peak Practice and Band of Gold and musicals and fronted 1940s-style big bands. However, Bours has said she "retired from showbusiness" in order to concentrate on politics.
Bours is a single mother to two children.. She is currently in a relationship with UKIP Leader Paul Nuttall.
Louise Bours used her surname "van de Bours" as late as August 2013 in her LinkedIn profile discussing her musical career, but later dropped the "van de" and appeared as "Louise Bours" on UKIP's MEP party list in 2013. The tussenvoegsel in her name was allegedly more of a stage name than a legal name, according to the Huffington Post.
Bours previously served as councillor on Congleton borough and town councils and was elected Mayor in 2006. In January 2015, Bours was disqualified as a councillor for Congleton town council after more than six months of non-attendance.
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