(1970-12-06) 6 December 1970 (age 53) London, England
Political party
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party (2020–present)
Other political affiliations
Brexit Party (2019–2020) Independent (member of the Conservative Group in the Senedd) (2017–2019) UK Independence Party (2014–2017) Conservative (2002–2014)
Spouse
Catriona Brown
Alma mater
Christ Church, Oxford The University of Law Columbia Business School
Website
Official website
Mark John Reckless (born 6 December 1970) is a British lawyer and former politician who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021, having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2010 to 2015. Initially a member of the Conservative Party, he crossed the floor to join the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in September 2014. He has since changed parties a further three times.
While a member of the House of Commons, Reckless was noted for his rebelliousness; he cast 56 votes against the whip between 2010 and 2014, making him the 13th most rebellious Conservative Party MP in the period. He led a rebellion of 53 Conservative MPs on the EU budget, which inflicted the first House of Commons defeat on the coalition government. From November 2010, he served as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. After crossing the floor, he won re-election as a UKIP MP in a by-election held in November 2014 but lost his seat to the Conservatives at the 2015 general election.
A Eurosceptic, Reckless was elected to the National Assembly for Wales, later known as the Senedd, in 2016. He campaigned to leave the European Union in the 2016 EU membership referendum. He subsequently left UKIP to join the Conservative group in the National Assembly before joining the Brexit Party in 2019 when he was appointed its leader in the National Assembly by Nigel Farage.[1] On 19 October 2020, Reckless joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party; the party lost both of its seats in the 2021 Senedd election.[2]
^"Assembly members join forces with Farage". 15 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^"Welsh Parliament election 2021". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
Mark John Reckless (born 6 December 1970) is a British lawyer and former politician who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from...
(Caroline Jones, Mandy Jones, David Rowlands and MarkReckless) joined the Brexit Party, with Reckless being appointed as leader of their group. which...
"UKIP's MarkReckless to join Conservatives in assembly". BBC News. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017. – "MarkReckless quits...
UKIP list in 2016 or subsequently co-opted) Caroline Jones Mandy Jones MarkReckless David Rowlands Scottish Parliament (co-opted on the Conservative list...
Rochester and Strood by-election which was triggered by the defection of MarkReckless to UKIP. Tolhurst lost the by-election, held on 20 November 2014, but...
The target is 93% During the 2014 Rochester and Strood by-election MarkReckless, the UKIP candidate produced a leaflet attacking the Conservative Party...
UKIP list in 2016 or subsequently co-opted) Caroline Jones Mandy Jones MarkReckless David Rowlands Scottish Parliament (co-opted on the Conservative list...
UKIP list in 2016 or subsequently co-opted) Caroline Jones Mandy Jones MarkReckless David Rowlands Scottish Parliament (co-opted on the Conservative list...
the 2010 general election. Douglas Carswell, the MP for Clacton, and MarkReckless, the MP for Rochester and Strood, resigned from the Conservative Party...
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Taylor. In October 2020, a second member of the Senedd, MarkReckless, joined the party. Reckless, who was previously the leader of the Brexit Party in...
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In office 26 March 2021 – 8 May 2021 Leader Richard Tice Preceded by MarkReckless (Brexit Party) Succeeded by Kirsty Walmsley Member of the European Parliament...
worked against". During his time as a UKIP MP, Carswell, along with MarkReckless and Stephen Crowther, established UKIP Parliamentary Resource Unit Limited...
Hartley-Brewer. Before the party, Farage expressed support for Big Ben to chime to mark the moment at 11 pm GMT. In December 2020, Farage celebrated the EU–UK Trade...
transcripts were quoted in the chamber by Assembly Brexit Party leader MarkReckless, who later withdrew the comments on the request of the speaker, Elin...
expressed sympathy for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and its candidate MarkReckless (a Conservative MP who had switched allegiances to UKIP), who went on...
Nick (6 April 2017). "UKIP's MarkReckless to join Conservatives in assembly". BBC News. Retrieved 6 April 2017. "MarkReckless quits Ukip to rejoin Conservatives"...
made up of the four ex-UK Independence Party (UKIP) members, led by MarkReckless. A snap general election in the United Kingdom was held on 12 December...
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