Member of the European Parliament for the East of England
In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019[1][2]
Preceded by
Andrew Duff
Succeeded by
June Mummery
Personal details
Born
(1985-05-23) 23 May 1985 (age 39) Orsett, Essex, England
Political party
Conservative Party (2005) UK Independence Party (2014–2018) Thurrock Independents (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019–)
Alma mater
University of Nottingham, University of Buckingham
Website
thebrexitparty.org
Timür Mark "Tim" Aker (born 23 May 1985) is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region. He was elected as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate in 2014. He was head of UKIP's Policy Unit from August 2013 to January 2015, and was UKIP's candidate for the Thurrock constituency in the 2015 general election, coming third in a close 3-way election. Aker left UKIP and joined the Thurrock Independents where he also successfully sought election a councillor in 2018,[3][4] before later joining the Brexit Party.
^"Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^"Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^Westmonster (26 January 2018). "17 Essex Councillors leave UKIP to form new Independent Group".
^"Ex-UKIP leader Paul Nuttall quits party over Tommy Robinson role". Sky News.
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Parliament, with nine MEPs who had left UKIP joining the party: himself, TimAker, Jonathan Bullock, David Coburn, Bill Etheridge, Nathan Gill, Diane James...
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