James Carver

For educationalist and clergyman, see Alfred James Carver.
James Bruce Carver
MEP
UKIP Foreign and Commonwealth Spokesperson
Assumed office
21 June 2014
Leader

Nigel Farage Commonwealth

Paul Nuttall Foreign and Commonwealth
Member of the European Parliament
for West Midlands
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Preceded by Phil Bennion
Personal details
Born (1969-08-15) 15 August 1969
Political party UK Independence Party
Religion Roman Catholicism[1]

James Bruce Carver (born 15 August 1969) is a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands region for the UK Independence Party. He was elected in 2014,[2] second on the list for the region, being elected together with Jill Seymour and Bill Etheridge.

Biography

James Carver was educated at Orpington College. He runs a family umbrella business.

Political career

Carver stood in four general elections for UKIP: Orpington in 1997 (5th, 526 votes), Cheltenham in 2001 (6th, 482 votes), Preseli Pembrokeshire in 2005 (5th, 498 votes), and Stourbridge in 2015 (3rd, 7,774 votes). He was also sixth on the party list for London in the 1999 European election.

Carver is of Romanichal descent on his grandmother's side, giving rise to his interest in fostering better relationships with traveller communities, and is believed to be the only British Parliamentarian from a Romany background. He has also helped raise both money and awareness for the Scleroderma Society following the death of his first wife from scleroderma in 2009, including his greatest personal achievement to date; running the 2012 London Marathon. He has a lifelong commitment to raise awareness of this relatively unknown connective tissue disease.

Elections contested

UK Parliament elections

Date of election Constituency Party Votes Percentage of votes Result
1997 general election Orpington UKIP 526 0.9 Not elected
2001 general election Cheltenham UKIP 482 1.2 Not elected
2005 general election Preseli Pembrokeshire UKIP 498 1.3 Not elected
2015 general election Stourbridge UKIP 7,774 16.9 Not elected

European Parliament elections (Multi-member constituency; party list)

Date of election Region Party Votes Percentage of votes Result
1999 European election London UKIP 61,741 5.4 Not elected
2014 European election West Midlands UKIP 428,010 31.5 Elected

Member of the European Parliament

Carver was first elected to the European Parliament in 2014. He serves on the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Among the topics Carver has raised are:

He also supports:

Carver is critical of EU’s policy in Israel, claiming that its actions do not comply with the founding treaties of the EU. He says structures built by the EU in a number of Beduin encampments outside Ma'aleh Adumim and on the Jerusalem-Jericho road bearing the EU logo are disrespectful of the rule of law: "EU member states would not allow such behavior within their own borders, nor would the EU endorse or find it anywhere within the European Union.[15]

References

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