Roger Helmer
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Roger Helmer (born 1944) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands region. He has described himself as a eurosceptic.
He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999 as a Conservative Party MEP, but he was suspended from the party on 26 May, 2005 after voting against party instructions on a motion to censure the European Commission and openly criticising his party leader in a parliamentary debate [1] (http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/26/wtory26.xml).
Before being elected he was the managing director of a textile company in Leicester.
External link
- Official website (http://www.rogerhelmer.com/)