Jake Pugh | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| In office 2 July 2019 –31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Hookem |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 October 1960 |
| Party | Brexit (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Referendum (1997) |
| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Occupation | Politician,Businessman |
| Website | jakepughview |
Edward Francis Pugh (born 20 October 1960) is a British politician,and businessman. Pugh was a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020.
Edward Francis Pugh was born on 20 October 1960 in Pembury,Kent,England. [1] [2] Both his parents were Conservative Party activists. His older brother,businessman Henry Pugh,died in 2013. His early education was at the private Rugby School. [3] Pugh studied economics and politics at Durham University (Hatfield College). [4] [5] As a student he played cricket alongside Tim Curtis and Steve Henderson and later played for the 2nd XI at Warwickshire. [6]
He started his financial career as a broker for the former American investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1983,and later worked in the wealth management division for six years for the British investment bank Barclays. [7] Pugh has also worked as a managing director for the futures division of ICAP. [8]
He is the director of PughView Ltd,a strategy consultancy. [1] [9]
In the 1997 general election,he contested the Richmond Park constituency on behalf of the Eurosceptic Referendum Party. Pugh was fourth in the election with 1,467 votes (2.6%). [10] He voted for Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election. [11]
Pugh voted for Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. He supports Brexit as he felt that the European Union was undemocratic,and protectionist. [12] In the 2019 European parliamentary election,Pugh stood as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the Yorkshire and Humber constituency. He was third on his party's list,and was elected as one of its three MEPs in the constituency. [13] [14]
In the European parliament,Pugh was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. [2]
In August 2020,Pugh argued that the UK should change its foreign policy towards the EU by "doing everything we can to undermine the EU economically,militarily and politically." [15]