James Wells | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Wales | |
In office 2 July 2019 –31 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Kay Swinburne |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Independent (since 2021) |
Other political affiliations | Reform UK (2019–2021) Conservative (before 2019) |
Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
Occupation | Politician |
James Freeman Wells is a British broadcaster and former politician. He was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Wales constituency in the 2019 election,serving until January 2020. He was second on his party's list after Nathan Gill (former UKIP MEP). [1]
Wells left formal education at the age of 16. He returned to full-time education twelve years later and studied psychology at the University of Liverpool and later a Masters in the same subject at Cranfield University. [2]
Prior to joining politics,he was head of the UK trade team at the Office for National Statistics. Wells quit the role and his membership to the Conservative Party in order to run as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the Wales constituency in the 2019 European Parliament election. [3] He had only joined the Conservatives in 2018 with the purpose of being able to vote if a leadership election was called. [2] In the election,Wells became an MEP alongside fellow Brexit Party candidate Nathan Gill. [4]
In the European Parliament,Wells was a member of the Committee on International Trade and part of the delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean community. [5]
Wells stood for the Brexit Party in Islwyn in the 2019 general election;he received 14% of the vote. [6] He also stood for the successor party Reform UK in Islwyn and South Wales East in the 2021 Senedd election. [7]
Wells is married and has two children and lives in Wales. He reports that he is dyslexic. [2]
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