Nathan Gill

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Nathan Gill
MEP
File:Nathan Gill AM.png
Member of the European Parliament
for Wales
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Preceded by John Bufton
Leader of the Welsh
UK Independence Party
In office
6 December 2014 – 26 September 2016
Leader Nigel Farage
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Neil Hamilton
Member of the National Assembly for Wales for North Wales
In office
5 May 2016 – 27 December 2017
Preceded by Aled Roberts
Succeeded by Mandy Jones
Personal details
Born (1973-07-06) 6 July 1973 (age 50)
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Political party Brexit (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		 Independent (2018–2019)
UKIP (2004–2018)
Conservative (before 2004)
Spouse(s) Jana[1]
Children 5[2]
Residence Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
Education Coleg Menai
Occupation Businessperson
Website brexitparty.org

Nathan Lee Gill (born 6 July 1973) is a British Brexit Party politician serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales since 2014.[3]

Gill served as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) MEP until his defection on 6 December 2018,[4] and from 2016 to 2017 also an independent Member of the National Assembly for Wales.

Early life and career

Nathan Gill was born in England, but his family moved to Wales in the early 1980s. He was educated at Ysgol David Hughes and then Coleg Menai: on leaving the latter he joined a family-owned private company based in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[5]

He founded and managed Burgill Ltd in March 2004, with his mother Elaine.[5][6] Registered in Llangefni, Anglesey, but operating solely in Kingston upon Hull, the company provided domiciliary and home care services mainly to Hull City Council. The company employed 180 staff,[2] chiefly from central Europe (mainly Poland) and the Philippines, to which they optionally provided chargeable "bunkhouse"-style accommodation. In a later interview with the Western Mail after his election, Gill commented:[5]

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UKIP has never said it wants to stop all immigration – it wants to limit the numbers. People from overseas were employed because we could not find workers to do the jobs. We had a care home of our own, but mostly our workers were employed on home care contracts we had with Hull City Council and other organisations. The workers were paid more than the minimum wage, but not massively more. The amount we could afford to pay was determined by the amount of money we received from the council. Working in care is quite tough and we had a big turnover of staff.

The company collapsed into administration with debts of £116,000, after its main bankers HSBC withdrew its borrowing facility, owing to the financial crisis of 2007–2008.[5]

Gill then moved back to Wales, where he now lives in Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, with his American wife Jana,[1][7] and five children.[8] The family are practising Mormons.[1]

Political career

In July 2012, he came last in the election of councillor for the Llanbedrgoch electoral division.[9]

In May 2013, he led the UKIP group of candidates in the Anglesey local elections, which included his wife, Jana Gill (standing for Canolbarth Môn),[10] and his sister, Jayne Gill (for Aethwy).[11] Gill himself stood to be elected as councillor for the new electoral division of Seiriol, but he came in eighth place with 7% of the vote.[12] The party did not win any seats on the island's council.[13]

In August 2013, he came third behind Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth in the National Assembly for Wales by-election for Ynys Môn.[14]

With John Bufton stepping down as MEP in 2014, Gill was selected as UKIP candidate number one for Wales in the European Parliament Election and held on to the seat for the party.[3]

During the UK Independence Party Wales Conference on 6 December 2014, Nigel Farage, then-Leader of UK Independence Party, announced that Gill would be the Leader of the Party in Wales.[15] During the 2015 general election campaign, Gill represented UKIP in the ITV Welsh TV Leaders debate. During the election campaign, Gill denied human involvement in climate change, comments which were strongly criticised by other leaders.[16]

In the 2016 Assembly election Gill won a seat representing the North Wales region.[17] He was beaten to the post of leader of the UKIP group in the National Assembly for Wales by former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton, in a move which Gill described as "bizarre".[18] Farage described the move as an "unjust act of deep ingratitude" [19] resulting in Hamilton dismissing Farage as simply an "MEP for South East England whose opinions were "irrelevant".[20] Gill subsequently left the UKIP group in the assembly to sit as an independent, citing much infighting and distractions.[21] He remained a member of the party and its leader in Wales, until Neil Hamilton was made Wales leader in September 2016.[22] Also in September 2016 Gill's media advisor Alexandra Phillips spoke to The Guardian, stating that she had left UKIP and joined the Conservatives, making comments critical of Hamilton.[23] Staying on as an advisor to Gill, she told BBC Wales that UKIP's foothold in Wales had become "a war zone".[24] Gill resigned as an AM in December 2017.

On 6 December 2018, Gill resigned from UKIP, in opposition to the party leader Gerard Batten's links to far-right activist Tommy Robinson.[4] He joined the new Brexit Party in February 2019.

References

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  6. ↑ Companies House records. Company Registered No.05076906; Registered Office: 5 Church Street, Llangefni, Angelesey, LL77 7DU; Date of incorporation: 17 March 2004; Status: In Liquidation
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  23. ↑ Anushka Asthana, Rowena Mason, in The Guardian dated 16 September 2016, updated on Tue 13 Mar 2018
  24. ↑ UKIP in Wales a war zone, says Nathan Gill adviser dated 16 September 2016 at bbc.co.uk/news, accessed 26 May 2019

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