Jane Collins
Jane Maria Collins (born 17 February 1962) is a British politician and horse show-jumper who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2014 to 2019. She was elected in May 2014 as a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), but defected to the Brexit Party in 2019 in the last months of her membership of the European Parliament.
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| UKIP Spokesperson for Home Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2 December 2016 – 18 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Paul Nuttall Steve Crowther (Acting) Henry Bolton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Diane James | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Richard Bingley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Edward McMillan-Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Longworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 February 1962 Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | UK Independence Party (until April 2019) Brexit Party (since April 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collins served as UKIP's spokesperson on Employment law, Home Affairs and most recently on Animal Welfare. On 15 April 2019 she announced that she was leaving the party to join the Brexit Party.
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