Peter Whittle (British politician)

Peter Whittle
AM
Member of the London Assembly
for UKIP (London-wide)
Assumed office
6 May 2016
Personal details
Born Peckham
Political party UK Independence Party (2012–present)
Alma mater University of Kent

Peter Robin Whittle AM is a British politician who has been a UK Independence Party Member of the London Assembly since the London Assembly election, 2016.[1][2] He was UKIP's candidate for the 2016 London mayoral election.[3][4]

Whittle was born in Peckham, South London, before studying at the University of Kent.[5] He worked in journalism, living for five years in Los Angeles,[6] before founding the New Culture Forum think-tank in 2006.[3]

He became UKIP's cultural spokesperson in 2013 [4] and stood for Eltham at the 2015 general election, coming third with 15% of the vote, beating both the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party.[5]

In September 2015, Whittle was selected as the UKIP candidate for Mayor of London, as well as topping the party list for election to the Greater London Assembly.[3] Openly gay, Whittle is the only LGBT candidate currently selected by any of the major parties for the 2016 Mayoral election.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Results 2016". London Elects. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "London Mayoral Election 2016: Labour dominate vote". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "UKIP selects Peter Whittle as London mayoral candidate". BBC. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 Banham, Mark (26 September 2015). "Ukip chooses Peter Whittle as London Mayor candidate ahead of deputy chair Suzanne Evans". International Business Times. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "UKIP announces Mayoral candidate and list for GLA". UKIP. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Whittle, Peter (2008-05-07). Look at Me: Celebrating the Self in Modern Britain. London: Social Affairs Unit. ISBN 9781904863311.
  7. ↑ Duffy, Nick (26 September 2015). "UKIP picks gay candidate Peter Whittle to run for Mayor of London". Pink News. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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