Roger Helmer
Roger Helmer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands | |
| In office 1 May 1999 – 28 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Bullock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1944 London, England |
| Party | Conservative (1993–2012) UKIP (2012–2019) |
| Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge |
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Roger Helmer (born 25 January 1944) is a British politician and businessman. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands region from 1999 to 2017. Before becoming an MEP, he was a business executive.
Helmer was elected to the European Parliament in 1999, 2004, and 2009 as a member of the Conservative Party and in 2014 as a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), having defected from the Conservatives to UKIP in March 2012. He has described himself as a eurosceptic and is a supporter of the Better Off Out campaign.