Tim Aker

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Timür Mark " Tim" Aker (born 23 May 1985) is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region. He was elected as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate in 2014. He was head of UKIP's Policy Unit from August 2013 to January 2015, and was UKIP's candidate for the Thurrock constituency in the 2015 general election, coming third in a close 3-way election. Aker left UKIP and joined the Thurrock Independents where he also successfully sought election a councillor in 2018, before later joining the Brexit Party.

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Early life Aker was born in Orsett to a Turkish father and an English mother, and grew up in Aveley. He attended Havering Sixth Form College. He went on to study at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a BA in History and Politics.

He was previously campaign director for Get Britain Out and a coordinator for the TaxPayers' Alliance.

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Political career Referred to by The Spectator as one of UKIP's most recognisable figures, Aker stood unsuccessfully in the constituency of Thurrock in the 2015 general election (although he gained nearly 32% of the vote and came within 1000 votes of the winning candidate). On 20 January 2015, Aker quit as UKIP's Head of Policy, with some press reporting that he was sacked for failing to complete the party's manifesto on time, a claim which the party denied. Appointed as Local Government spokesman by Henry Bolton in October 2017, Aker left this post after Bolton failed to resign as leader following a vote of no confidence from UKIP's National Executive Committee.

After the ousting of Bolton as leader, Aker left UKIP. As of December 2018, he sat in the European Parliament as a Thurrock Independents MEP, while remaining a member of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy parliamentary group. From February 2019 until the UK's departure from the EU, Aker sat in the European Parliament for the Brexit Party. He also resigned his seat on Thurrock council having moved away from the area.

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Elections contested European Parliament elections (Multi-member constituency; party list)

2014 European election	East of England		UKIP	542,812	34.5	Elected

United Kingdom general elections (Single-member constituencies)

2015 general election	Thurrock		UKIP	15,718	31.7	Unelected
2017 general election	Thurrock		UKIP	10,112	20.1	Unelected

Thurrock Borough Council by-election (Single-member ward)

2014 Thurrock Borough Council by-election	Aveley & Uplands		UKIP	747	40.9	Elected
2018 Thurrock Council election	Aveley & Uplands	After Politics He resigned as a Councillor in February 2019 and chose not to seek re-election as an MEP in 2019. He briefly worked for Amazon before being appointed as the Development Manager for the Federation of Small Businesses in Kent and Medway. Personal life Aker claims to have a private property portfolio and completed an MA in 20th Century British History at the University of Buckingham in March 2022, where he is now a PhD student. External links Categories: Official Website, 1985 Births, Alumni Of The University Of Nottingham, English People Of Turkish Descent, Living People, Meps For England 2014–2019, People From Aveley, People From Orsett, Politics Of Thurrock, Brexit Party Meps, Uk Independence Party Meps, Thurrock Independents Meps, Uk Independence Party Parliamentary Candidates, People Educated At Havering Sixth Form College, Councillors In Essex, Conservative Party People, British Eurosceptics Page 1 of 1 1 Post Comment Page 1 of 1 1 Account Social: Privacy Policy Pages: Scavenge  ..  QRCode  ..  Tags Items: Shopping Cart  ..  Favorites UPC Scavenger Android App Navigation General: Atom Feed  ..  Entire Sitemap Help: Index  ..  Editing  ..  Full List Category: All  ..  Products  ..  Vendors Media: Product  ..  Wiki  ..  User Posts: Product  ..  Wiki  ..  User  ..  Forum Statistics Page: Revisions  ..  Tag Cloud Summary: Database  ..  Activity 1 Tags 10/10 Page Rank 5 Page Refs