Stuart Agnew
Stuart Agnew | |
|---|---|
 Agnew in 2009 | |
| Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Partyin theEuropean Parliament | |
| In office 16 April 2019 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Leader | Gerard Batten |
| Preceded by | Ray Finch |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the European Parliament forEast of England | |
| In office 7 June 2009 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Titford |
| Succeeded by | Michael Heaver |
| UKIP portfolios | |
| 2014–2019 | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Stuart Agnew 30 August 1949 Norwich,Norfolk,England |
| Political party | Reform UK(since 2021) UK Independence Party(until 2019) |
| Alma mater | Royal Agricultural College |
John Stuart Agnew(born 30 August 1949) is a British politician who served asMember of the European Parliament(MEP) for theEast of Englandregion for theUK Independence Party(UKIP) from2009to2019.
Early life and career
[edit]Agnew was born inNorwich,and educated atGordonstoun Schooland theRoyal Agricultural College.[1]During the 1970s he worked inRhodesiaas a soil conservation officer, as well as being a reserve in the Rhodesian Army. A long-time UKIP member, he is aNorfolkfarmer who formerly represented Norfolk on theNFUCouncil.[2]
Political career
[edit]He sits on theEuropean Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.[citation needed]
He was the UKIP candidate inMid Norfolkat the2001 general election,inNorfolk Northat the2005 general election,[3]and inBroadlandat the2010and2015 general elections.[citation needed]
As UKIP'sShadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,Agnew has describedclimate changescience as "the global warming scam".[4]In the European Parliament in 2015, he stated that plants needcarbon dioxideas food, so "if you succeed in decarbonising Europe, our crops will have no natural gas to grow from".Richard A. Bettsof theMet Officedescribed this as a misunderstanding, since cutting emissions did not mean reducing existing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.[5]
In the2017 UKIP leadership election,he was the running-mate ofAnne Marie Waters.[6]
In April 2019, Agnew was appointed Deputy Leader of UKIP in theEuropean Parliamentfollowing the resignation ofRay Finch,and it was reported that he spoke to theSpringbok Club.[7]
Agnew lost his seat at the2019 European Parliament election,when UKIP dropped to seventh position with 3.42% of the regional vote.
References
[edit]- ^'AGNEW, (John) Stuart', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^"Eastern Counties Region - UK Independence Party".Archived fromthe originalon 3 July 2009.Retrieved9 June2009.
- ^"Election 2005 - Results - Norfolk North".news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^"My Personal Experiences of the Global Warming Scam".stuartagnewmep.co.uk.Retrieved14 November2015.
- ^"Cutting carbon emissions will cause crops to die, warns UKIP".RTCC.Retrieved13 March2015.
- ^"UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew will be anti-Islam leadership hopeful Anne Marie Waters' deputy".Eastern Daily Press.24 July 2017.Retrieved29 September2017.
- ^correspondent, Peter Walker Political (16 April 2019)."Ukip MEP Stuart Agnew addresses pro-apartheid club in London".The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- People educated at Gordonstoun
- Alumni of the Royal Agricultural University
- UK Independence Party parliamentary candidates
- UK Independence Party MEPs
- MEPs for England 2009–2014
- MEPs for England 2014–2019
- 20th-century British farmers
- Politicians from Norwich
- British Eurosceptics
- 21st-century English farmers