Bill Etheridge

Bill Etheridge
Etheridge in 2014
UKIP spokesperson for defence
In office
29 November 2016 – 15 January 2018
LeaderPaul Nuttall
Henry Bolton
Preceded byMike Hookem
Succeeded byHenry Bolton
Member of the European Parliament
for West Midlands
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019[1][2]
Preceded byMalcolm Harbour
Succeeded byAndrew Kerr
Personal details
Born
William Milroy Etheridge

(1970-03-18) 18 March 1970 (age 54)
Wolverhampton, England
Political partyUKIP (2011–2018; 2020–2024)
Other political
affiliations		Brexit Party (2019–2020)
Libertarian (2018–2019)
Conservative (2008–2011)
Alma materDudley College
University of Wolverhampton

William Milroy Etheridge (born 18 March 1970) is an English politician who was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands region. He was elected in 2014 as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate,[3] but left the party in October 2018[4] and joined the Libertarian Party. He joined the Brexit Party in 2019[5] but rejoined UKIP in September 2020. He unsuccessfully stood for UKIP leader in 2016, and 2024.

Early life

Etheridge was educated at Parkfield High School, Wolverhampton Polytechnic (now University of Wolverhampton) and Dudley College.

Etheridge joined the Conservative Party in 2008. Both he and his wife, Star, unsuccessfully stood as Conservative candidates in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections in 2010.[6] In March 2011, they resigned from the Conservatives after their membership was suspended following complaints from party members that they were photographed posing with knitted golliwogs on their Facebook profile pages as part of a protest against political correctness. They joined the UK Independence Party[7] and he stood, unsuccessfully, as UKIP candidate in the Dudley council elections in 2011[8] and 2012.[9]

Member of UKIP: 2011–2018

Etheridge stood for UKIP in the 2011 local election. In 2012, he stood in the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election for UKIP; he finished fourth with 17,563 votes (7.37%).

In 2014, as well as being elected to the European Parliament, he was also elected as a councillor for the Sedgley ward on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, unseating a Conservative. His wife, Star, was also elected for UKIP in the Coseley East ward. Etheridge lost his seat on Dudley MBC in the May 2018 local council elections.[10]

In August 2014, Etheridge highlighted the speaking style of Adolf Hitler during a public-speaking seminar he gave to members of the UKIP youth wing, including the dangers it presented. According to Etheridge, he was "the most magnetic and forceful public speaker possibly in history"[11] who "achieved a great deal" in relation to convincing people.[12] A spokesman for UKIP said: "Bill Etheridge gave a seminar on public speaking and highlighted great speakers of the past, like Churchill, Blair, Martin Luther King and Hitler as people whose style, not content could be studied".[12] When contacted by The Independent on Sunday, Etheridge stated that "Hitler and the Nazis were monsters" and said "At no point did I endorse Hitler or anybody else".[11]

At the general election in May 2015, Etheridge stood as UKIP's parliamentary candidate for Dudley North. He finished third with a vote of 9,113, triple that of the vote in 2010. At 24% of the votes cast, it also represented double the national average for UKIP.

Etheridge, who is also a member of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), has been active in the UKIP front campaign; West Midlands Save The Pub. He has urged the Conservative government to increase the power of the Asset of Community Value, brought in as part of the Localism Act 2011. This would enable local communities to acquire their local pubs. This did lead to Etheridge making efforts to save a number of pubs in his ward, including The Seven Stars.[13]

Etheridge sat on the EU Regional Development Committee; his belief that power should be handed back to communities has seen him emerge as a critic of combined authorities.

Etheridge is an associate of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).[14]

In May 2017, Etheridge launched his book; Putting Great Back In Britain, with a guest appearance from Nigel Farage. In the book, Etheridge outlines his vision for a post-Brexit Britain.

Etheridge is a prominent[citation needed] UK libertarian and is chairman of The Indigo Group.[15] He has launched a platform of libertarian policies in his EFDD book, Prosperous, Happy and at Peace, co-authored with Paul Brothwood.

Etheridge launched a book, The EU's engagement with the politics of international recognition, co-authored with Paul Brothwood, at an EU conference about Somaliland on 6 December 2018.

UKIP leadership bids

Further information: September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election, November 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election, and 2018 UK Independence Party leadership election
Etheridge in 2016

In July 2016, Etheridge launched his bid to become leader of UKIP following the resignation of Nigel Farage. Launching his campaign at the Seven Stars pub in Sedgley, Etheridge said: "I want us to represent the view of the people against the establishment". Etheridge received 13.7% of the vote, with the third-most votes cast. He promised to work and support with the new leader, Diane James,[16] who was only briefly in the post. His policy proposals included cheaper beer, better representation for fathers in the family court system and a referendum on bringing back the death penalty.[16] Also amongst his policy proposals were prison reform and a move to save the British public house by reintroducing smoking via the use of efficient extraction systems as used within the European Parliament itself. While in favour of Muslim faith schools and same-sex marriage, he advocates banning the burka.[17]

In October 2016, Etheridge launched his bid to become leader of UKIP following Diane James' resignation, after declaring he would refuse to back Steven Woolfe and stand himself during an interview on the BBC's Sunday Politics. He withdrew on 25 October, and endorsed the eventual winner, Paul Nuttall.

Etheridge subsequently launched his third leadership bid for the 2017 UK Independence Party leadership election, having previously stood in both of UKIP's 2016 leadership elections.[18] A key divide between candidates was between what The Guardian described as "Farage-ist economic libertarians" like Etheridge and the "more hard-right, Islam-focused" Anne Marie Waters and Peter Whittle.[19] Etheridge stated that "whichever side wins, the other side won't have a future in the party".[19] On 26 July 2017, two days before close of nominations, Etheridge withdrew his candidacy.[20]

He announced his intention to run again for the party leadership in the 2018 leadership election, but withdrew and backed Gerard Batten.[21]

Etheridge left UKIP in October 2018, saying the party is seen by voters as a "vehicle of hate towards Muslims and the Gay community".[22] He remains part of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group in the European Parliament.

Libertarian and Brexit Party

At the Liberty Rising Conference on 6 October 2018, Etheridge announced he had joined the Libertarian Party UK. He became its deputy chairman.[23] However, he ceased to have that role[24] when, in February 2019, he left to join the Brexit Party.[25]

Return to UKIP

In September 2020, Etheridge rejoined UKIP and became the party's economics spokesman.[26] He stood in the 2024 leadership election to succeed Neil Hamilton, where he finished second to Lois Perry.[27]

References

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "vote 2014 - West Midlands". BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Former UKIP leadership candidate Bill Etheridge resigns". BBC News. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ Bill Etheridge, The European Parliament
  6. ^ Local Election 2010 Archived 10 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Dudley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018
  7. ^ "Tories pose with golliwogs in political correctness stunt". The Daily Telegraph. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  8. ^ Local Election 2011 Archived 10 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Dudley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018
  9. ^ Local Election 2012 Archived 10 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Dudley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018
  10. ^ Brown, Graeme; Preece, Ashley (8 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018: What is the result in Dudley?". Birmingham Mail.
  11. ^ a b Eleftheriou-Smith, Loulla-Mae (10 August 2014). "Hitler praised as 'magnetic and forceful speaker' by Ukip MEP". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  12. ^ a b "UKIP defends MEP's 'Hitler speech' advice". BBC News. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ^ "UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge takes pub protection campaign to Westminster". Express and Star.
  14. ^ Alex Stevenson (5 November 2014). "Climate deniers: Ukip in bed with corporate America". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  15. ^ "- Our team". www.theindigogroup.org. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  16. ^ a b Walker, Jonathan (20 July 2016). "UKIP leadership: Bill Etheridge calls for death penalty vote". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  17. ^ Wilkinson, Michael (6 August 2016). "Bill Etheridge: The pro-gay marriage, pro-Muslim schools, Shiraz drinking Ukip leadership candidate – who would bring back death penalty and ban burkas". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  18. ^ Walker, Jonathan (5 July 2017). "West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge launches UKIP leadership bid". Birmingham Mail.
  19. ^ a b Walker, Peter (2 July 2017). "Large influx of new Ukip members prompts fears of far-right takeover". The Guardian.
  20. ^ Goodliffe, Darrell (26 July 2017). "Bill Etheridge stands down". Kipper Central. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
    - "UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge drops out of leadership race". Sky News.
    - "Bill Etheridge drops out of UKIP leadership race". ITV News.
  21. ^ Madeley, Pete. "Bill Etheridge: It's my time to lead Ukip and make the Black Country a post-Brexit industrial powerhouse". Express and Star. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
    - Madeley, Pete. "Bill Etheridge suspends fourth UKIP leadership campaign to back anti-Islam candidate". Express and Star.
  22. ^ "MEP Bill Etheridge quits UKIP over 'extreme nationalist' views". ITV News - Central. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  23. ^ Bagdi, Annabal (8 October 2018). "Bill Etheridge joins Libertarian Party days after UKIP exit". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  24. ^ "No". 14 February 2019.
  25. ^ "MEP Tim Aker joins new Brexit Party". Your Thurrock. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  26. ^ Madeley, Peter (28 September 2020). "Bill Etheridge rejoins UKIP two years after quitting party". Express & Star. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
    - "Spokespeople". UKIP. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  27. ^ "2024 UKIP Leadership Election". UKIP. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

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