Douglas Carswell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Douglas Carswell

British politician

Date of Birth: 03-May-1971

Place of Birth: Westminster, England, United Kingdom

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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John Douglas Wilson Carswell (born 3 May 1971) is a British former Member of Parliament who in 2014 became the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), representing Clacton.
From March 2017 to May 2017 (general election), he sat as an independent.As a member of the Conservative Party, Carswell was elected as the MP for Harwich in 2005 and Clacton in 2010.
In August 2014, he changed his political allegiance to UKIP and announced his resignation as an MP.
He decided to call a by-election in which he stood and was returned as a UKIP MP.
He explained that he was joining UKIP out of a desire to see "fundamental change in British politics" and because he believed "many of those at the top of the Conservative Party are simply not on our side.
They aren't serious about the change that Britain so desperately needs." In 2016 Carswell admitted that he had "jumped ship with the express goal of changing the image of UKIP and ensuring that it was an asset rather than a liability in the referendum campaign…to decontaminate the brand".
He left the UK Independence Party on 25 March 2017, to sit as an independent MP.
He did not stand at the 2017 general election.