Jake Pugh
British politician and businessman (born 1960)
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Edward Francis Pugh (born 20 October 1960) is a British politician, and businessman. Pugh was a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2019 to 2020.
Jake Pugh | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Hookem |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 October 1960 |
| Party | Brexit (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Referendum (1997) |
| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Occupation | Politician, Businessman |
| Website | jakepughview |
Early life and career
Edward Francis Pugh was born on 20 October 1960 in Pembury, Kent, England.[1][2] Both his parents were Conservative Party activists. His older brother, businessman Henry Pugh, died in 2013. His early education was at the private Rugby School.[3] Pugh studied economics and politics at Durham University (Hatfield College).[4][5] As a student he played cricket alongside Tim Curtis and Steve Henderson and later played for the 2nd XI at Warwickshire.[6]
He started his financial career as a broker for the former American investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1983, and later worked in the wealth management division for six years for the British investment bank Barclays.[7] Pugh has also worked as a managing director for the futures division of ICAP.[8]
He is the director of PughView Ltd, a strategy consultancy.[1][9]
Political career
In the 1997 general election, he contested the Richmond Park constituency on behalf of the Eurosceptic Referendum Party. Pugh was fourth in the election with 1,467 votes (2.6%).[10] He voted for Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election.[11]
Pugh voted for Brexit in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. He supports Brexit as he felt that the European Union was undemocratic, and protectionist.[12] In the 2019 European parliamentary election, Pugh stood as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the Yorkshire and Humber constituency. He was third on his party's list, and was elected as one of its three MEPs in the constituency.[13][14]
In the European parliament, Pugh was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.[2]
In August 2020, Pugh argued that the UK should change its foreign policy towards the EU by "doing everything we can to undermine the EU economically, militarily and politically." [15]