Matthew Patten (politician)
Former Brexit Party politician (born 1962)
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Matthew Richard Patten[1] (born 21 May 1962) is a former British politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.[2] He had previously been a Conservative[3] councillor for Bradfield, Wix and Wrabness in Tendring District, Essex.[4]
affiliations
Conservative (until 2019)
Matthew Patten | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Emma McClarkin |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Born | 21 May 1962 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England |
Other political affiliations | Brexit (2019–2021) Conservative (until 2019) |
Patten was once the Chief Executive of the cricket and disability sports charity The Lord's Taverners.[5] He was the Chief Executive for the social mobility charity Mayor's Fund for London from 2012 until 2018,[6] and spoke at the November 2017 ACEVO conference on the third sector.[7] In 2015, he called for a watchdog similar to Ofsted to "improve performance, prevent abuse and give confidence to funders and other stakeholders" within British charities.[8]
In the European Parliament he was appointed a member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, the Delegation for Relations with Iran and the Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee.
He was the Brexit Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Clacton for the 2019 general election,[9] but withdrew when Nigel Farage announced the party would not contest Tory-held seats.[10]
He is currently the CEO of Fix Britain (https://fixbritain.com/leadership-team/).
