1. Jane Maria Collins was born on 17 February 1962 and is a British politician and horse show-jumper who served as a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2014 to 2019.
23 Facts About Jane Collins
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Jane Collins was elected in May 2014 as a member of the UK Independence Party, but defected to the Brexit Party in 2019 in the last months of her membership of the European Parliament.
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Jane Collins was born in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire and attended East Hardwick Junior School and Pontefract and District Girls High School, leaving at 18 with four GCE O-levels and a GCE A-level in Art.
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On leaving school, Jane Collins opted against going to college, preferring to develop an equestrian career.
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Jane Collins began her equestrian career with a racehorse training establishment in Moss, South Yorkshire.
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Jane Collins became interested in the party, which she joined in 2003.
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Jane Collins was concerned about "a developing health problem" in Sheffield in relation to the Roma community of Slovak origin.
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Jane Collins claimed they had a higher incidence of hepatitis B, the subject of a planned vaccination program, which would put a greater strain on the health service.
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Jane Collins called for those indigenous children who are in close contact with the Roma to be vaccinated as well.
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In conclusion, journalist Daniel Boffey said Jane Collins would continue Bloom's tradition of stirring controversy.
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Jane Collins stood for UKIP in the March 2011 Barnsley Central by-election triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Eric Illsley over the UK parliamentary expenses scandal.
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Jane Collins again stood for UKIP in the November 2012 Rotherham by-election triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Denis MacShane, over the expenses scandal.
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Jane Collins was selected to top the party's regional list for Yorkshire and the Humber in the 2014 European Parliament elections.
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In November 2014, whilst campaigning for UKIP in the 2014 South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election, Jane Collins appeared to imply that Mark Russell, head of the evangelistic charity Church Army, was a paedophile.
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Jane Collins originally refused to apologise, but eventually deleted the tweet and offered to make a donation to the charity after Russell threatened to sue her.
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Jane Collins stood again for UKIP in Rotherham during the May 2015 general election.
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Defamation proceedings in a British court were placed on hold in May 2016 when Jane Collins claimed her position as an MEP granted her immunity from prosecution.
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Jane Collins said the ruling was "one lost battle in a war of words I'm determined to win".
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Jane Collins ran to be the leader of UKIP following the resignation of Paul Nuttall after the party's poor showing in a series of elections in 2017.
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Jane Collins said she was standing in order to 'rebuild confidence in UKIP' and cited her two by-election campaigns and her success in the European Elections and her work for Godfrey Bloom as proof of her experience and track record of success for the party.
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Jane Collins stated that she was a progressive libertarian who wanted the party to support low taxes and a small state and welcomed the news that former economics spokesman Patrick O'Flynn said his and Suzanne Evans's economic policies had been rejected in the party.
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Jane Collins had criticised fellow candidate Anne Marie Waters for launching her leadership campaign in Rotherham.
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Jane Collins added Nigel Farage's new party was the best way of achieving a "real Brexit".