14 Facts About Lance Forman

Previously affiliated with the Conservative Party, Forman was elected to the European Parliament as a Brexit Party MEP, however he resigned the party whip in December 2019 in order to support the Conservative Party's Brexit strategy.

Lance Forman later joined the Conservative Party and for part of January 2020 was a member of the ECR group.

Lance Forman was born in Islington and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Lance Forman was a partner of EastS, a small property advisory firm specialising in Eastern Europe.

The Observer reported that Lance Forman specialised in the privatisation of enterprises in former eastern European Soviet states and held real estate in Ukraine.

Lance Forman told The Observer that he acted "as a consultant" in this regard.

Lance Forman has claimed that he does not believe his business was targeted due to his Jewish heritage but rather because he supports Brexit.

Lance Forman was elected as a Brexit Party MEP for the London constituency in May 2019.

Lance Forman resigned the party whip in December 2019 to support the Conservative Party's Brexit strategy.

Lance Forman is considered to be the most prolific Twitter user of all MEPs, having the highest total number of tweets.

Lance Forman is in favour of "reducing the size of the state" and removing "red tape" which he considers harmful to businesses.

Lance Forman has claimed that EU packaging and hygiene regulations have cost his business hundreds of thousands of pounds annually, which is the principal reason he is in favour of Brexit.

Lance Forman defended the decision saying he was in favour of free speech.

Together with his wife, Rene Anisfeld, Lance Forman is a patron of the charitable organisation One Family UK, which aids victims of terror attacks in Israel.