14 Facts About Michael Heaver

Michael Eric Heaver was born on 22 September 1989 and is a British broadcaster and former politician.

Michael Heaver was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament for the East of England constituency in the 2019 election and served in that role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.

Michael Eric Heaver was born on 22 September 1989 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Michael Heaver appeared on the panel of the BBC's topical debate programme Question Time on 10 July 2008, at the age of 18, after winning the people's panellist competition.

In 2011, Heaver graduated from the University of East Anglia with a bachelor's degree in European Politics.

Michael Heaver joined the UK Independence Party at the age of 17, serving twice as the chair of their youth wing, Young Independence.

Michael Heaver stood as a candidate for the party in the 2014 European parliamentary election in the East of England constituency.

Michael Heaver ran UKIP candidate Tim Aker's unsuccessful campaign for the Thurrock constituency in the 2015 general election and subsequently served as Nigel Farage's press officer until early 2017.

In 2018, Michael Heaver left UKIP and joined the Conservative Party.

Michael Heaver stood as a candidate for the Brexit Party in the 2019 European parliamentary election.

Michael Heaver was second on his party's list behind only chairman Richard Tice, and was elected as one of its three MEPs in the East of England constituency.

On 26 September 2019, the Brexit Party announced that Michael Heaver was their prospective parliamentary candidate for the Castle Point constituency in Essex.

Michael Heaver resigned from Farage's staff in January 2017 and, backed by political donor Arron Banks, launched the news website Westmonster, modelled on American right-wing sites like Breitbart News and the Drudge Report.

Michael Heaver has a YouTube channel with over 150,000 subscribers, started in January 2017, and is the GB News Community Editor.