20 Facts About Nathan Gill

Nathan Lee Gill was born on 6 July 1973 and is a British former politician who was the Leader of Reform UK Wales from March to May 2021, when he resigned from the party.

Nathan Gill previously served as Member of the European Parliament for Wales from 2014 to January 2020.

Nathan Gill was born in England, but his family moved to Wales in the early 1980s.

Nathan Gill was educated at Ysgol David Hughes and then Coleg Menai: on leaving the latter he joined a family-owned private company based in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Nathan Gill founded and managed Burgill Ltd in March 2004, with his mother Elaine.

Nathan Gill employed 180 staff, chiefly from central Europe and the Philippines, to which they optionally provided chargeable "bunkhouse"-style accommodation.

Nathan Gill then moved back to Wales, where he now lives in Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, with his American wife Jana, and five children.

Nathan Gill was beaten to the post of leader of the UKIP group in the National Assembly for Wales by former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton, which Farage described as an "unjust act of deep ingratitude"; Hamilton said that Farage was simply an "MEP for South East England whose opinions were irrelevant".

Nathan Gill subsequently left the UKIP group in the assembly to sit as an independent, citing much infighting and distractions.

Nathan Gill remained a member of the party and its leader in Wales, until Neil Hamilton was made Wales leader in September 2016.

On 6 December 2018, Nathan Gill resigned from UKIP, in opposition to the party leader Gerard Batten's links to far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Nathan Gill joined the new Brexit Party in February 2019.

Nathan Gill was re-elected as an MEP in Wales in the 2019 European Parliament election.

Nathan Gill was elected alongside fellow Brexit Party candidate, James Wells.

On 26 March 2021, Nathan Gill was announced as Leader of Reform UK Wales.

Nathan Gill was a regional list candidate in the 2021 Senedd election for the North Wales electoral region but was not elected.

Cymru revealed that Nathan Gill had had multiple meetings with pro-Russian leaders in Ukraine and Moldova that had been organised by men accused of being Kremlin agents.

In February 2025, Nathan Gill attended court charged with eight counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command of statements he made in the European parliament and to news media about Ukraine.

Nathan Gill appeared at the Old Bailey on 14 March 2025 where his defence barrister Clare Ashcroft indicated that Gill intended to enter not guilty pleas.

Nathan Gill is a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served as a bishop for the Anglesey ward for six years.