1. Timur Mark "Tim" Aker was born on 23 May 1985 and is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region.
12 Facts About Tim Aker
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Tim Aker was elected as a UK Independence Party candidate in 2014.
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Tim Aker was head of UKIP's Policy Unit from August 2013 to January 2015, and was UKIP's candidate for the Thurrock constituency in the 2015 general election, coming third in a close 3-way election.
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Tim Aker was born in Orsett to a Turkish father and an English mother, and grew up in Aveley.
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Tim Aker went on to study at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a BA in History and Politics.
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Tim Aker was previously campaign director for Get Britain Out and a coordinator for the TaxPayers' Alliance.
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On 20 January 2015, Aker quit as UKIP's Head of Policy, with some press reporting that he was sacked for failing to complete the party's manifesto on time, a claim which the party denied.
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From February 2019 until the UK's departure from the EU, Tim Aker sat in the European Parliament for the Brexit Party.
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Tim Aker resigned his seat on Thurrock council having moved away from the area.
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Tim Aker resigned as a Councillor in February 2019 after being forced to face a by-election after not carrying our council duties for a period of 6 months and chose not to seek re-election as an MEP in 2019.
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Tim Aker briefly worked for Amazon before being appointed as the Development Manager for the Federation of Small Businesses in Kent and Medway.
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Tim Aker claims to have a private property portfolio and completed an MA in 20th Century British History at the University of Buckingham in March 2022, where he is a PhD student.