Mike Hookem

1. "Mike HOOKEM". European Parliament . Retrieved 11 October 2014.
2. "May has now set out how she will betray the UK fishing industry!". UKIP. 2 March 2018.
3. "Paul Nuttall builds up UKIP's top team". BBC News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
4. Allegretti, Aubrey; Waugh, Paul (6 October 2016). "Steven Woolfe Recovering In Hospital After Altercation At Ukip MEPs Meeting". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
5. Booth, Robert (6 October 2016). "Mike Hookem: a 'working-class lad' who turned to Ukip". The Guardian . Kings Place, London . Retrieved 9 October 2016. A Labour voter most of his life, Mike Hookem joined Ukip in 2008 and recently became its defence spokesman. His father worked filleting fish on the Humberside docks and Hookem left school at 15, working in low-paid jobs before joining the Royal Air Force at 17. He left after four years but later rejoined the armed forces as commando engineer in the Royal Engineers. He has also worked as a bus and lorry driver, a carpenter and a joiner.
6. Watts, Joe (6 October 2016). "Steven Woolfe collapse: Ukip leadership favourite in 'serious condition' after altercation at European Parliament" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
7. "UKIP's Steven Woolfe in hospital 'after altercation'". BBC News. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
8. "UKIP MEP Mike Hookem denies assaulting Steven Woolfe". BBC News. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
9. "Mike Hookem: 'I acted in self-defence'". ITV . London. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
10. Walker, Peter (18 October 2017). "New Ukip leader Henry Bolton reveals frontbench lineup". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
11. Kentish, Benjamin (22 January 2018). "Mike Hookem: Ukip assistant deputy leader steps down after Henry Bolton refuses to resign" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
12. "Hookem quits as deputy UKIP leader to run for leadership". BBC News. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
13. "Ukip deputy Mike Hookem quits to run for leadership with blast at Gerard Batten". Politics home. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
14. "UKIP leader to stand down in June". BBC News. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
15. "Ukip deputy Mike Hookem quits to run for party leader". Metro. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
16. ""Never give up" says UKIP following disastrous EU election results". Euro News. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
17. "Eurosceptic Brexit Party storms to victory in UK's European elections". The Parliament Magazine. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
18. "European elections 2019: Brexit Party dominates as Tories and Labour suffer". BBC News. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
19. "UKIP:Richard Braine elected a party leader". BBC News. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
20. "Ukip elects Richard Braine as leader by wide margin". The Guardian. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
21. "Hull East". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

External links

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Mike Hookem
Mike Hookem on 29 September 2017
Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Party
In office 2020–2024

v t e UK Independence Party
Leadership Leaders Alan Sked Craig Mackinlay (acting) Michael Holmes Jeffrey Titford Roger Knapman Nigel Farage Lord Pearson Jeffrey Titford (acting) Nigel Farage Diane James Nigel Farage (acting) Paul Nuttall Steve Crowther (acting) Henry Bolton Gerard Batten Richard Braine Patricia Mountain (acting) Freddy Vachha Neil Hamilton Nick Tenconi Deputy Leaders Craig Mackinlay Graham Booth Mike Nattrass David Campbell Bannerman Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Paul Nuttall Peter Whittle Margot Parker Mike Hookem Patricia Mountain Rebecca Jane Nick Tenconi Chairs Nigel Farage Mike Nattrass David Lott Petrina Holdsworth David Campbell Bannerman John Whittaker Paul Nuttall Steve Crowther Paul Oakden Tony McIntyre Kirstan Herriot Ben Walker Deputy Chairs Neil Hamilton Diane James Suzanne Evans William Legge Margot Parker Pete Muswell (interim) Treasurers Craig Mackinlay Marta Andreasen Stuart Wheeler Andrew Reid Mark Harland
Organisation Internal elections 2006 leadership (Farage) 2009 leadership (Pearson) 2010 leadership (Farage) July–September 2016 leadership (James) October–November 2016 leadership (Nuttall) 2017 leadership (Bolton) 2018 leadership (Batten) 2019 leadership (Braine) 2020 leadership (Vachha) 2021 leadership (Hamilton) 2024 leadership election International affiliations Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy History National Electoral Performance Anti-Federalist League Breakaway groups Veritas New Deal One London Brexit Alliance We Demand a Referendum Now Independence from Europe Thurrock Independents For Britain Movement Brexit Party/Reform UK
Political representation Former MEPs Stuart Agnew (voted out) Tim Aker (defected) Marta Andreasen (defected) Jonathan Arnott (defected) Janice Atkinson (expelled) Amjad Bashir (defected) Gerard Batten (voted out) Godfrey Bloom (expelled) Graham Booth Louise Bours (defected) John Bufton Jonathan Bullock (defected) David Campbell Bannerman (defected) James Carver (defected) Derek Clark David Coburn (defected) Trevor Colman William Dartmouth (defected) Bill Etheridge (defected) Nigel Farage (defected) Ray Finch (defected) Nathan Gill (defected) Roger Helmer Michael Holmes (defected) Mike Hookem (voted out) Diane James (defected) Robert Kilroy-Silk (defected) Roger Knapman Ashley Mote (expelled) Mike Nattrass (defected) Paul Nuttall (defected) Patrick O'Flynn (defected) Julia Reid (defected) Nikki Sinclaire (expelled) Jeffrey Titford John Whittaker Tom Wise (expelled) Steven Woolfe (defected) Jane Collins (defected) Margot Parker (defected) Jill Seymour (defected) Former MPs Douglas Carswell (defected) Mark Reckless (voted out) Bob Spink (voted out)