Derek Roland Clark (10 October 1933 - 1 January 2023) was a

UK Independence Party The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest par ...

politician. He was a

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(MEP) for the

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from 2004 to 2014. He stood as a UKIP candidate in the 2010 general election for Northampton South, receiving 1,897 votes (4.9%), which was 50 votes short of retaining his deposit. He was educated at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

(Teaching Certificate) and the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...

. He was a retired science teacher. In 2011, he was investigated by OLAF, the EU anti-fraud office, and was made to repay £31,800 for wages paid to employees who were working for UKIP and not for his EU Parliament work. Clark was a

climate change denier Climate change denial, or global warming denial, is denial, dismissal, or doubt that contradicts the scientific consensus on climate change, including the extent to which it is caused by humans, its effects on nature and human society, or the ...

and pledged to ban the teaching of anthropogenic global warming in schools.

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Profile on European Parliament website
1933 births 2023 deaths Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the University of Exeter UK Independence Party parliamentary candidates Politics of Lincolnshire UK Independence Party MEPs MEPs for England 2004–2009 MEPs for England 2009–2014 {{UK-MEP-stub