Mark Reckless Politician

Mark John Reckless (born 6 December 1970) is a British UK Independence Party (UKIP) politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood since the 2010 General Election.After representing his constituents for the Conservative Party in Parliament, on 27 September 2014, he announced that he was joining UKIP and would be resigning his seat to seek mandate by way of re-election.Mark Reckless won re-election as a Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood as a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party on 21 November 2014.While a Conservative MP, Reckless was noted for his rebelliousness; he cast 56 votes against the whip between 2010 and 2014, making him the 13th most rebellious Conservative in the period. He led a rebellion of 53 Conservative MPs on the EU Budget, which inflicted the first House of Commons defeat on the Coalition government, although he served as a member (from November 2010) of the Home Affairs Select Committee.