Robert Kilroy-Silk Politician

Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born 19 May 1942) is an English politician, who served as an independent Member of the European Parliament. He previously had a career as a television presenter and was best known for his daytime talk show, Kilroy. He has been a university lecturer and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). He stood successfully for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the 2004 election to the European Parliament. He left them in 2005 to found a new party which he called Veritas; he resigned as its leader later the same year.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 19, 1942
Birth place
Birmingham , Warwickshire
Nationality
British people
Education
London School of Economics

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Office holder

office
Member of Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
for Ormskirk
for Knowsley North
for the East Midlands
other party
Labour Party (UK)
UK Independence Party
Veritas (political party)
party
Independent (politician)
successor

Robert Kilroy-Silk on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3383875.stm
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4189537.stm