Claire Fox
British libertarian writer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Claire Regina Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley (born 5 June 1960), is a British writer, journalist, lecturer and politician who sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated life peer. She is the director and founder of the think tank the Academy of Ideas (formerly Institute of Ideas).
The Baroness Fox of Buckley | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 8 October 2020 Life Peerage | |
Member of the European Parliament for North West England | |
In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Paul Nuttall |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Claire Regina Fox (1960-06-05) 5 June 1960 (age 63) Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England |
Political party | Independent (1997–2019; 2020–present) |
Other political affiliations | Brexit (2019–2020) Revolutionary Communist (before 1997) |
Relations | Fiona Fox (sister) |
Alma mater | University of Warwick University of Greenwich |
Occupation | Writer and broadcaster |
Known for | Director and founder of Institute of Ideas |
A lifelong Eurosceptic, she was previously a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party but later began identifying as a libertarian. She became a registered supporter of the Brexit Party shortly after its formation and was elected as an MEP in the 2019 European Parliament election. She was nominated for a peerage by the Boris Johnson-led Conservative government in 2020,[1] despite her past opposition to the existence of the House of Lords.[2]