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Mark Reckless

British politician (born 1970)

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Also known as Mark John Reckless

Born: December 6, 1970
, December 1970
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Birthplace: London
Citizenship: United Kingdom
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Occupation: politician
Positions held: Member of the 5th National Assembly for Wales(2017–2021)
, Member of the 5th National Assembly for Wales(2016–2017)
, member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom(2014–2015)
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Education: Christ Church
, Columbia Business School
, Marlborough College
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Mark John Reckless is a British politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021, having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2010 to 2015. Initially a member of the Conservative Party, he crossed the floor to join the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in September 2014. He has since changed parties a further four times. He is currently a member of Reform UK.

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Member of political party: Conservative Party(2002–2014)
UK Independence Party(2014–2017)
Brexit Party(2019–2020)
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party(since 2020)
Given name: Mark
Website: markreckless.com
Work location: London
Name in native language: Mark Reckless
Family name: Reckless
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1.Stated in Companies HouseRetrieved 2022-04-06
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Sex or gender: male
Candidacy in election: 2010 United Kingdom general election electoral district: Rochester and Strood · represents: Conservative Party · votes received: 23,604
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1.Stated in UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency LevelRetrieved 2022-12-13
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2014 Rochester and Strood by-election electoral district: Rochester and Strood · ranking: 1 · represents: UK Independence Party
2021 Senedd election electoral district: Monmouth · represents: Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party
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1.Stated in Democracy ClubRetrieved 2021-06-16
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2021 Senedd election electoral district: South Wales East · represents: Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party · candidate number: 1
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Social media followers: 22,869(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 66774405
23,145(March 2, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 66774405
24,421(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 66774405
24,854(April 14, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 66774405

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