Background
In March 2004 Gill founded and managed Burgill Limited, with his mother Elaine.
In March 2004 Gill founded and managed Burgill Limited, with his mother Elaine.
Born in England, his family moved to Wales in the early 1980s. Educated at Ysgol David Hughes and then Coleg Menai, on leaving the latter he joined a family-owned private company based in North East England. Registered in Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey but operating solely in Kingston upon Hull, the company provided domiciliary and home care services mainly to Hull City Council.
The company employed 180 staff, mainly from central Europe (mainly Poland) and the Philippines, to which they optionally provided chargeable "bunkhouse"-style accommodation.
In a later interview with the Western Mail after his election, Gill commented:
The company collapsed into administration with debts £116,000, after main bankers Household Bank withdrew its borrowing facility in light of the Financial crisis of 2007-2008. In July 2012, he came last in the election of councillor for the Llanbedrgoch electoral division.
Gill himself stood to be elected as councillor for the new electoral division of Seiriol, but he came in eighth place with 7% of the vote. In August 2013, he came third behind Plaid Cymru"s Rhun ap Iorwerth in the National Assembly for Wales by-election for Ynys Môn.
With John Bufton stepping down as Member of the European Parliament in 2014, Gill was selected as UKIP candidate number one for Wales in the European Parliament Election and successfully held on to the seat for the party.
During the United Kingdom Independence Party Wales Conference on 6 December 2014, Nigel Farage Leader of United Kingdom Independence Party announced that Gill would be the Leader of the Party in Wales. During the 2015 United Kingdom General Election campaign, Gill represented UKIP in the Independent Television Welsh television Leaders debate. During the election campaign, Gill denied human involvement in climate change, comments which were strongly criticised by other leaders.
The party did not win any seats on the island"s council.