Education
James Carver was educated at Orpington College.
Member of the European Parliament politician
James Carver was educated at Orpington College.
He was elected in 2014, second on the list for the region, being elected together with Jill Seymour and Bill Etheridge. He runs a family umbrella business. Carver stood in four general elections for UKIP: Orpington in 1997 (5th, 526 votes), Cheltenham in 2001 (6th, 482 votes), Preseli Pembrokeshire in 2005 (5th, 498 votes), and Stourbridge in 2015 (3rd, 7,774 votes).
He has a lifelong commitment to raise awareness of this relatively unknown connective tissue disease.
United Kingdom Parliament elections
European Parliament elections (Multi-member constituency. Party list)
Carver was first elected to the European Parliament in 2014.
He serves on the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs. Among the topics Carver has raised are:
European Union expansionism and military confrontation
Economic issues and hardships arising from the eurozone
The role of the European Union operating outside of international law either at home and abroad
He also supports:
Fostering better understanding of the gypsy communities and how to integrate with mainstream society
The banning of legal highs
Recognition of Somaliland
Addressing the rise of extremism in the Middle East and Europe
Carver is critical of European Union’s policy in Israel, claiming that its actions do not comply with the founding treaties of the European Union. He says structures built by the European Union in a number of Beduin encampments outside Ma"aleh Adumim and on the Jerusalem-Jericho road bearing the European Union logo are disrespectful of the rule of law: "European Union member states would not allow such behavior within their own borders, nor would the European Union endorse or find it anywhere within the European Union.
He was also sixth on the party list for London in the 1999 European election.