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'''Rupert James Graham Lowe''' (born 31 October 1957) is a British [[Reform UK]] politician and businessman, who has served as [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]. He has served as [[Reform UK|Reform UK's]] Business and Agriculture spokesman since 2023.<ref name="spokespeople">{{cite web|url=https://www.reformparty.uk/departmental_responsibilities_of_reform_uk_spokespeople|title=Reform UK Departmental Team Responsibilities|website=Reform UK|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He previously served as a Brexit Party [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref name="europarl">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/en/european-elections/uk_meps/west_midlands_region.html|title=West Midlands Region – 7 MEPs|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref>
Lowe was chairman of [[Southampton Football Club]] from 1996 to 2006 and then again from 2008 to 2009, when the company was placed into administration.
== Early life and career ==
Lowe was born on 31 October 1957 in [[Oxford]], Oxfordshire, England.<ref>"LOWE Rupert J G / HUINS" in ''Register of Births for Oxford Registration District'', vol. 6b (1959), p. 1313</ref> He was educated at [[Radley College]], an all-boys [[Independent school (UK)|independent]] [[boarding school]], and the [[University of Reading]]. He then worked in the [[City of London]] for companies such as [[Morgan Grenfell]], [[Deutsche Bank]] and [[Barings Bank]] where he worked with rogue trader [[Nick Leeson]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/trading-places-2815967|title=Trading places|first=Jackie|last=Hayden|website=Hotpress|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> He was also a board member of the [[London International Financial Futures Exchange]]. He founded Secure Retirements, a quoted care home provider, with Andrew Cowen, later the Southampton F.C. Vice-Chairman.
== Football career ==
=== Southampton Football Club ===
In the mid-1990s, the Saints board were looking to float the club on the [[London Stock Exchange]], a long and costly procedure. Therefore, they attempted a [[reverse takeover]] as a way to reduce costs. They needed to find a company that had already floated and take it over while effectively being taken over themselves. Lowe's Secure Retirements, which ran [[nursing home]]s, was a perfect candidate. The resultant group was renamed Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm | title=Rupert the Rare |work=BBC Sport | date=23 August 2004 | access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>
After the deal was completed, Lowe became chairman of the football club. This was despite him being an avid [[rugby union]] watcher and [[field hockey|hockey]] player, who had only seen his first professional football game six months previously.
Southampton fans were initially undecided about Lowe. He had vast business expertise, a vital trait for any chairman of a football club, but he also knew hardly anything about the game. In contrast, clubs including [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] had recently been taken over by lifelong fans who had made their wealth in various industries before switching their investments to football.
In the summer of 1997, manager [[Graeme Souness]] left after just one season in charge, as did director of football and former manager [[Lawrie McMenemy]]. Both men cited 'difficulties' with the new owners. This came as a huge shock to many fans and to the local press, who regarded McMenemy as 'Mr. Southampton'; he had previous managed the club from 1973 to 1985, guiding it to [[FA Cup]] glory in 1976 and finishing as high as second in the league in 1984.
Lowe, however, did much to move the club forward. He guided the club from their old stadium into the 32,000-seater [[St Mary's Stadium]], which opened in 2001, and the club continued to follow a long-standing policy of selling players to clubs for high prices. [[Dean Richards (footballer)|Dean Richards]], who was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur]] for £8 million, and [[Kevin Davies]], who was sold to [[Blackburn Rovers]] for £7 million, are good examples. Davies was subsequently bought back by Southampton for a much smaller fee. [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]] joined the club for £1 million from [[Blackburn Rovers]], enjoyed great form at Southampton, and later joined [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] for £6 million.
During his ownership of the club, the Saints managed to maintain their [[Premier League]] status into the 21st century, despite having been in regular relegation battles since the early 1990s and rarely finishing in the top half of the table.
His timing of managerial decisions were somewhat alarming and inconsistent, however, as there were eight managers during his tenure, a very high turnover rate. [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] was forced out in January 2000 when faced with a criminal investigation, even though Jones was later exonerated of all charges. Jones was succeeded by [[Glenn Hoddle]], who left just over a year later to join [[Tottenham Hotspur]], amid criticism from Southampton fans that he had turned his back on the club. Lowe then appointed a talented coach, [[Stuart Gray (footballer born 1960)|Stuart Gray]], but Gray was swiftly replaced by [[Gordon Strachan]] after a disastrous start to the 2001–02 season. Strachan guided the Saints to a secure 11th-place finish.
In 2003, Saints went on to reach the [[FA Cup Final]] and qualified for the [[UEFA Cup]] for the first time in nearly 20 years, also finishing eighth in the league – their highest finish for well over a decade. In the following season they were lying fourth in the league at Christmas, but it soon emerged that Gordon Strachan was refusing to extend his contract citing "personal reasons". Strachan resigned in March 2004, and Lowe and the board took the decision to replace him with [[Paul Sturrock]] before the end of the season. Sturrock himself left the club by "[[Consent|mutual consent]]" within six months of being appointed, despite achieving good results during his time in charge. It is understood that Lowe attempted to interfere in team selection after consulting Rugby Union coach Sir [[Clive Woodward]], who was being approached about a possible role at the club at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/woodward-set-for-top-job-at-saints-529428.html|title=Woodward set for top job at Saints|date=22 March 2005|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
Lowe appointed [[Harry Redknapp]] manager of Southampton in December 2004. Redknapp had quit as manager of Southampton's south coast rivals [[Portsmouth Football Club|Portsmouth]] two weeks previously.<ref name=GuardDec04>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/08/newsstory.southampton1|archive-url=|title=Redknapp confirmed as Saints boss|date=8 December 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> Southampton were relegated in 2005 and Lowe appointed [[Clive Woodward]], the former head coach of the [[England national rugby union team]] as the [[Director of Football]] of Southampton in July 2005. Redknapp resigned as manager in December 2005 and subsequently rejoined Portsmouth.<ref name=BBCDec05>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4506132.stm|archive-url=|title=Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth |date=7 December 2005|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
Lowe won a libel case against ''[[The Times]]'' in 2005 regarding a column by the sportswriter [[Martin Samuel]] which alleged that Lowe had treated Jones "shabbily" following Jones's suspension as manager of Southampton after he was accused of child abuse charges on which he was subsequently acquitted. Lowe was awarded £250,000 which he pledged to donate to charity.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hornsell|first1=Michael|title=Football chairman awarded £250,000 in Times libel case|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502790969/|accessdate=12 July 2024|work=[[The Times]]|issue=68529|date=27 October 2005|page=20}}</ref>
On 30 June 2006, Lowe resigned under huge pressure from club supporters, including the newly formed [[Saints Trust]], following the club's failure to win promotion back to the Premiership.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 July 2006|title=Lowe resigns as Saints chairman|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/01/newsstory.southampton|access-date=15 December 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> [[Michael Wilde]], a new investor in Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, led a new team of directors in taking over the club. The Saints were beaten in the 2006–07 Championship playoffs, and failed to mount a promotion challenge the following season.
In July 2008, Lowe returned as Southampton Leisure Holdings plc chairman. At an [[Annual general meeting|AGM]] on 23 December 2008, Lowe received several calls to resign from former chairman [[Leon Crouch]] and from fans and shareholders at the meeting. Also, thirty silver coins were thrown in the direction of Lowe by fan Richard Chorley, who was thrown out of the meeting. After Lowe's return, protests took place against his role at the club.<ref name = "Admin">{{cite news| title=Mark Fry and David Hudson of Begbies Traynor appointed as joint administrators to Southampton Leisure Holdings plc |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |publisher=[[Southampton F.C.]] |date=2 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404055244/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |archive-date=4 April 2009 }}</ref>
On 2 April 2009, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC was put into administration, resulting in Lowe's resignation from the board. The club was relegated to League One shortly afterwards, but under its new owners reached the Premier League just three years afterwards.<ref name = "Admin"/>
===Garforth Town===
In December 2012, Lowe purchased [[Garforth Town F.C.|Garforth Town]] of the Northern Premier League, along with the franchise operation of Socatots & Brazilian Soccer Schools linking up again with [[Simon Clifford]], who had been employed as a Southampton coach in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gree|first=Wendy|title=Rupert Lowe makes football return|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/10111599.Rupert_Lowe_makes_football_return/|work=Daily Echo|access-date=29 April 2013|date=17 December 2012}}</ref>
=== Football Association ===
Lowe has served as a member of the executive board of [[The Football Association]] as a [[Premier League]] representative and as an FA Councillor and on the FA Cup committee.<ref name=BBC04>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm|archive-url=|title=Rupert the Rare|date=23 August 2004|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref><ref name=IndAug04>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/blunders-increase-eriksson-and-thompson-s-chances-of-survival-50258.html|archive-url=|title=Blunders increase Eriksson and Thompson's chances of survival|date=23 August 2004|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Political career==
Lowe stood for election as the [[Referendum Party]] candidate for [[Cotswold (constituency)|Cotswold]] in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]. He also took an active role in the successful [[Vote Leave]] campaign in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 Brexit referendum]]. He won a seat for the [[Brexit Party]] in the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] constituency in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament elections]].<ref name="europarl" /> He had planned to be the Brexit Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the [[Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley North]] constituency of the [[UK Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/08/02/rupert-lowe-and-paul-brothwood-announced-as-brexit-party-candidates-for-dudley/|title=Brexit Party MEP Rupert Lowe will bid to unseat Ian Austin in future general election|last=Farrington|first=Dayna|website=Express & Star|date=2 August 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> but withdrew.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1195008427778596867|user=RupertLowe10|title=It is with a heavy heart I have decided not to contest Dudley North as a Brexit Party candidate. I am putting cou…|date=14 November 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2019}} In 2020, he [[Climate change denial|denied the scientific consensus on man-made climate change]] in the [[European Parliament]], calling it a "cult" which "marches on with no definitive evidence to support or deny the factual accuracy of [climate scientists'] assertions".<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2020-01-13-INT-1-062-0000_EN.html "Devastating Bushfires in Australia and other extreme weather events as a consequence of Climate Change (debate)"], Verbatim report of proceedings of the [[European Parliament]], Monday, 13 January 2020 – Strasbourg. Quoted in {{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Fintan |title=At least 30 Reform candidates have cast doubt on human-induced global heating |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/01/at-least-30-reform-candidates-have-cast-doubt-on-human-induced-global-heating |work=The Guardian |date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
In March 2023, Lowe returned to politics as [[Reform UK]]'s Business and Agriculture Spokesman.<ref name="spokespeople" /><ref >{{cite web|first1=Rubert|last1=Lowe|url=https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1637782754510225410|title=Absolutely delighted to join Reform UK.|website=Twitter|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He contested the [[2024 Kingswood by-election]], finishing in third place, surpassing 10% and achieving Reform's best-ever by-election result. This was bettered later the same day by [[Ben Habib]]'s 13% of the vote in the [[2024 Wellingborough by-election|Wellingborough by-election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingswood by-election result: Another defeat for Rishi Sunak as Labour wins seat |url=https://news.sky.com/story/kingswood-by-election-result-another-defeat-for-rishi-sunak-as-labour-wins-seat-13071412 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Sky News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour wins Wellingborough seat in by-election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68313404 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=16 February 2024 |date=16 February 2024}}</ref>
In the July [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], he stood for the [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] constituency<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/|title=Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP|date=28 April 2024|website=Great Yarmouth Mercury|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> and won, gaining 35.3% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Great Yarmouth – General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref> After his election, he compiled a list of schools in his constituency where he claimed that teachers had a bias against Reform UK during the election campaign, saying he would be meeting with headteachers to discuss the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Ben |last2=Weale |first2=Sally |title=Reform UK MP accused of mounting 'witch-hunt' against local teachers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/09/reform-uk-mp-accused-of-mounting-witch-hunt-against-local-teachers |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 July 2024}}</ref> He also pledged to donate his MP salary to a different local charity or worthy cause each month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boris warns Tories not to merge with Reform |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/05/general-election-2024-results-live-updates2/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
Lowe regards [[Oliver Cromwell]] as his hero as he was "a great guy, a great leader – he stood up for what he believed in".<ref name=GuardJul05>{{cite news|last=Bellos|first=Alex|authorlink=Alex Bellos|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jul/30/newsstory.southampton|archive-url=|title=Lowe the umpire in Southampton|date=30 July 2005|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Later career==
In February 2018, Lowe was one of several people who received undisclosed damages payouts from [[Mirror Group Newspapers]] as part of the [[phone hacking scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rupert Lowe awarded damages over phone hacking |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15921075.Former_Saints_chairman_Rupert_Lowe_awarded_damages_over_phone_hacking/|access-date=26 March 2018|work=Daily Echo |date=5 February 2018|location=Southampton}}</ref>
Lowe was appointed a Director of Rutherford Health plc in 2018 and Digme Fitness in 2017.<ref name="RH">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/_DdyNGgUWQ_7Q39ORVXVPsf8aqQ/appointments|title=Rupert James Graham LOWE – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|publisher=Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom}}</ref>
Lowe owns Ravenshall Farm in [[Withington]], near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.<ref name=TelegAug20>{{cite news|last=Armytage|first=Marcus|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2020/08/27/smart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer/|archive-url=|title=Smart move puts Fergal O'Brien on track to be top trainer|date=20 August 2005|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> The operations of racehorse trainer [[Fergal O'Brien (trainer)|Fergal O'Brien]] are based at the farm.<ref name=TelegAug20/>
== Electoral history ==
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{{Election box begin for list|title = [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|European Election 2019]]: [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081683|title=2019 European elections: List of candidates for the West Midlands |website=BBC News|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref>}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Phil Bennion]]|votes=219,982|percentage=16.33|change=+10.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=[[Ellie Chowns]]|votes=143,520|percentage=10.66|change=+5.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Anthea McIntyre]]|votes=135,279|percentage=10.04|change=-14.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate= |votes=66,934|percentage=4.97|change=-26.52}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Change UK|candidate= |votes=45,673|percentage=3.39|change=+3.39}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,355,222|percentage=33.1|change={{nochange}}}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]: [[Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)|Cotswold]]<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]]
|votes = 23,698
|percentage = 46.4
|change = −8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Gayler
|votes = 11,733
|percentage = 22.9
|change = −10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Elwell
|votes = 11,608
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +11.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Rupert Lowe
|votes = 3,393
|percentage = 6.6
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Valerie Michael
|votes = 560
|percentage = 1.1
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate =Henry Brighouse
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.3
|change = –
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 11,965
|percentage = 23.4
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,121
|percentage = 75.9
|change = −6.5
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors =67,333
|percentage = 100.0
|change =+5.9
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
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| predecessor1 = [[Brandon Lewis]]
| term_start1 = 4 July 2024
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| majority1 = 1,426 (3.5%)
| office2 = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br /> for [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]]
| term_start2 = 2 July 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Daniel Dalton (British politician)|Daniel Dalton]]
| successor2 = ''Constituency abolished''
| term_end2 = 31 January 2020
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'''Rupert James Graham Lowe''' (born 31 October 1957) is a British [[Reform UK]] politician and businessman, who has served as [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]. He has served as [[Reform UK|Reform UK's]] Business and Agriculture spokesman since 2023.<ref name="spokespeople">{{cite web|url=https://www.reformparty.uk/departmental_responsibilities_of_reform_uk_spokespeople|title=Reform UK Departmental Team Responsibilities|website=Reform UK|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He previously served as a Brexit Party [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref name="europarl">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/en/european-elections/uk_meps/west_midlands_region.html|title=West Midlands Region – 7 MEPs|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref>
Lowe was chairman of [[Southampton Football Club]] from 1996 to 2006 and then again from 2008 to 2009, when the company was placed into administration.
== Early life and career ==
Lowe was born on 31 October 1957 in [[Oxford]], Oxfordshire, England.<ref>"LOWE Rupert J G / HUINS" in ''Register of Births for Oxford Registration District'', vol. 6b (1959), p. 1313</ref> He was educated at [[Radley College]], an all-boys [[Independent school (UK)|independent]] [[boarding school]], and the [[University of Reading]]. He then worked in the [[City of London]] for companies such as [[Morgan Grenfell]], [[Deutsche Bank]] and [[Barings Bank]] where he worked with rogue trader [[Nick Leeson]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/trading-places-2815967|title=Trading places|first=Jackie|last=Hayden|website=Hotpress|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> He was also a board member of the [[London International Financial Futures Exchange]]. He founded Secure Retirements, a quoted care home provider, with Andrew Cowen, later the Southampton F.C. Vice-Chairman.
== Football career ==
=== Southampton Football Club ===
In the mid-1990s, the Saints board were looking to float the club on the [[London Stock Exchange]], a long and costly procedure. Therefore, they attempted a [[reverse takeover]] as a way to reduce costs. They needed to find a company that had already floated and take it over while effectively being taken over themselves. Lowe's Secure Retirements, which ran [[nursing home]]s, was a perfect candidate. The resultant group was renamed Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm | title=Rupert the Rare |work=BBC Sport | date=23 August 2004 | access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>
After the deal was completed, Lowe became chairman of the football club. This was despite him being an avid [[rugby union]] watcher and [[field hockey|hockey]] player, who had only seen his first professional football game six months previously.
Southampton fans were initially undecided about Lowe. He had vast business expertise, a vital trait for any chairman of a football club, but he also knew hardly anything about the game. In contrast, clubs including [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] had recently been taken over by lifelong fans who had made their wealth in various industries before switching their investments to football.
In the summer of 1997, manager [[Graeme Souness]] left after just one season in charge, as did director of football and former manager [[Lawrie McMenemy]]. Both men cited 'difficulties' with the new owners. This came as a huge shock to many fans and to the local press, who regarded McMenemy as 'Mr. Southampton'; he had previous managed the club from 1973 to 1985, guiding it to [[FA Cup]] glory in 1976 and finishing as high as second in the league in 1984.
Lowe, however, did much to move the club forward. He guided the club from their old stadium into the 32,000-seater [[St Mary's Stadium]], which opened in 2001, and the club continued to follow a long-standing policy of selling players to clubs for high prices. [[Dean Richards (footballer)|Dean Richards]], who was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur]] for £8 million, and [[Kevin Davies]], who was sold to [[Blackburn Rovers]] for £7 million, are good examples. Davies was subsequently bought back by Southampton for a much smaller fee. [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]] joined the club for £1 million from [[Blackburn Rovers]], enjoyed great form at Southampton, and later joined [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] for £6 million.
During his ownership of the club, the Saints managed to maintain their [[Premier League]] status into the 21st century, despite having been in regular relegation battles since the early 1990s and rarely finishing in the top half of the table.
His timing of managerial decisions were somewhat alarming and inconsistent, however, as there were eight managers during his tenure, a very high turnover rate. [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] was forced out in January 2000 when faced with a criminal investigation, even though Jones was later exonerated of all charges. Jones was succeeded by [[Glenn Hoddle]], who left just over a year later to join [[Tottenham Hotspur]], amid criticism from Southampton fans that he had turned his back on the club. Lowe then appointed a talented coach, [[Stuart Gray (footballer born 1960)|Stuart Gray]], but Gray was swiftly replaced by [[Gordon Strachan]] after a disastrous start to the 2001–02 season. Strachan guided the Saints to a secure 11th-place finish.
In 2003, Saints went on to reach the [[FA Cup Final]] and qualified for the [[UEFA Cup]] for the first time in nearly 20 years, also finishing eighth in the league – their highest finish for well over a decade. In the following season they were lying fourth in the league at Christmas, but it soon emerged that Gordon Strachan was refusing to extend his contract citing "personal reasons". Strachan resigned in March 2004, and Lowe and the board took the decision to replace him with [[Paul Sturrock]] before the end of the season. Sturrock himself left the club by "[[Consent|mutual consent]]" within six months of being appointed, despite achieving good results during his time in charge. It is understood that Lowe attempted to interfere in team selection after consulting Rugby Union coach Sir [[Clive Woodward]], who was being approached about a possible role at the club at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/woodward-set-for-top-job-at-saints-529428.html|title=Woodward set for top job at Saints|date=22 March 2005|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
Lowe appointed [[Harry Redknapp]] manager of Southampton in December 2004. Redknapp had quit as manager of Southampton's south coast rivals [[Portsmouth Football Club|Portsmouth]] two weeks previously.<ref name=GuardDec04>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/08/newsstory.southampton1|archive-url=|title=Redknapp confirmed as Saints boss|date=8 December 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> Southampton were relegated in 2005 and Lowe appointed [[Clive Woodward]], the former head coach of the [[England national rugby union team]] as the [[Director of Football]] of Southampton in July 2005. Redknapp resigned as manager in December 2005 and subsequently rejoined Portsmouth.<ref name=BBCDec05>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4506132.stm|archive-url=|title=Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth |date=7 December 2005|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
Lowe won a libel case against ''[[The Times]]'' in 2005 regarding a column by the sportswriter [[Martin Samuel]] which alleged that Lowe had treated Jones "shabbily" following Jones's suspension as manager of Southampton after he was accused of child abuse charges on which he was subsequently acquitted. Lowe was awarded £250,000 which he pledged to donate to charity.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hornsell|first1=Michael|title=Football chairman awarded £250,000 in Times libel case|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502790969/|accessdate=12 July 2024|work=[[The Times]]|issue=68529|date=27 October 2005|page=20}}</ref>
On 30 June 2006, Lowe resigned under huge pressure from club supporters, including the newly formed [[Saints Trust]], following the club's failure to win promotion back to the Premiership.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 July 2006|title=Lowe resigns as Saints chairman|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/01/newsstory.southampton|access-date=15 December 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> [[Michael Wilde]], a new investor in Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, led a new team of directors in taking over the club. The Saints were beaten in the 2006–07 Championship playoffs, and failed to mount a promotion challenge the following season.
In July 2008, Lowe returned as Southampton Leisure Holdings plc chairman. At an [[Annual general meeting|AGM]] on 23 December 2008, Lowe received several calls to resign from former chairman [[Leon Crouch]] and from fans and shareholders at the meeting. Also, thirty silver coins were thrown in the direction of Lowe by fan Richard Chorley, who was thrown out of the meeting. After Lowe's return, protests took place against his role at the club.<ref name = "Admin">{{cite news| title=Mark Fry and David Hudson of Begbies Traynor appointed as joint administrators to Southampton Leisure Holdings plc |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |publisher=[[Southampton F.C.]] |date=2 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404055244/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |archive-date=4 April 2009 }}</ref>
On 2 April 2009, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC was put into administration, resulting in Lowe's resignation from the board. The club was relegated to League One shortly afterwards, but under its new owners reached the Premier League just three years afterwards.<ref name = "Admin"/>
===Garforth Town===
In December 2012, Lowe purchased [[Garforth Town F.C.|Garforth Town]] of the Northern Premier League, along with the franchise operation of Socatots & Brazilian Soccer Schools linking up again with [[Simon Clifford]], who had been employed as a Southampton coach in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gree|first=Wendy|title=Rupert Lowe makes football return|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/10111599.Rupert_Lowe_makes_football_return/|work=Daily Echo|access-date=29 April 2013|date=17 December 2012}}</ref>
=== Football Association ===
Lowe has served as a member of the executive board of [[The Football Association]] as a [[Premier League]] representative and as an FA Councillor and on the FA Cup committee.<ref name=BBC04>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm|archive-url=|title=Rupert the Rare|date=23 August 2004|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref><ref name=IndAug04>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/blunders-increase-eriksson-and-thompson-s-chances-of-survival-50258.html|archive-url=|title=Blunders increase Eriksson and Thompson's chances of survival|date=23 August 2004|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Political career==
Lowe stood for election as the [[Referendum Party]] candidate for [[Cotswold (constituency)|Cotswold]] in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]. He also took an active role in the successful [[Vote Leave]] campaign in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 Brexit referendum]]. He won a seat for the [[Brexit Party]] in the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] constituency in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament elections]].<ref name="europarl" /> He had planned to be the Brexit Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the [[Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley North]] constituency of the [[UK Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/08/02/rupert-lowe-and-paul-brothwood-announced-as-brexit-party-candidates-for-dudley/|title=Brexit Party MEP Rupert Lowe will bid to unseat Ian Austin in future general election|last=Farrington|first=Dayna|website=Express & Star|date=2 August 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> but withdrew.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1195008427778596867|user=RupertLowe10|title=It is with a heavy heart I have decided not to contest Dudley North as a Brexit Party candidate. I am putting cou…|date=14 November 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2019}} In 2020, he [[Climate change denial|denied the scientific consensus on man-made climate change]] in the [[European Parliament]], calling it a "cult" which "marches on with no definitive evidence to support or deny the factual accuracy of [climate scientists'] assertions".<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2020-01-13-INT-1-062-0000_EN.html "Devastating Bushfires in Australia and other extreme weather events as a consequence of Climate Change (debate)"], Verbatim report of proceedings of the [[European Parliament]], Monday, 13 January 2020 – Strasbourg. Quoted in {{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Fintan |title=At least 30 Reform candidates have cast doubt on human-induced global heating |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/01/at-least-30-reform-candidates-have-cast-doubt-on-human-induced-global-heating |work=The Guardian |date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
In March 2023, Lowe returned to politics as [[Reform UK]]'s Business and Agriculture Spokesman.<ref name="spokespeople" /><ref >{{cite web|first1=Rubert|last1=Lowe|url=https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1637782754510225410|title=Absolutely delighted to join Reform UK.|website=Twitter|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He contested the [[2024 Kingswood by-election]], finishing in third place, surpassing 10% and achieving Reform's best-ever by-election result. This was bettered later the same day by [[Ben Habib]]'s 13% of the vote in the [[2024 Wellingborough by-election|Wellingborough by-election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingswood by-election result: Another defeat for Rishi Sunak as Labour wins seat |url=https://news.sky.com/story/kingswood-by-election-result-another-defeat-for-rishi-sunak-as-labour-wins-seat-13071412 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Sky News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour wins Wellingborough seat in by-election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68313404 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=16 February 2024 |date=16 February 2024}}</ref>
In the July [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], he stood for the [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] constituency<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/|title=Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP|date=28 April 2024|website=Great Yarmouth Mercury|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> and won, gaining 35.3% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Great Yarmouth – General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref> After his election, he compiled a list of schools in his constituency where he claimed that teachers had a bias against Reform UK during the election campaign, saying he would be meeting with headteachers to discuss the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Ben |last2=Weale |first2=Sally |title=Reform UK MP accused of mounting 'witch-hunt' against local teachers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/09/reform-uk-mp-accused-of-mounting-witch-hunt-against-local-teachers |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 July 2024}}</ref> He also pledged to donate his MP salary to a different local charity or worthy cause each month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boris warns Tories not to merge with Reform |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/05/general-election-2024-results-live-updates2/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
Lowe regards [[Oliver Cromwell]] as his hero as he was "a great guy, a great leader – he stood up for what he believed in".<ref name=GuardJul05>{{cite news|last=Bellos|first=Alex|authorlink=Alex Bellos|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jul/30/newsstory.southampton|archive-url=|title=Lowe the umpire in Southampton|date=30 July 2005|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Later career==
In February 2018, Lowe was one of several people who received undisclosed damages payouts from [[Mirror Group Newspapers]] as part of the [[phone hacking scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rupert Lowe awarded damages over phone hacking |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15921075.Former_Saints_chairman_Rupert_Lowe_awarded_damages_over_phone_hacking/|access-date=26 March 2018|work=Daily Echo |date=5 February 2018|location=Southampton}}</ref>
Lowe was appointed a Director of Rutherford Health plc in 2018 and Digme Fitness in 2017.<ref name="RH">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/_DdyNGgUWQ_7Q39ORVXVPsf8aqQ/appointments|title=Rupert James Graham LOWE – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|publisher=Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom}}</ref>
Lowe owns Ravenshall Farm in [[Withington]], near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.<ref name=TelegAug20>{{cite news|last=Armytage|first=Marcus|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2020/08/27/smart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer/|archive-url=|title=Smart move puts Fergal O'Brien on track to be top trainer|date=20 August 2005|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> The operations of racehorse trainer [[Fergal O'Brien (trainer)|Fergal O'Brien]] are based at the farm.<ref name=TelegAug20/>
== Electoral history ==
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256 Great Yarmouth]</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=[[Rupert Lowe]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/ | title=Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP | date=28 April 2024 }}</ref>|votes=14,385|percentage=35.3|change=''New''|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Keir Cozens<ref>{{cite web |title=Great Yarmouth's Labour Party candidate has been announced |url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/23715900.great-yarmouths-labour-party-candidate-announced/ |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=Great Yarmouth Mercury |date=11 August 2023 }}</ref>|votes=12,959|percentage=31.8|change=6.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate= James Clark|votes=10,034|percentage=24.6|change=-41.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Trevor Rawson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |title=Our Candidates |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>|votes=1,736|percentage=4.3|change=1.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Fionna Tod|votes=1,102|percentage=2.7|change=-1.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Paul Brown|votes=230|percentage=0.6|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=[[Catherine Blaiklock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Constituencies – Eastern |url=https://www.englishdemocrats.party/parliamentary_constituencies_eastern |website=English Democrats |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>|votes=171|percentage=0.4|change=''New''|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Clare Roullier|votes=131|percentage=0.3|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=73,317|percentage=56|change=-6.4}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Reform UK|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 Kingswood by-election]]<ref>{{cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |url=https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/static/7f5e75229e24755762e4682d2b90f86b/Notice-of-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situtaion-of-Polling-Stations.pdf |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=South Gloucestershire Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour overturns Tory majority to win key by-election seat in Kingswood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68277176 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=BBC News |date=16 February 2024 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=[[Damien Egan]]
|votes=11,176|
percentage=44.9
|change=+11.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Sam Bromiley
|votes=8,675
|percentage=34.9
|change=–21.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Rupert Lowe
|votes=2,578
|percentage=10.4
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Lorraine Francis
|votes=1,450
|percentage=5.8
|change=+3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Andrew Brown
|votes=861
|percentage=3.5
|change=–3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=UK Independence Party
|candidate=Nicholas Wood
|votes=129
|percentage=0.5
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=2,501
|percentage=10.0
|change=''N/A''
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|percentage= 37.1
|change= –34.4
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| loser = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin for list|title = [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|European Election 2019]]: [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081683|title=2019 European elections: List of candidates for the West Midlands |website=BBC News|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Brexit Party|candidate='''Rupert Lowe''', [[Martin Daubney]], [[Andrew England Kerr]]|votes=507,152<br /><small>(169,050.67)</small>|percentage=37.66|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Neena Gill]]|votes=228,298|percentage=16.95|change=-9.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Phil Bennion]]|votes=219,982|percentage=16.33|change=+10.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=[[Ellie Chowns]]|votes=143,520|percentage=10.66|change=+5.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Anthea McIntyre]]|votes=135,279|percentage=10.04|change=-14.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate= |votes=66,934|percentage=4.97|change=-26.52}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Change UK|candidate= |votes=45,673|percentage=3.39|change=+3.39}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,355,222|percentage=33.1|change={{nochange}}}}
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{{Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]: [[Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)|Cotswold]]<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)</ref>}}
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|candidate = [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]]
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|percentage = 46.4
|change = −8.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = David Gayler
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|percentage = 22.9
|change = −10.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = David Elwell
|votes = 11,608
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +11.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Rupert Lowe
|votes = 3,393
|percentage = 6.6
|change = –
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Valerie Michael
|votes = 560
|percentage = 1.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate =Henry Brighouse
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.3
|change = –
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{{Election box majority
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|percentage = 23.4
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font-weight:normal;"><a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/info/en/?search=File:Rupert_Lowe_Official_Portrait_2024.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Rupert_Lowe_Official_Portrait_2024.png" decoding="async" width="707" height="948" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="707" data-file-height="948" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1229112069"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div style="width:100%; margin:0; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />4 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1229112069"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">1,426 (3.5%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1229112069"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a><br /> for <a href="/info/en/?search=West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1229112069"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Daniel_Dalton_(British_politician)" title="Daniel Dalton (British politician)">Daniel Dalton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency abolished</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Rupert James Graham Lowe</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1957-10-31</span>) </span>31 October 1957<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 66)</span><br /><a href="/info/en/?search=Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> (2019–2020; 2023–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a> (1997)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Radley_College" title="Radley College">Radley College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/info/en/?search=Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=University_of_Reading" title="University of Reading">University of Reading</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Rupert James Graham Lowe</b> (born 31 October 1957) is a British <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> politician and businessman, who has served as <a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament (UK)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a> since <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>. He has served as <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK's</a> Business and Agriculture spokesman since 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-spokespeople_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spokespeople-1">[1]</a></sup> He previously served as a Brexit Party <a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) for the <a href="/info/en/?search=West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a> from 2019 to 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-europarl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-europarl-2">[2]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe was chairman of <a href="/info/en/?search=Southampton_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Football Club">Southampton Football Club</a> from 1996 to 2006 and then again from 2008 to 2009, when the company was placed into administration.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life_and_career"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life and career</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Football_career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Football career</span></a>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Early life and career"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Lowe was born on 31 October 1957 in <a href="/info/en/?search=Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, Oxfordshire, England.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/info/en/?search=Radley_College" title="Radley College">Radley College</a>, an all-boys <a href="/info/en/?search=Independent_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent school (UK)">independent</a> <a href="/info/en/?search=Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding school</a>, and the <a href="/info/en/?search=University_of_Reading" title="University of Reading">University of Reading</a>. He then worked in the <a href="/info/en/?search=City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> for companies such as <a href="/info/en/?search=Morgan_Grenfell" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Grenfell">Morgan Grenfell</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Deutsche_Bank" title="Deutsche Bank">Deutsche Bank</a> and <a href="/info/en/?search=Barings_Bank" title="Barings Bank">Barings Bank</a> where he worked with rogue trader <a href="/info/en/?search=Nick_Leeson" title="Nick Leeson">Nick Leeson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a></sup> He was also a board member of the <a href="/info/en/?search=London_International_Financial_Futures_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="London International Financial Futures Exchange">London International Financial Futures Exchange</a>. He founded Secure Retirements, a quoted care home provider, with Andrew Cowen, later the Southampton F.C. Vice-Chairman.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Football_career">Football career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Football career"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Southampton_Football_Club">Southampton Football Club</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Southampton Football Club"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>In the mid-1990s, the Saints board were looking to float the club on the <a href="/info/en/?search=London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>, a long and costly procedure. Therefore, they attempted a <a href="/info/en/?search=Reverse_takeover" title="Reverse takeover">reverse takeover</a> as a way to reduce costs. They needed to find a company that had already floated and take it over while effectively being taken over themselves. Lowe's Secure Retirements, which ran <a href="/info/en/?search=Nursing_home" title="Nursing home">nursing homes</a>, was a perfect candidate. The resultant group was renamed Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
</p><p>After the deal was completed, Lowe became chairman of the football club. This was despite him being an avid <a href="/info/en/?search=Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> watcher and <a href="/info/en/?search=Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">hockey</a> player, who had only seen his first professional football game six months previously.
</p><p>Southampton fans were initially undecided about Lowe. He had vast business expertise, a vital trait for any chairman of a football club, but he also knew hardly anything about the game. In contrast, clubs including <a href="/info/en/?search=Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> and <a href="/info/en/?search=Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> had recently been taken over by lifelong fans who had made their wealth in various industries before switching their investments to football.
</p><p>In the summer of 1997, manager <a href="/info/en/?search=Graeme_Souness" title="Graeme Souness">Graeme Souness</a> left after just one season in charge, as did director of football and former manager <a href="/info/en/?search=Lawrie_McMenemy" title="Lawrie McMenemy">Lawrie McMenemy</a>. Both men cited 'difficulties' with the new owners. This came as a huge shock to many fans and to the local press, who regarded McMenemy as 'Mr. Southampton'; he had previous managed the club from 1973 to 1985, guiding it to <a href="/info/en/?search=FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> glory in 1976 and finishing as high as second in the league in 1984.
</p><p>Lowe, however, did much to move the club forward. He guided the club from their old stadium into the 32,000-seater <a href="/info/en/?search=St_Mary%27s_Stadium" title="St Mary's Stadium">St Mary's Stadium</a>, which opened in 2001, and the club continued to follow a long-standing policy of selling players to clubs for high prices. <a href="/info/en/?search=Dean_Richards_(footballer)" title="Dean Richards (footballer)">Dean Richards</a>, who was sold to <a href="/info/en/?search=Tottenham_Hotspur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tottenham Hotspur">Tottenham Hotspur</a> for £8 million, and <a href="/info/en/?search=Kevin_Davies" title="Kevin Davies">Kevin Davies</a>, who was sold to <a href="/info/en/?search=Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a> for £7 million, are good examples. Davies was subsequently bought back by Southampton for a much smaller fee. <a href="/info/en/?search=James_Beattie_(footballer)" title="James Beattie (footballer)">James Beattie</a> joined the club for £1 million from <a href="/info/en/?search=Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a>, enjoyed great form at Southampton, and later joined <a href="/info/en/?search=Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> for £6 million.
</p><p>During his ownership of the club, the Saints managed to maintain their <a href="/info/en/?search=Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> status into the 21st century, despite having been in regular relegation battles since the early 1990s and rarely finishing in the top half of the table.
</p><p>His timing of managerial decisions were somewhat alarming and inconsistent, however, as there were eight managers during his tenure, a very high turnover rate. <a href="/info/en/?search=Dave_Jones_(football_manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Jones (football manager)">Dave Jones</a> was forced out in January 2000 when faced with a criminal investigation, even though Jones was later exonerated of all charges. Jones was succeeded by <a href="/info/en/?search=Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Glenn Hoddle</a>, who left just over a year later to join <a href="/info/en/?search=Tottenham_Hotspur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tottenham Hotspur">Tottenham Hotspur</a>, amid criticism from Southampton fans that he had turned his back on the club. Lowe then appointed a talented coach, <a href="/info/en/?search=Stuart_Gray_(footballer_born_1960)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Gray (footballer born 1960)">Stuart Gray</a>, but Gray was swiftly replaced by <a href="/info/en/?search=Gordon_Strachan" title="Gordon Strachan">Gordon Strachan</a> after a disastrous start to the 2001–02 season. Strachan guided the Saints to a secure 11th-place finish.
</p><p>In 2003, Saints went on to reach the <a href="/info/en/?search=FA_Cup_Final" title="FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a> and qualified for the <a href="/info/en/?search=UEFA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a> for the first time in nearly 20 years, also finishing eighth in the league – their highest finish for well over a decade. In the following season they were lying fourth in the league at Christmas, but it soon emerged that Gordon Strachan was refusing to extend his contract citing "personal reasons". Strachan resigned in March 2004, and Lowe and the board took the decision to replace him with <a href="/info/en/?search=Paul_Sturrock" title="Paul Sturrock">Paul Sturrock</a> before the end of the season. Sturrock himself left the club by "<a href="/info/en/?search=Consent" title="Consent">mutual consent</a>" within six months of being appointed, despite achieving good results during his time in charge. It is understood that Lowe attempted to interfere in team selection after consulting Rugby Union coach Sir <a href="/info/en/?search=Clive_Woodward" title="Clive Woodward">Clive Woodward</a>, who was being approached about a possible role at the club at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe appointed <a href="/info/en/?search=Harry_Redknapp" title="Harry Redknapp">Harry Redknapp</a> manager of Southampton in December 2004. Redknapp had quit as manager of Southampton's south coast rivals <a href="/info/en/?search=Portsmouth_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Football Club">Portsmouth</a> two weeks previously.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardDec04_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardDec04-7">[7]</a></sup> Southampton were relegated in 2005 and Lowe appointed <a href="/info/en/?search=Clive_Woodward" title="Clive Woodward">Clive Woodward</a>, the former head coach of the <a href="/info/en/?search=England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England national rugby union team</a> as the <a href="/info/en/?search=Director_of_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of Football">Director of Football</a> of Southampton in July 2005. Redknapp resigned as manager in December 2005 and subsequently rejoined Portsmouth.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCDec05_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCDec05-8">[8]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe won a libel case against <i><a href="/info/en/?search=The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> in 2005 regarding a column by the sportswriter <a href="/info/en/?search=Martin_Samuel" title="Martin Samuel">Martin Samuel</a> which alleged that Lowe had treated Jones "shabbily" following Jones's suspension as manager of Southampton after he was accused of child abuse charges on which he was subsequently acquitted. Lowe was awarded £250,000 which he pledged to donate to charity.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup>
</p><p>On 30 June 2006, Lowe resigned under huge pressure from club supporters, including the newly formed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Saints_Trust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saints Trust (page does not exist)">Saints Trust</a>, following the club's failure to win promotion back to the Premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> <a href="/info/en/?search=Michael_Wilde" title="Michael Wilde">Michael Wilde</a>, a new investor in Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, led a new team of directors in taking over the club. The Saints were beaten in the 2006–07 Championship playoffs, and failed to mount a promotion challenge the following season.
</p><p>In July 2008, Lowe returned as Southampton Leisure Holdings plc chairman. At an <a href="/info/en/?search=Annual_general_meeting" title="Annual general meeting">AGM</a> on 23 December 2008, Lowe received several calls to resign from former chairman <a href="/info/en/?search=Leon_Crouch" title="Leon Crouch">Leon Crouch</a> and from fans and shareholders at the meeting. Also, thirty silver coins were thrown in the direction of Lowe by fan Richard Chorley, who was thrown out of the meeting. After Lowe's return, protests took place against his role at the club.<sup id="cite_ref-Admin_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admin-11">[11]</a></sup>
</p><p>On 2 April 2009, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC was put into administration, resulting in Lowe's resignation from the board. The club was relegated to League One shortly afterwards, but under its new owners reached the Premier League just three years afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-Admin_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admin-11">[11]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Garforth_Town">Garforth Town</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Garforth Town"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>In December 2012, Lowe purchased <a href="/info/en/?search=Garforth_Town_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Garforth Town F.C.">Garforth Town</a> of the Northern Premier League, along with the franchise operation of Socatots & Brazilian Soccer Schools linking up again with <a href="/info/en/?search=Simon_Clifford" title="Simon Clifford">Simon Clifford</a>, who had been employed as a Southampton coach in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Football_Association">Football Association</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Football Association"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Lowe has served as a member of the executive board of <a href="/info/en/?search=The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> as a <a href="/info/en/?search=Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> representative and as an FA Councillor and on the FA Cup committee.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC04_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC04-13">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IndAug04_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndAug04-14">[14]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Political career"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Lowe stood for election as the <a href="/info/en/?search=Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum Party</a> candidate for <a href="/info/en/?search=Cotswold_(constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotswold (constituency)">Cotswold</a> in the <a href="/info/en/?search=1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>. He also took an active role in the successful <a href="/info/en/?search=Vote_Leave" title="Vote Leave">Vote Leave</a> campaign in the <a href="/info/en/?search=2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 Brexit referendum</a>. He won a seat for the <a href="/info/en/?search=Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a> in the <a href="/info/en/?search=West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a> constituency in the <a href="/info/en/?search=2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019 European Parliament elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-europarl_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-europarl-2">[2]</a></sup> He had planned to be the Brexit Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the <a href="/info/en/?search=Dudley_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)">Dudley North</a> constituency of the <a href="/info/en/?search=UK_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament">UK Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> but withdrew.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (December 2019)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2020, he <a href="/info/en/?search=Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">denied the scientific consensus on man-made climate change</a> in the <a href="/info/en/?search=European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, calling it a "cult" which "marches on with no definitive evidence to support or deny the factual accuracy of [climate scientists'] assertions".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2023, Lowe returned to politics as <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a>'s Business and Agriculture Spokesman.<sup id="cite_ref-spokespeople_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spokespeople-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> He contested the <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_Kingswood_by-election" title="2024 Kingswood by-election">2024 Kingswood by-election</a>, finishing in third place, surpassing 10% and achieving Reform's best-ever by-election result. This was bettered later the same day by <a href="/info/en/?search=Ben_Habib" title="Ben Habib">Ben Habib</a>'s 13% of the vote in the <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_Wellingborough_by-election" title="2024 Wellingborough by-election">Wellingborough by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup>
</p><p>In the July <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, he stood for the <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a> constituency<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> and won, gaining 35.3% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> After his election, he compiled a list of schools in his constituency where he claimed that teachers had a bias against Reform UK during the election campaign, saying he would be meeting with headteachers to discuss the allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> He also pledged to donate his MP salary to a different local charity or worthy cause each month.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe regards <a href="/info/en/?search=Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> as his hero as he was "a great guy, a great leader – he stood up for what he believed in".<sup id="cite_ref-GuardJul05_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardJul05-25">[25]</a></sup>
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Later_career">Later career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Later career"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>In February 2018, Lowe was one of several people who received undisclosed damages payouts from <a href="/info/en/?search=Mirror_Group_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirror Group Newspapers">Mirror Group Newspapers</a> as part of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Phone_hacking_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Phone hacking scandal">phone hacking scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe was appointed a Director of Rutherford Health plc in 2018 and Digme Fitness in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-RH_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RH-27">[27]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe owns Ravenshall Farm in <a href="/info/en/?search=Withington" title="Withington">Withington</a>, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.<sup id="cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegAug20-28">[28]</a></sup> The operations of racehorse trainer <a href="/info/en/?search=Fergal_O%27Brien_(trainer)" title="Fergal O'Brien (trainer)">Fergal O'Brien</a> are based at the farm.<sup id="cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegAug20-28">[28]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Electoral history"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption><a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">General election 2024</a>: <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rupert Lowe</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,385
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Keir Cozens<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,959
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.8
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.7
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">James Clark
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,034
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.6
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−41.2
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Trevor Rawson<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,736
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.9
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Fionna Tod
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,102
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.7
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.1
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Paul Brown
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">230
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #915F6D; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrat</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Catherine_Blaiklock" title="Catherine Blaiklock">Catherine Blaiklock</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">171
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Clare Roullier
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">131
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73,317
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.4
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td style="color:inherit;background-color: #12B6CF">
</td>
<td colspan="2"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/info/en/?search=Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;">
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption><a href="/info/en/?search=2024_Kingswood_by-election" title="2024 Kingswood by-election">2024 Kingswood by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Damien_Egan" title="Damien Egan">Damien Egan</a> </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,176 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.9 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+11.5 </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Sam Bromiley
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,675
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.9
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–21.3
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Rupert Lowe
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,578
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.4
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Lorraine Francis
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,450
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.8
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.4
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Andrew Brown
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">861
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.5
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.5
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Nicholas Wood
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">129
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,501
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.0
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,869
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.1
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–34.4
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67,103
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B">
</td>
<td colspan="2"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/info/en/?search=Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;">+16.4
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody><tr>
<th colspan="6"><a href="/info/en/?search=2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">European Election 2019</a>: <a href="/info/en/?search=West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" style="width:130px;">List
</th>
<th style="width:17em;">Candidates
</th>
<th style="width:5em;">Votes
</th>
<th style="width:3.5em;">Of total (%)
</th>
<th style="width:3.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Difference in proportion of total from previous">± from prev.</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Rupert Lowe</b>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Martin_Daubney" title="Martin Daubney">Martin Daubney</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Andrew_England_Kerr" title="Andrew England Kerr">Andrew England Kerr</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">507,152<br /><small>(169,050.67)</small>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.66
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Neena_Gill" title="Neena Gill">Neena Gill</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">228,298
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.95
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.76
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Phil_Bennion" title="Phil Bennion">Phil Bennion</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">219,982
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.33
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.77
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ellie_Chowns" title="Ellie Chowns">Ellie Chowns</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">143,520
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.66
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.40
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Anthea_McIntyre" title="Anthea McIntyre">Anthea McIntyre</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">135,279
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.04
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.27
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66,934
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.97
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−26.52
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #222221; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Change_UK" title="Change UK">Change UK</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45,673
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.39
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.39
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,355,222
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.1
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption><a href="/info/en/?search=1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>: <a href="/info/en/?search=Cotswold_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)">Cotswold</a><sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-37">[37]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup>
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<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Geoffrey_Clifton-Brown" title="Geoffrey Clifton-Brown">Geoffrey Clifton-Brown</a> </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,698 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.4 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−8.0 </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">David Gayler
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,733
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.9
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.4
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">David Elwell
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,608
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.7
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+11.8
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #bf475c; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Rupert Lowe
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,393
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Valerie Michael
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">560
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Henry Brighouse
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">129
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,965
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.4
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51,121
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.9
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.5
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67,333
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+5.9
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC">
</td>
<td colspan="5"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat)
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<li id="cite_note-TelegAug20-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFArmytage2005" class="citation news cs1">Armytage, Marcus (20 August 2005). <a class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2020/08/27/smart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer/">"Smart move puts Fergal O'Brien on track to be top trainer"</a>. <i><a href="/info/en/?search=The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Smart+move+puts+Fergal+O%27Brien+on+track+to+be+top+trainer&rft.date=2005-08-20&rft.aulast=Armytage&rft.aufirst=Marcus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fracing%2F2020%2F08%2F27%2Fsmart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)</span>
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<td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a> </b><br /><a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>–present
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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> (2019–2021)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a> (2021–2024)</span></li>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a> (2019–2024)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Zia_Yusuf_(businessman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zia Yusuf (businessman)">Zia Yusuf</a> (2024–present)</span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=David_Bull_(television_presenter)" title="David Bull (television presenter)">David Bull</a> (2021–2024)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ben_Habib" title="Ben Habib">Ben Habib</a> (2023–2024)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a> (2024–present)</span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Lee_Anderson_(British_politician)" title="Lee Anderson (British politician)">Lee Anderson</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> </span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rupert Lowe</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=James_McMurdock" title="James McMurdock">James McMurdock</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ninth_European_Parliament" title="Ninth European Parliament">Ninth European Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>elected in <a href="/info/en/?search=2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></i><br /><i>left Parliament <a href="/info/en/?search=Brexit" title="Brexit">Jan 2020</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=David_Bull_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Bull (politician)">David Bull</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jonathan_Bullock" title="Jonathan Bullock">Jonathan Bullock</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Lance_Forman" title="Lance Forman">Lance Forman</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Claire_Fox" title="Claire Fox">Claire Fox</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nathan_Gill" title="Nathan Gill">Nathan Gill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=James_Glancy" title="James Glancy">James Glancy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ben_Habib" title="Ben Habib">Ben Habib</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Lucy_Harris_(politician)" title="Lucy Harris (politician)">Lucy Harris</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Michael_Heaver" title="Michael Heaver">Michael Heaver</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Christina_Jordan" title="Christina Jordan">Christina Jordan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Andrew_England_Kerr" title="Andrew England Kerr">Andrew England Kerr</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=John_Longworth_(businessman)" title="John Longworth (businessman)">John Longworth</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Alex_Phillips_(TV_presenter)" title="Alex Phillips (TV presenter)">Alex Phillips</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jake_Pugh" title="Jake Pugh">Jake Pugh</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Annunziata_Rees-Mogg" title="Annunziata Rees-Mogg">Annunziata Rees-Mogg</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Louis_Stedman-Bryce" title="Louis Stedman-Bryce">Louis Stedman-Bryce</a></span></li>
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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=James_Wells_(British_politician)" title="James Wells (British politician)">James Wells</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ann_Widdecombe" title="Ann Widdecombe">Ann Widdecombe</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Eighth_European_Parliament" title="Eighth European Parliament">Eighth European Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>elected on the UKIP list in <a href="/info/en/?search=2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Tim_Aker" title="Tim Aker">Tim Aker</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jonathan_Arnott" title="Jonathan Arnott">Jonathan Arnott</a></span></li>
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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>co-opted on the Conservative list in <a href="/info/en/?search=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></i><br />not re-elected in <a href="/info/en/?search=2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
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'''Rupert James Graham Lowe''' (born 31 October 1957) is a British [[Reform UK]] politician and businessman, who has served as [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]. He has served as [[Reform UK|Reform UK's]] Business and Agriculture spokesman since 2023.<ref name="spokespeople">{{cite web|url=https://www.reformparty.uk/departmental_responsibilities_of_reform_uk_spokespeople|title=Reform UK Departmental Team Responsibilities|website=Reform UK|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He previously served as a Brexit Party [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref name="europarl">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/en/european-elections/uk_meps/west_midlands_region.html|title=West Midlands Region – 7 MEPs|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref>
Lowe was chairman of [[Southampton Football Club]] from 1996 to 2006 and then again from 2008 to 2009, when the company was placed into administration.
== Early life and career ==
Lowe was born on 31 October 1957 in [[Oxford]], Oxfordshire, England.<ref>"LOWE Rupert J G / HUINS" in ''Register of Births for Oxford Registration District'', vol. 6b (1959), p. 1313</ref> He was educated at [[Radley College]], an all-boys [[Independent school (UK)|independent]] [[boarding school]], and the [[University of Reading]]. He then worked in the [[City of London]] for companies such as [[Morgan Grenfell]], [[Deutsche Bank]] and [[Barings Bank]] where he worked with rogue trader [[Nick Leeson]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/trading-places-2815967|title=Trading places|first=Jackie|last=Hayden|website=Hotpress|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> He was also a board member of the [[London International Financial Futures Exchange]]. He founded Secure Retirements, a quoted care home provider, with Andrew Cowen, later the Southampton F.C. Vice-Chairman.
== Football career ==
=== Southampton Football Club ===
In the mid-1990s, the Saints board were looking to float the club on the [[London Stock Exchange]], a long and costly procedure. Therefore, they attempted a [[reverse takeover]] as a way to reduce costs. They needed to find a company that had already floated and take it over while effectively being taken over themselves. Lowe's Secure Retirements, which ran [[nursing home]]s, was a perfect candidate. The resultant group was renamed Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm | title=Rupert the Rare |work=BBC Sport | date=23 August 2004 | access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>
After the deal was completed, Lowe became chairman of the football club. This was despite him being an avid [[rugby union]] watcher and [[field hockey|hockey]] player, who had only seen his first professional football game six months previously.
Southampton fans were initially undecided about Lowe. He had vast business expertise, a vital trait for any chairman of a football club, but he also knew hardly anything about the game. In contrast, clubs including [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] had recently been taken over by lifelong fans who had made their wealth in various industries before switching their investments to football.
In the summer of 1997, manager [[Graeme Souness]] left after just one season in charge, as did director of football and former manager [[Lawrie McMenemy]]. Both men cited 'difficulties' with the new owners. This came as a huge shock to many fans and to the local press, who regarded McMenemy as 'Mr. Southampton'; he had previous managed the club from 1973 to 1985, guiding it to [[FA Cup]] glory in 1976 and finishing as high as second in the league in 1984.
Lowe, however, did much to move the club forward. He guided the club from their old stadium into the 32,000-seater [[St Mary's Stadium]], which opened in 2001, and the club continued to follow a long-standing policy of selling players to clubs for high prices. [[Dean Richards (footballer)|Dean Richards]], who was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur]] for £8 million, and [[Kevin Davies]], who was sold to [[Blackburn Rovers]] for £7 million, are good examples. Davies was subsequently bought back by Southampton for a much smaller fee. [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]] joined the club for £1 million from [[Blackburn Rovers]], enjoyed great form at Southampton, and later joined [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] for £6 million.
During his ownership of the club, the Saints managed to maintain their [[Premier League]] status into the 21st century, despite having been in regular relegation battles since the early 1990s and rarely finishing in the top half of the table.
His timing of managerial decisions were somewhat alarming and inconsistent, however, as there were eight managers during his tenure, a very high turnover rate. [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] was forced out in January 2000 when faced with a criminal investigation, even though Jones was later exonerated of all charges. Jones was succeeded by [[Glenn Hoddle]], who left just over a year later to join [[Tottenham Hotspur]], amid criticism from Southampton fans that he had turned his back on the club. Lowe then appointed a talented coach, [[Stuart Gray (footballer born 1960)|Stuart Gray]], but Gray was swiftly replaced by [[Gordon Strachan]] after a disastrous start to the 2001–02 season. Strachan guided the Saints to a secure 11th-place finish.
In 2003, Saints went on to reach the [[FA Cup Final]] and qualified for the [[UEFA Cup]] for the first time in nearly 20 years, also finishing eighth in the league – their highest finish for well over a decade. In the following season they were lying fourth in the league at Christmas, but it soon emerged that Gordon Strachan was refusing to extend his contract citing "personal reasons". Strachan resigned in March 2004, and Lowe and the board took the decision to replace him with [[Paul Sturrock]] before the end of the season. Sturrock himself left the club by "[[Consent|mutual consent]]" within six months of being appointed, despite achieving good results during his time in charge. It is understood that Lowe attempted to interfere in team selection after consulting Rugby Union coach Sir [[Clive Woodward]], who was being approached about a possible role at the club at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/woodward-set-for-top-job-at-saints-529428.html|title=Woodward set for top job at Saints|date=22 March 2005|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
Lowe appointed [[Harry Redknapp]] manager of Southampton in December 2004. Redknapp had quit as manager of Southampton's south coast rivals [[Portsmouth Football Club|Portsmouth]] two weeks previously.<ref name=GuardDec04>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/08/newsstory.southampton1|archive-url=|title=Redknapp confirmed as Saints boss|date=8 December 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> Southampton were relegated in 2005 and Lowe appointed [[Clive Woodward]], the former head coach of the [[England national rugby union team]] as the [[Director of Football]] of Southampton in July 2005. Redknapp resigned as manager in December 2005 and subsequently rejoined Portsmouth.<ref name=BBCDec05>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4506132.stm|archive-url=|title=Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth |date=7 December 2005|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
Lowe won a libel case against ''[[The Times]]'' in 2005 regarding a column by the sportswriter [[Martin Samuel]] which alleged that Lowe had treated Jones "shabbily" following Jones's suspension as manager of Southampton after he was accused of child abuse charges on which he was subsequently acquitted. Lowe was awarded £250,000 which he pledged to donate to charity.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hornsell|first1=Michael|title=Football chairman awarded £250,000 in Times libel case|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502790969/|accessdate=12 July 2024|work=[[The Times]]|issue=68529|date=27 October 2005|page=20}}</ref>
On 30 June 2006, Lowe resigned under huge pressure from club supporters, including the newly formed [[Saints Trust]], following the club's failure to win promotion back to the Premiership.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 July 2006|title=Lowe resigns as Saints chairman|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/01/newsstory.southampton|access-date=15 December 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> [[Michael Wilde]], a new investor in Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, led a new team of directors in taking over the club. The Saints were beaten in the 2006–07 Championship playoffs, and failed to mount a promotion challenge the following season.
In July 2008, Lowe returned as Southampton Leisure Holdings plc chairman. At an [[Annual general meeting|AGM]] on 23 December 2008, Lowe received several calls to resign from former chairman [[Leon Crouch]] and from fans and shareholders at the meeting. Also, thirty silver coins were thrown in the direction of Lowe by fan Richard Chorley, who was thrown out of the meeting. After Lowe's return, protests took place against his role at the club.<ref name = "Admin">{{cite news| title=Mark Fry and David Hudson of Begbies Traynor appointed as joint administrators to Southampton Leisure Holdings plc |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |publisher=[[Southampton F.C.]] |date=2 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404055244/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |archive-date=4 April 2009 }}</ref>
On 2 April 2009, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC was put into administration, resulting in Lowe's resignation from the board. The club was relegated to League One shortly afterwards, but under its new owners reached the Premier League just three years afterwards.<ref name = "Admin"/>
===Garforth Town===
In December 2012, Lowe purchased [[Garforth Town F.C.|Garforth Town]] of the Northern Premier League, along with the franchise operation of Socatots & Brazilian Soccer Schools linking up again with [[Simon Clifford]], who had been employed as a Southampton coach in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gree|first=Wendy|title=Rupert Lowe makes football return|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/10111599.Rupert_Lowe_makes_football_return/|work=Daily Echo|access-date=29 April 2013|date=17 December 2012}}</ref>
=== Football Association ===
Lowe has served as a member of the executive board of [[The Football Association]] as a [[Premier League]] representative and as an FA Councillor and on the FA Cup committee.<ref name=BBC04>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm|archive-url=|title=Rupert the Rare|date=23 August 2004|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref><ref name=IndAug04>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/blunders-increase-eriksson-and-thompson-s-chances-of-survival-50258.html|archive-url=|title=Blunders increase Eriksson and Thompson's chances of survival|date=23 August 2004|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Political career==
Lowe stood for election as the [[Referendum Party]] candidate for [[Cotswold (constituency)|Cotswold]] in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]. He also took an active role in the successful [[Vote Leave]] campaign in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 Brexit referendum]]. He won a seat for the [[Brexit Party]] in the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] constituency in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament elections]].<ref name="europarl" /> He had planned to be the Brexit Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the [[Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley North]] constituency of the [[UK Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/08/02/rupert-lowe-and-paul-brothwood-announced-as-brexit-party-candidates-for-dudley/|title=Brexit Party MEP Rupert Lowe will bid to unseat Ian Austin in future general election|last=Farrington|first=Dayna|website=Express & Star|date=2 August 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> but withdrew.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1195008427778596867|user=RupertLowe10|title=It is with a heavy heart I have decided not to contest Dudley North as a Brexit Party candidate. I am putting cou…|date=14 November 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2019}} In 2020, he [[Climate change denial|denied the scientific consensus on man-made climate change]] in the [[European Parliament]], calling it a "cult" which "marches on with no definitive evidence to support or deny the factual accuracy of [climate scientists'] assertions".<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2020-01-13-INT-1-062-0000_EN.html "Devastating Bushfires in Australia and other extreme weather events as a consequence of Climate Change (debate)"], Verbatim report of proceedings of the [[European Parliament]], Monday, 13 January 2020 – Strasbourg. Quoted in {{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Fintan |title=At least 30 Reform candidates have cast doubt on human-induced global heating |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/01/at-least-30-reform-candidates-have-cast-doubt-on-human-induced-global-heating |work=The Guardian |date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
In March 2023, Lowe returned to politics as [[Reform UK]]'s Business and Agriculture Spokesman.<ref name="spokespeople" /><ref >{{cite web|first1=Rubert|last1=Lowe|url=https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1637782754510225410|title=Absolutely delighted to join Reform UK.|website=Twitter|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He contested the [[2024 Kingswood by-election]], finishing in third place, surpassing 10% and achieving Reform's best-ever by-election result. This was bettered later the same day by [[Ben Habib]]'s 13% of the vote in the [[2024 Wellingborough by-election|Wellingborough by-election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingswood by-election result: Another defeat for Rishi Sunak as Labour wins seat |url=https://news.sky.com/story/kingswood-by-election-result-another-defeat-for-rishi-sunak-as-labour-wins-seat-13071412 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Sky News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour wins Wellingborough seat in by-election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68313404 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=16 February 2024 |date=16 February 2024}}</ref>
In the July [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], he stood for the [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] constituency<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/|title=Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP|date=28 April 2024|website=Great Yarmouth Mercury|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> and won, gaining 35.3% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Great Yarmouth – General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref> After his election, he compiled a list of schools in his constituency where he claimed that teachers had a bias against Reform UK during the election campaign, saying he would be meeting with headteachers to discuss the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Ben |last2=Weale |first2=Sally |title=Reform UK MP accused of mounting 'witch-hunt' against local teachers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/09/reform-uk-mp-accused-of-mounting-witch-hunt-against-local-teachers |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 July 2024}}</ref> He also pledged to donate his MP salary to a different local charity or worthy cause each month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boris warns Tories not to merge with Reform |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/05/general-election-2024-results-live-updates2/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
Lowe regards [[Oliver Cromwell]] as his hero as he was "a great guy, a great leader – he stood up for what he believed in".<ref name=GuardJul05>{{cite news|last=Bellos|first=Alex|authorlink=Alex Bellos|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jul/30/newsstory.southampton|archive-url=|title=Lowe the umpire in Southampton|date=30 July 2005|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Later career==
In February 2018, Lowe was one of several people who received undisclosed damages payouts from [[Mirror Group Newspapers]] as part of the [[phone hacking scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rupert Lowe awarded damages over phone hacking |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15921075.Former_Saints_chairman_Rupert_Lowe_awarded_damages_over_phone_hacking/|access-date=26 March 2018|work=Daily Echo |date=5 February 2018|location=Southampton}}</ref>
Lowe was appointed a Director of Rutherford Health plc in 2018 and Digme Fitness in 2017.<ref name="RH">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/_DdyNGgUWQ_7Q39ORVXVPsf8aqQ/appointments|title=Rupert James Graham LOWE – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|publisher=Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom}}</ref>
Lowe owns Ravenshall Farm in [[Withington]], near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.<ref name=TelegAug20>{{cite news|last=Armytage|first=Marcus|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2020/08/27/smart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer/|archive-url=|title=Smart move puts Fergal O'Brien on track to be top trainer|date=20 August 2005|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> The operations of racehorse trainer [[Fergal O'Brien (trainer)|Fergal O'Brien]] are based at the farm.<ref name=TelegAug20/>
== Electoral history ==
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256 Great Yarmouth]</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=[[Rupert Lowe]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/ | title=Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP | date=28 April 2024 }}</ref>|votes=14,385|percentage=35.3|change=''New''|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Keir Cozens<ref>{{cite web |title=Great Yarmouth's Labour Party candidate has been announced |url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/23715900.great-yarmouths-labour-party-candidate-announced/ |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=Great Yarmouth Mercury |date=11 August 2023 }}</ref>|votes=12,959|percentage=31.8|change=6.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate= James Clark|votes=10,034|percentage=24.6|change=-41.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Trevor Rawson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |title=Our Candidates |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>|votes=1,736|percentage=4.3|change=1.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Fionna Tod|votes=1,102|percentage=2.7|change=-1.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Paul Brown|votes=230|percentage=0.6|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=[[Catherine Blaiklock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Constituencies – Eastern |url=https://www.englishdemocrats.party/parliamentary_constituencies_eastern |website=English Democrats |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>|votes=171|percentage=0.4|change=''New''|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Clare Roullier|votes=131|percentage=0.3|change=''New''}}
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{{Election box turnout|votes=73,317|percentage=56|change=-6.4}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Reform UK|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
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{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 Kingswood by-election]]<ref>{{cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |url=https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/static/7f5e75229e24755762e4682d2b90f86b/Notice-of-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situtaion-of-Polling-Stations.pdf |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=South Gloucestershire Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour overturns Tory majority to win key by-election seat in Kingswood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68277176 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=BBC News |date=16 February 2024 }}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=[[Damien Egan]]
|votes=11,176|
percentage=44.9
|change=+11.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Sam Bromiley
|votes=8,675
|percentage=34.9
|change=–21.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Rupert Lowe
|votes=2,578
|percentage=10.4
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Lorraine Francis
|votes=1,450
|percentage=5.8
|change=+3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Andrew Brown
|votes=861
|percentage=3.5
|change=–3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=UK Independence Party
|candidate=Nicholas Wood
|votes=129
|percentage=0.5
|change=''New''
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{{Election box majority
|votes=2,501
|percentage=10.0
|change=''N/A''
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{{Election box turnout
|votes=24,869
|percentage= 37.1
|change= –34.4
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 67,103
|percentage =
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{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Labour Party (UK)
| loser = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing = +16.4
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin for list|title = [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|European Election 2019]]: [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081683|title=2019 European elections: List of candidates for the West Midlands |website=BBC News|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Brexit Party|candidate='''Rupert Lowe''', [[Martin Daubney]], [[Andrew England Kerr]]|votes=507,152<br /><small>(169,050.67)</small>|percentage=37.66|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Neena Gill]]|votes=228,298|percentage=16.95|change=-9.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Phil Bennion]]|votes=219,982|percentage=16.33|change=+10.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=[[Ellie Chowns]]|votes=143,520|percentage=10.66|change=+5.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Anthea McIntyre]]|votes=135,279|percentage=10.04|change=-14.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate= |votes=66,934|percentage=4.97|change=-26.52}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Change UK|candidate= |votes=45,673|percentage=3.39|change=+3.39}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,355,222|percentage=33.1|change={{nochange}}}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]: [[Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)|Cotswold]]<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]]
|votes = 23,698
|percentage = 46.4
|change = −8.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Gayler
|votes = 11,733
|percentage = 22.9
|change = −10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Elwell
|votes = 11,608
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +11.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Rupert Lowe
|votes = 3,393
|percentage = 6.6
|change = –
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Valerie Michael
|votes = 560
|percentage = 1.1
|change = –
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate =Henry Brighouse
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.3
|change = –
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 11,965
|percentage = 23.4
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,121
|percentage = 75.9
|change = −6.5
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors =67,333
|percentage = 100.0
|change =+5.9
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.2
}}
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'''Rupert James Graham Lowe''' (born 31 October 1957) is a British [[Reform UK]] politician and businessman, who has served as [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]. He has served as [[Reform UK|Reform UK's]] Business and Agriculture spokesman since 2023.<ref name="spokespeople">{{cite web|url=https://www.reformparty.uk/departmental_responsibilities_of_reform_uk_spokespeople|title=Reform UK Departmental Team Responsibilities|website=Reform UK|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He previously served as a Brexit Party [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref name="europarl">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/en/european-elections/uk_meps/west_midlands_region.html|title=West Midlands Region – 7 MEPs|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref>
Lowe was chairman of [[Southampton Football Club]] from 1996 to 2006 and then again from 2008 to 2009, when the company was placed into administration.
== Early life and career ==
Lowe was born on 31 October 1957 in [[Oxford]], Oxfordshire, England.<ref>"LOWE Rupert J G / HUINS" in ''Register of Births for Oxford Registration District'', vol. 6b (1959), p. 1313</ref> He was educated at [[Radley College]], an all-boys [[Independent school (UK)|independent]] [[boarding school]], and the [[University of Reading]]. He then worked in the [[City of London]] for companies such as [[Morgan Grenfell]], [[Deutsche Bank]] and [[Barings Bank]] where he worked with rogue trader [[Nick Leeson]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/trading-places-2815967|title=Trading places|first=Jackie|last=Hayden|website=Hotpress|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> He was also a board member of the [[London International Financial Futures Exchange]]. He founded Secure Retirements, a quoted care home provider, with Andrew Cowen, later the Southampton F.C. Vice-Chairman.
== Football career ==
=== Southampton Football Club ===
In the mid-1990s, the Saints board were looking to float the club on the [[London Stock Exchange]], a long and costly procedure. Therefore, they attempted a [[reverse takeover]] as a way to reduce costs. They needed to find a company that had already floated and take it over while effectively being taken over themselves. Lowe's Secure Retirements, which ran [[nursing home]]s, was a perfect candidate. The resultant group was renamed Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm | title=Rupert the Rare |work=BBC Sport | date=23 August 2004 | access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>
After the deal was completed, Lowe became chairman of the football club. This was despite him being an avid [[rugby union]] watcher and [[field hockey|hockey]] player, who had only seen his first professional football game six months previously.
Southampton fans were initially undecided about Lowe. He had vast business expertise, a vital trait for any chairman of a football club, but he also knew hardly anything about the game. In contrast, clubs including [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] had recently been taken over by lifelong fans who had made their wealth in various industries before switching their investments to football.
In the summer of 1997, manager [[Graeme Souness]] left after just one season in charge, as did director of football and former manager [[Lawrie McMenemy]]. Both men cited 'difficulties' with the new owners. This came as a huge shock to many fans and to the local press, who regarded McMenemy as 'Mr. Southampton'; he had previous managed the club from 1973 to 1985, guiding it to [[FA Cup]] glory in 1976 and finishing as high as second in the league in 1984.
Lowe, however, did much to move the club forward. He guided the club from their old stadium into the 32,000-seater [[St Mary's Stadium]], which opened in 2001, and the club continued to follow a long-standing policy of selling players to clubs for high prices. [[Dean Richards (footballer)|Dean Richards]], who was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur]] for £8 million, and [[Kevin Davies]], who was sold to [[Blackburn Rovers]] for £7 million, are good examples. Davies was subsequently bought back by Southampton for a much smaller fee. [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]] joined the club for £1 million from [[Blackburn Rovers]], enjoyed great form at Southampton, and later joined [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] for £6 million.
During his ownership of the club, the Saints managed to maintain their [[Premier League]] status into the 21st century, despite having been in regular relegation battles since the early 1990s and rarely finishing in the top half of the table.
His timing of managerial decisions were somewhat alarming and inconsistent, however, as there were eight managers during his tenure, a very high turnover rate. [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] was forced out in January 2000 when faced with a criminal investigation, even though Jones was later exonerated of all charges. Jones was succeeded by [[Glenn Hoddle]], who left just over a year later to join [[Tottenham Hotspur]], amid criticism from Southampton fans that he had turned his back on the club. Lowe then appointed a talented coach, [[Stuart Gray (footballer born 1960)|Stuart Gray]], but Gray was swiftly replaced by [[Gordon Strachan]] after a disastrous start to the 2001–02 season. Strachan guided the Saints to a secure 11th-place finish.
In 2003, Saints went on to reach the [[FA Cup Final]] and qualified for the [[UEFA Cup]] for the first time in nearly 20 years, also finishing eighth in the league – their highest finish for well over a decade. In the following season they were lying fourth in the league at Christmas, but it soon emerged that Gordon Strachan was refusing to extend his contract citing "personal reasons". Strachan resigned in March 2004, and Lowe and the board took the decision to replace him with [[Paul Sturrock]] before the end of the season. Sturrock himself left the club by "[[Consent|mutual consent]]" within six months of being appointed, despite achieving good results during his time in charge. It is understood that Lowe attempted to interfere in team selection after consulting Rugby Union coach Sir [[Clive Woodward]], who was being approached about a possible role at the club at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/woodward-set-for-top-job-at-saints-529428.html|title=Woodward set for top job at Saints|date=22 March 2005|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
Lowe appointed [[Harry Redknapp]] manager of Southampton in December 2004. Redknapp had quit as manager of Southampton's south coast rivals [[Portsmouth Football Club|Portsmouth]] two weeks previously.<ref name=GuardDec04>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/08/newsstory.southampton1|archive-url=|title=Redknapp confirmed as Saints boss|date=8 December 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> Southampton were relegated in 2005 and Lowe appointed [[Clive Woodward]], the former head coach of the [[England national rugby union team]] as the [[Director of Football]] of Southampton in July 2005. Redknapp resigned as manager in December 2005 and subsequently rejoined Portsmouth.<ref name=BBCDec05>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4506132.stm|archive-url=|title=Redknapp goes back to Portsmouth |date=7 December 2005|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
Lowe won a libel case against ''[[The Times]]'' in 2005 regarding a column by the sportswriter [[Martin Samuel]] which alleged that Lowe had treated Jones "shabbily" following Jones's suspension as manager of Southampton after he was accused of child abuse charges on which he was subsequently acquitted. Lowe was awarded £250,000 which he pledged to donate to charity.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hornsell|first1=Michael|title=Football chairman awarded £250,000 in Times libel case|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502790969/|accessdate=12 July 2024|work=[[The Times]]|issue=68529|date=27 October 2005|page=20}}</ref>
On 30 June 2006, Lowe resigned under huge pressure from club supporters, including the newly formed [[Saints Trust]], following the club's failure to win promotion back to the Premiership.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 July 2006|title=Lowe resigns as Saints chairman|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/01/newsstory.southampton|access-date=15 December 2020|website=The Guardian}}</ref> [[Michael Wilde]], a new investor in Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, led a new team of directors in taking over the club. The Saints were beaten in the 2006–07 Championship playoffs, and failed to mount a promotion challenge the following season.
In July 2008, Lowe returned as Southampton Leisure Holdings plc chairman. At an [[Annual general meeting|AGM]] on 23 December 2008, Lowe received several calls to resign from former chairman [[Leon Crouch]] and from fans and shareholders at the meeting. Also, thirty silver coins were thrown in the direction of Lowe by fan Richard Chorley, who was thrown out of the meeting. After Lowe's return, protests took place against his role at the club.<ref name = "Admin">{{cite news| title=Mark Fry and David Hudson of Begbies Traynor appointed as joint administrators to Southampton Leisure Holdings plc |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |publisher=[[Southampton F.C.]] |date=2 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404055244/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=11581 |archive-date=4 April 2009 }}</ref>
On 2 April 2009, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC was put into administration, resulting in Lowe's resignation from the board. The club was relegated to League One shortly afterwards, but under its new owners reached the Premier League just three years afterwards.<ref name = "Admin"/>
===Garforth Town===
In December 2012, Lowe purchased [[Garforth Town F.C.|Garforth Town]] of the Northern Premier League, along with the franchise operation of Socatots & Brazilian Soccer Schools linking up again with [[Simon Clifford]], who had been employed as a Southampton coach in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gree|first=Wendy|title=Rupert Lowe makes football return|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/10111599.Rupert_Lowe_makes_football_return/|work=Daily Echo|access-date=29 April 2013|date=17 December 2012}}</ref>
=== Football Association ===
Lowe has served as a member of the executive board of [[The Football Association]] as a [[Premier League]] representative and as an FA Councillor and on the FA Cup committee.<ref name=BBC04>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3489097.stm|archive-url=|title=Rupert the Rare|date=23 August 2004|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref><ref name=IndAug04>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/blunders-increase-eriksson-and-thompson-s-chances-of-survival-50258.html|archive-url=|title=Blunders increase Eriksson and Thompson's chances of survival|date=23 August 2004|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Political career==
Lowe stood for election as the [[Referendum Party]] candidate for [[Cotswold (constituency)|Cotswold]] in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]. He also took an active role in the successful [[Vote Leave]] campaign in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 Brexit referendum]]. He won a seat for the [[Brexit Party]] in the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] constituency in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament elections]].<ref name="europarl" /> He had planned to be the Brexit Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the [[Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley North]] constituency of the [[UK Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/2019/08/02/rupert-lowe-and-paul-brothwood-announced-as-brexit-party-candidates-for-dudley/|title=Brexit Party MEP Rupert Lowe will bid to unseat Ian Austin in future general election|last=Farrington|first=Dayna|website=Express & Star|date=2 August 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> but withdrew.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1195008427778596867|user=RupertLowe10|title=It is with a heavy heart I have decided not to contest Dudley North as a Brexit Party candidate. I am putting cou…|date=14 November 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2019}} In 2020, he [[Climate change denial|denied the scientific consensus on man-made climate change]] in the [[European Parliament]], calling it a "cult" which "marches on with no definitive evidence to support or deny the factual accuracy of [climate scientists'] assertions".<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2020-01-13-INT-1-062-0000_EN.html "Devastating Bushfires in Australia and other extreme weather events as a consequence of Climate Change (debate)"], Verbatim report of proceedings of the [[European Parliament]], Monday, 13 January 2020 – Strasbourg. Quoted in {{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Fintan |title=At least 30 Reform candidates have cast doubt on human-induced global heating |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/01/at-least-30-reform-candidates-have-cast-doubt-on-human-induced-global-heating |work=The Guardian |date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
In March 2023, Lowe returned to politics as [[Reform UK]]'s Business and Agriculture Spokesman.<ref name="spokespeople" /><ref >{{cite web|first1=Rubert|last1=Lowe|url=https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1637782754510225410|title=Absolutely delighted to join Reform UK.|website=Twitter|date=March 2023|accessdate=15 June 2024}}</ref> He contested the [[2024 Kingswood by-election]], finishing in third place, surpassing 10% and achieving Reform's best-ever by-election result. This was bettered later the same day by [[Ben Habib]]'s 13% of the vote in the [[2024 Wellingborough by-election|Wellingborough by-election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kingswood by-election result: Another defeat for Rishi Sunak as Labour wins seat |url=https://news.sky.com/story/kingswood-by-election-result-another-defeat-for-rishi-sunak-as-labour-wins-seat-13071412 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Sky News }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour wins Wellingborough seat in by-election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68313404 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=16 February 2024 |date=16 February 2024}}</ref>
In the July [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], he stood for the [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] constituency<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/|title=Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP|date=28 April 2024|website=Great Yarmouth Mercury|accessdate=24 June 2024}}</ref> and won, gaining 35.3% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Great Yarmouth – General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref> After his election, he compiled a list of schools in his constituency where he claimed that teachers had a bias against Reform UK during the election campaign, saying he would be meeting with headteachers to discuss the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Ben |last2=Weale |first2=Sally |title=Reform UK MP accused of mounting 'witch-hunt' against local teachers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/09/reform-uk-mp-accused-of-mounting-witch-hunt-against-local-teachers |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 July 2024}}</ref> He also pledged to donate his MP salary to a different local charity or worthy cause each month.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boris warns Tories not to merge with Reform |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/05/general-election-2024-results-live-updates2/ |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>
Lowe regards [[Oliver Cromwell]] as his hero as he was "a great guy, a great leader – he stood up for what he believed in".<ref name=GuardJul05>{{cite news|last=Bellos|first=Alex|authorlink=Alex Bellos|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jul/30/newsstory.southampton|archive-url=|title=Lowe the umpire in Southampton|date=30 July 2005|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref>
==Later career==
In February 2018, Lowe was one of several people who received undisclosed damages payouts from [[Mirror Group Newspapers]] as part of the [[phone hacking scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rupert Lowe awarded damages over phone hacking |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15921075.Former_Saints_chairman_Rupert_Lowe_awarded_damages_over_phone_hacking/|access-date=26 March 2018|work=Daily Echo |date=5 February 2018|location=Southampton}}</ref>
Lowe was appointed a Director of Rutherford Health plc in 2018 and Digme Fitness in 2017.<ref name="RH">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/_DdyNGgUWQ_7Q39ORVXVPsf8aqQ/appointments|title=Rupert James Graham LOWE – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|publisher=Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom}}</ref>
Lowe owns Ravenshall Farm in [[Withington]], near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.<ref name=TelegAug20>{{cite news|last=Armytage|first=Marcus|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2020/08/27/smart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer/|archive-url=|title=Smart move puts Fergal O'Brien on track to be top trainer|date=20 August 2005|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=12 July 2024|archivedate=}}</ref> The operations of racehorse trainer [[Fergal O'Brien (trainer)|Fergal O'Brien]] are based at the farm.<ref name=TelegAug20/>
== Electoral history ==
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256 Great Yarmouth]</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=[[Rupert Lowe]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/ | title=Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP | date=28 April 2024 }}</ref>|votes=14,385|percentage=35.3|change=''New''|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Keir Cozens<ref>{{cite web |title=Great Yarmouth's Labour Party candidate has been announced |url=https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/23715900.great-yarmouths-labour-party-candidate-announced/ |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=Great Yarmouth Mercury |date=11 August 2023 }}</ref>|votes=12,959|percentage=31.8|change=6.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate= James Clark|votes=10,034|percentage=24.6|change=-41.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Trevor Rawson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |title=Our Candidates |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>|votes=1,736|percentage=4.3|change=1.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Fionna Tod|votes=1,102|percentage=2.7|change=-1.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Paul Brown|votes=230|percentage=0.6|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=[[Catherine Blaiklock]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Constituencies – Eastern |url=https://www.englishdemocrats.party/parliamentary_constituencies_eastern |website=English Democrats |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>|votes=171|percentage=0.4|change=''New''|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Clare Roullier|votes=131|percentage=0.3|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=73,317|percentage=56|change=-6.4}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Reform UK|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 Kingswood by-election]]<ref>{{cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |url=https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/static/7f5e75229e24755762e4682d2b90f86b/Notice-of-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situtaion-of-Polling-Stations.pdf |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=South Gloucestershire Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour overturns Tory majority to win key by-election seat in Kingswood |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68277176 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=BBC News |date=16 February 2024 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=[[Damien Egan]]
|votes=11,176|
percentage=44.9
|change=+11.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Sam Bromiley
|votes=8,675
|percentage=34.9
|change=–21.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Rupert Lowe
|votes=2,578
|percentage=10.4
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Lorraine Francis
|votes=1,450
|percentage=5.8
|change=+3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Andrew Brown
|votes=861
|percentage=3.5
|change=–3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=UK Independence Party
|candidate=Nicholas Wood
|votes=129
|percentage=0.5
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=2,501
|percentage=10.0
|change=''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=24,869
|percentage= 37.1
|change= –34.4
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 67,103
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Labour Party (UK)
| loser = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing = +16.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin for list|title = [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|European Election 2019]]: [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081683|title=2019 European elections: List of candidates for the West Midlands |website=BBC News|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Brexit Party|candidate='''Rupert Lowe''', [[Martin Daubney]], [[Andrew England Kerr]]|votes=507,152<br /><small>(169,050.67)</small>|percentage=37.66|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Neena Gill]]|votes=228,298|percentage=16.95|change=-9.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Phil Bennion]]|votes=219,982|percentage=16.33|change=+10.77}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=[[Ellie Chowns]]|votes=143,520|percentage=10.66|change=+5.40}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Anthea McIntyre]]|votes=135,279|percentage=10.04|change=-14.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate= |votes=66,934|percentage=4.97|change=-26.52}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Change UK|candidate= |votes=45,673|percentage=3.39|change=+3.39}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,355,222|percentage=33.1|change={{nochange}}}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]: [[Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)|Cotswold]]<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Geoffrey Clifton-Brown]]
|votes = 23,698
|percentage = 46.4
|change = −8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Gayler
|votes = 11,733
|percentage = 22.9
|change = −10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Elwell
|votes = 11,608
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +11.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Rupert Lowe
|votes = 3,393
|percentage = 6.6
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Valerie Michael
|votes = 560
|percentage = 1.1
|change = –
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate =Henry Brighouse
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.3
|change = –
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 11,965
|percentage = 23.4
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,121
|percentage = 75.9
|change = −6.5
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors =67,333
|percentage = 100.0
|change =+5.9
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
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</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Rupert James Graham Lowe</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1957-10-31</span>) </span>31 October 1957<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 66)</span><br /><a href="/info/en/?search=Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> (2019–2020; 2023–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a> (1997)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Radley_College" title="Radley College">Radley College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/info/en/?search=Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=University_of_Reading" title="University of Reading">University of Reading</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Rupert James Graham Lowe</b> (born 31 October 1957) is a British <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> politician and businessman, who has served as <a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament (UK)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a> since <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>. He has served as <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK's</a> Business and Agriculture spokesman since 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-spokespeople_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spokespeople-1">[1]</a></sup> He previously served as a Brexit Party <a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a> (MEP) for the <a href="/info/en/?search=West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a> from 2019 to 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-europarl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-europarl-2">[2]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe was chairman of <a href="/info/en/?search=Southampton_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Football Club">Southampton Football Club</a> from 1996 to 2006 and then again from 2008 to 2009, when the company was placed into administration.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life_and_career"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life and career</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Football_career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Football career</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Southampton_Football_Club"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Southampton Football Club</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Garforth_Town"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Garforth Town</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Political_career"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Political career</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Later_career"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Later career</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Electoral_history"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Electoral history</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
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<p>Lowe was born on 31 October 1957 in <a href="/info/en/?search=Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, Oxfordshire, England.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/info/en/?search=Radley_College" title="Radley College">Radley College</a>, an all-boys <a href="/info/en/?search=Independent_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent school (UK)">independent</a> <a href="/info/en/?search=Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding school</a>, and the <a href="/info/en/?search=University_of_Reading" title="University of Reading">University of Reading</a>. He then worked in the <a href="/info/en/?search=City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> for companies such as <a href="/info/en/?search=Morgan_Grenfell" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Grenfell">Morgan Grenfell</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Deutsche_Bank" title="Deutsche Bank">Deutsche Bank</a> and <a href="/info/en/?search=Barings_Bank" title="Barings Bank">Barings Bank</a> where he worked with rogue trader <a href="/info/en/?search=Nick_Leeson" title="Nick Leeson">Nick Leeson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4">[4]</a></sup> He was also a board member of the <a href="/info/en/?search=London_International_Financial_Futures_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="London International Financial Futures Exchange">London International Financial Futures Exchange</a>. He founded Secure Retirements, a quoted care home provider, with Andrew Cowen, later the Southampton F.C. Vice-Chairman.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Southampton_Football_Club">Southampton Football Club</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Southampton Football Club"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>In the mid-1990s, the Saints board were looking to float the club on the <a href="/info/en/?search=London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a>, a long and costly procedure. Therefore, they attempted a <a href="/info/en/?search=Reverse_takeover" title="Reverse takeover">reverse takeover</a> as a way to reduce costs. They needed to find a company that had already floated and take it over while effectively being taken over themselves. Lowe's Secure Retirements, which ran <a href="/info/en/?search=Nursing_home" title="Nursing home">nursing homes</a>, was a perfect candidate. The resultant group was renamed Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
</p><p>After the deal was completed, Lowe became chairman of the football club. This was despite him being an avid <a href="/info/en/?search=Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> watcher and <a href="/info/en/?search=Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">hockey</a> player, who had only seen his first professional football game six months previously.
</p><p>Southampton fans were initially undecided about Lowe. He had vast business expertise, a vital trait for any chairman of a football club, but he also knew hardly anything about the game. In contrast, clubs including <a href="/info/en/?search=Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> and <a href="/info/en/?search=Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> had recently been taken over by lifelong fans who had made their wealth in various industries before switching their investments to football.
</p><p>In the summer of 1997, manager <a href="/info/en/?search=Graeme_Souness" title="Graeme Souness">Graeme Souness</a> left after just one season in charge, as did director of football and former manager <a href="/info/en/?search=Lawrie_McMenemy" title="Lawrie McMenemy">Lawrie McMenemy</a>. Both men cited 'difficulties' with the new owners. This came as a huge shock to many fans and to the local press, who regarded McMenemy as 'Mr. Southampton'; he had previous managed the club from 1973 to 1985, guiding it to <a href="/info/en/?search=FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> glory in 1976 and finishing as high as second in the league in 1984.
</p><p>Lowe, however, did much to move the club forward. He guided the club from their old stadium into the 32,000-seater <a href="/info/en/?search=St_Mary%27s_Stadium" title="St Mary's Stadium">St Mary's Stadium</a>, which opened in 2001, and the club continued to follow a long-standing policy of selling players to clubs for high prices. <a href="/info/en/?search=Dean_Richards_(footballer)" title="Dean Richards (footballer)">Dean Richards</a>, who was sold to <a href="/info/en/?search=Tottenham_Hotspur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tottenham Hotspur">Tottenham Hotspur</a> for £8 million, and <a href="/info/en/?search=Kevin_Davies" title="Kevin Davies">Kevin Davies</a>, who was sold to <a href="/info/en/?search=Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a> for £7 million, are good examples. Davies was subsequently bought back by Southampton for a much smaller fee. <a href="/info/en/?search=James_Beattie_(footballer)" title="James Beattie (footballer)">James Beattie</a> joined the club for £1 million from <a href="/info/en/?search=Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a>, enjoyed great form at Southampton, and later joined <a href="/info/en/?search=Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> for £6 million.
</p><p>During his ownership of the club, the Saints managed to maintain their <a href="/info/en/?search=Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> status into the 21st century, despite having been in regular relegation battles since the early 1990s and rarely finishing in the top half of the table.
</p><p>His timing of managerial decisions were somewhat alarming and inconsistent, however, as there were eight managers during his tenure, a very high turnover rate. <a href="/info/en/?search=Dave_Jones_(football_manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Jones (football manager)">Dave Jones</a> was forced out in January 2000 when faced with a criminal investigation, even though Jones was later exonerated of all charges. Jones was succeeded by <a href="/info/en/?search=Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Glenn Hoddle</a>, who left just over a year later to join <a href="/info/en/?search=Tottenham_Hotspur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tottenham Hotspur">Tottenham Hotspur</a>, amid criticism from Southampton fans that he had turned his back on the club. Lowe then appointed a talented coach, <a href="/info/en/?search=Stuart_Gray_(footballer_born_1960)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Gray (footballer born 1960)">Stuart Gray</a>, but Gray was swiftly replaced by <a href="/info/en/?search=Gordon_Strachan" title="Gordon Strachan">Gordon Strachan</a> after a disastrous start to the 2001–02 season. Strachan guided the Saints to a secure 11th-place finish.
</p><p>In 2003, Saints went on to reach the <a href="/info/en/?search=FA_Cup_Final" title="FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a> and qualified for the <a href="/info/en/?search=UEFA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a> for the first time in nearly 20 years, also finishing eighth in the league – their highest finish for well over a decade. In the following season they were lying fourth in the league at Christmas, but it soon emerged that Gordon Strachan was refusing to extend his contract citing "personal reasons". Strachan resigned in March 2004, and Lowe and the board took the decision to replace him with <a href="/info/en/?search=Paul_Sturrock" title="Paul Sturrock">Paul Sturrock</a> before the end of the season. Sturrock himself left the club by "<a href="/info/en/?search=Consent" title="Consent">mutual consent</a>" within six months of being appointed, despite achieving good results during his time in charge. It is understood that Lowe attempted to interfere in team selection after consulting Rugby Union coach Sir <a href="/info/en/?search=Clive_Woodward" title="Clive Woodward">Clive Woodward</a>, who was being approached about a possible role at the club at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe appointed <a href="/info/en/?search=Harry_Redknapp" title="Harry Redknapp">Harry Redknapp</a> manager of Southampton in December 2004. Redknapp had quit as manager of Southampton's south coast rivals <a href="/info/en/?search=Portsmouth_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Football Club">Portsmouth</a> two weeks previously.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardDec04_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardDec04-7">[7]</a></sup> Southampton were relegated in 2005 and Lowe appointed <a href="/info/en/?search=Clive_Woodward" title="Clive Woodward">Clive Woodward</a>, the former head coach of the <a href="/info/en/?search=England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England national rugby union team</a> as the <a href="/info/en/?search=Director_of_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of Football">Director of Football</a> of Southampton in July 2005. Redknapp resigned as manager in December 2005 and subsequently rejoined Portsmouth.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCDec05_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCDec05-8">[8]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe won a libel case against <i><a href="/info/en/?search=The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> in 2005 regarding a column by the sportswriter <a href="/info/en/?search=Martin_Samuel" title="Martin Samuel">Martin Samuel</a> which alleged that Lowe had treated Jones "shabbily" following Jones's suspension as manager of Southampton after he was accused of child abuse charges on which he was subsequently acquitted. Lowe was awarded £250,000 which he pledged to donate to charity.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup>
</p><p>On 30 June 2006, Lowe resigned under huge pressure from club supporters, including the newly formed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Saints_Trust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saints Trust (page does not exist)">Saints Trust</a>, following the club's failure to win promotion back to the Premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> <a href="/info/en/?search=Michael_Wilde" title="Michael Wilde">Michael Wilde</a>, a new investor in Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, led a new team of directors in taking over the club. The Saints were beaten in the 2006–07 Championship playoffs, and failed to mount a promotion challenge the following season.
</p><p>In July 2008, Lowe returned as Southampton Leisure Holdings plc chairman. At an <a href="/info/en/?search=Annual_general_meeting" title="Annual general meeting">AGM</a> on 23 December 2008, Lowe received several calls to resign from former chairman <a href="/info/en/?search=Leon_Crouch" title="Leon Crouch">Leon Crouch</a> and from fans and shareholders at the meeting. Also, thirty silver coins were thrown in the direction of Lowe by fan Richard Chorley, who was thrown out of the meeting. After Lowe's return, protests took place against his role at the club.<sup id="cite_ref-Admin_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admin-11">[11]</a></sup>
</p><p>On 2 April 2009, Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC was put into administration, resulting in Lowe's resignation from the board. The club was relegated to League One shortly afterwards, but under its new owners reached the Premier League just three years afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-Admin_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Admin-11">[11]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Garforth_Town">Garforth Town</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Garforth Town"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>In December 2012, Lowe purchased <a href="/info/en/?search=Garforth_Town_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Garforth Town F.C.">Garforth Town</a> of the Northern Premier League, along with the franchise operation of Socatots & Brazilian Soccer Schools linking up again with <a href="/info/en/?search=Simon_Clifford" title="Simon Clifford">Simon Clifford</a>, who had been employed as a Southampton coach in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Football_Association">Football Association</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Football Association"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Lowe has served as a member of the executive board of <a href="/info/en/?search=The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> as a <a href="/info/en/?search=Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> representative and as an FA Councillor and on the FA Cup committee.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC04_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC04-13">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IndAug04_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndAug04-14">[14]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Political career"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Lowe stood for election as the <a href="/info/en/?search=Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum Party</a> candidate for <a href="/info/en/?search=Cotswold_(constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotswold (constituency)">Cotswold</a> in the <a href="/info/en/?search=1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>. He also took an active role in the successful <a href="/info/en/?search=Vote_Leave" title="Vote Leave">Vote Leave</a> campaign in the <a href="/info/en/?search=2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 Brexit referendum</a>. He won a seat for the <a href="/info/en/?search=Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a> in the <a href="/info/en/?search=West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a> constituency in the <a href="/info/en/?search=2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019 European Parliament elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-europarl_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-europarl-2">[2]</a></sup> He had planned to be the Brexit Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the <a href="/info/en/?search=Dudley_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)">Dudley North</a> constituency of the <a href="/info/en/?search=UK_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament">UK Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> but withdrew.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (December 2019)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2020, he <a href="/info/en/?search=Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">denied the scientific consensus on man-made climate change</a> in the <a href="/info/en/?search=European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, calling it a "cult" which "marches on with no definitive evidence to support or deny the factual accuracy of [climate scientists'] assertions".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2023, Lowe returned to politics as <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a>'s Business and Agriculture Spokesman.<sup id="cite_ref-spokespeople_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spokespeople-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> He contested the <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_Kingswood_by-election" title="2024 Kingswood by-election">2024 Kingswood by-election</a>, finishing in third place, surpassing 10% and achieving Reform's best-ever by-election result. This was bettered later the same day by <a href="/info/en/?search=Ben_Habib" title="Ben Habib">Ben Habib</a>'s 13% of the vote in the <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_Wellingborough_by-election" title="2024 Wellingborough by-election">Wellingborough by-election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup>
</p><p>In the July <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, he stood for the <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a> constituency<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> and won, gaining 35.3% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> After his election, he compiled a list of schools in his constituency where he claimed that teachers had a bias against Reform UK during the election campaign, saying he would be meeting with headteachers to discuss the allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> He also pledged to donate his MP salary to a different local charity or worthy cause each month.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe regards <a href="/info/en/?search=Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> as his hero as he was "a great guy, a great leader – he stood up for what he believed in".<sup id="cite_ref-GuardJul05_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardJul05-25">[25]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Later_career">Later career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Later career"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>In February 2018, Lowe was one of several people who received undisclosed damages payouts from <a href="/info/en/?search=Mirror_Group_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirror Group Newspapers">Mirror Group Newspapers</a> as part of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Phone_hacking_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Phone hacking scandal">phone hacking scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe was appointed a Director of Rutherford Health plc in 2018 and Digme Fitness in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-RH_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RH-27">[27]</a></sup>
</p><p>Lowe owns Ravenshall Farm in <a href="/info/en/?search=Withington" title="Withington">Withington</a>, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.<sup id="cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegAug20-28">[28]</a></sup> The operations of racehorse trainer <a href="/info/en/?search=Fergal_O%27Brien_(trainer)" title="Fergal O'Brien (trainer)">Fergal O'Brien</a> are based at the farm.<sup id="cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegAug20-28">[28]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Electoral history"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<caption><a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">General election 2024</a>: <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup>
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<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span>
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<td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;">
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<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rupert Lowe</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,385
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
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<td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Keir Cozens<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,959
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.8
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.7
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<td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">James Clark
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,034
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.6
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−41.2
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<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Trevor Rawson<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,736
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.9
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<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Fionna Tod
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,102
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.7
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.1
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<td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;">
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<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Paul Brown
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">230
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
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<td style="background-color: #915F6D; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=English_Democrats" title="English Democrats">English Democrat</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Catherine_Blaiklock" title="Catherine Blaiklock">Catherine Blaiklock</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">171
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.4
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Clare Roullier
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">131
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
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<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">
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<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">
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<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73,317
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.4
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<td style="color:inherit;background-color: #12B6CF">
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<td colspan="2"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
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<th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/info/en/?search=Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a>
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<caption><a href="/info/en/?search=2024_Kingswood_by-election" title="2024 Kingswood by-election">2024 Kingswood by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Damien_Egan" title="Damien Egan">Damien Egan</a> </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,176 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.9 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+11.5 </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Sam Bromiley
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,675
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.9
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–21.3
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Rupert Lowe
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,578
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.4
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Lorraine Francis
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,450
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.8
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.4
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Andrew Brown
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">861
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.5
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.5
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Nicholas Wood
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">129
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,501
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.0
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,869
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.1
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–34.4
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67,103
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B">
</td>
<td colspan="2"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/info/en/?search=Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align:right;">+16.4
</td>
<td>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable">
<tbody><tr>
<th colspan="6"><a href="/info/en/?search=2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">European Election 2019</a>: <a href="/info/en/?search=West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" style="width:130px;">List
</th>
<th style="width:17em;">Candidates
</th>
<th style="width:5em;">Votes
</th>
<th style="width:3.5em;">Of total (%)
</th>
<th style="width:3.5em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Difference in proportion of total from previous">± from prev.</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b>Rupert Lowe</b>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Martin_Daubney" title="Martin Daubney">Martin Daubney</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Andrew_England_Kerr" title="Andrew England Kerr">Andrew England Kerr</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">507,152<br /><small>(169,050.67)</small>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.66
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Neena_Gill" title="Neena Gill">Neena Gill</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">228,298
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.95
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.76
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Phil_Bennion" title="Phil Bennion">Phil Bennion</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">219,982
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.33
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.77
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ellie_Chowns" title="Ellie Chowns">Ellie Chowns</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">143,520
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.66
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.40
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a>
</td>
<td class="fn"><a href="/info/en/?search=Anthea_McIntyre" title="Anthea McIntyre">Anthea McIntyre</a>
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">135,279
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.04
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.27
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66,934
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.97
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−26.52
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #222221; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Change_UK" title="Change UK">Change UK</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45,673
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.39
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.39
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,355,222
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.1
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table class="wikitable plainrowheaders">
<caption><a href="/info/en/?search=1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>: <a href="/info/en/?search=Cotswold_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotswold (UK Parliament constituency)">Cotswold</a><sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-37">[37]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup>
</caption>
<tbody><tr>
<th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">%
</th>
<th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span>
</th></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b>
</td>
<td class="fn"><b><a href="/info/en/?search=Geoffrey_Clifton-Brown" title="Geoffrey Clifton-Brown">Geoffrey Clifton-Brown</a> </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,698 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.4 </b>
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−8.0 </b>
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">David Gayler
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,733
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.9
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.4
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">David Elwell
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,608
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.7
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+11.8
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #bf475c; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Rupert Lowe
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,393
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Valerie Michael
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">560
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–
</td></tr>
<tr class="vcard">
<td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;">
</td>
<td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/info/en/?search=Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a>
</td>
<td class="fn">Henry Brighouse
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">129
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,965
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.4
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51,121
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.9
</td>
<td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.5
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/info/en/?search=Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a>
</th>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">67,333
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">
</td>
<td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">+5.9
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC">
</td>
<td colspan="5"><a href="/info/en/?search=Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat)
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://news.sky.com/story/kingswood-by-election-result-another-defeat-for-rishi-sunak-as-labour-wins-seat-13071412">"Kingswood by-election result: Another defeat for Rishi Sunak as Labour wins seat"</a>. <i>Sky News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sky+News&rft.atitle=Kingswood+by-election+result%3A+Another+defeat+for+Rishi+Sunak+as+Labour+wins+seat&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fkingswood-by-election-result-another-defeat-for-rishi-sunak-as-labour-wins-seat-13071412&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68313404">"Labour wins Wellingborough seat in by-election"</a>. <i><a href="/info/en/?search=BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. 16 February 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Labour+wins+Wellingborough+seat+in+by-election&rft.date=2024-02-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-northamptonshire-68313404&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/">"Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP"</a>. <i>Great Yarmouth Mercury</i>. 28 April 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 June</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Great+Yarmouth+Mercury&rft.atitle=Meet+the+ex-football+boss+who+hopes+to+be+your+next+MP&rft.date=2024-04-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk%2Fnews%2F24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256">"Great Yarmouth – General election results 2024"</a>. <i>BBC News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Great+Yarmouth+%E2%80%93+General+election+results+2024&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Felection%2F2024%2Fuk%2Fconstituencies%2FE14001256&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFQuinnWeale2024" class="citation news cs1">Quinn, Ben; Weale, Sally (9 July 2024). <a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/09/reform-uk-mp-accused-of-mounting-witch-hunt-against-local-teachers">"Reform UK MP accused of mounting 'witch-hunt' against local teachers"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Reform+UK+MP+accused+of+mounting+%27witch-hunt%27+against+local+teachers&rft.date=2024-07-09&rft.aulast=Quinn&rft.aufirst=Ben&rft.au=Weale%2C+Sally&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Farticle%2F2024%2Fjul%2F09%2Freform-uk-mp-accused-of-mounting-witch-hunt-against-local-teachers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/05/general-election-2024-results-live-updates2/">"Boris warns Tories not to merge with Reform"</a>. <i><a href="/info/en/?search=The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Boris+warns+Tories+not+to+merge+with+Reform&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fpolitics%2F2024%2F07%2F05%2Fgeneral-election-2024-results-live-updates2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-GuardJul05-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GuardJul05_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFBellos2005" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/info/en/?search=Alex_Bellos" title="Alex Bellos">Bellos, Alex</a> (30 July 2005). <a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jul/30/newsstory.southampton">"Lowe the umpire in Southampton"</a>. <i><a href="/info/en/?search=The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Lowe+the+umpire+in+Southampton&rft.date=2005-07-30&rft.aulast=Bellos&rft.aufirst=Alex&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2F2005%2Fjul%2F30%2Fnewsstory.southampton&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15921075.Former_Saints_chairman_Rupert_Lowe_awarded_damages_over_phone_hacking/">"Rupert Lowe awarded damages over phone hacking"</a>. <i>Daily Echo</i>. Southampton. 5 February 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Echo&rft.atitle=Rupert+Lowe+awarded+damages+over+phone+hacking&rft.date=2018-02-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyecho.co.uk%2Fnews%2F15921075.Former_Saints_chairman_Rupert_Lowe_awarded_damages_over_phone_hacking%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-RH-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RH_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/_DdyNGgUWQ_7Q39ORVXVPsf8aqQ/appointments">"Rupert James Graham LOWE – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)"</a>. Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rupert+James+Graham+LOWE+%E2%80%93+Personal+Appointments+%28free+information+from+Companies+House%29&rft.pub=Companies+House%2C+Government+of+the+United+Kingdom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.companieshouse.gov.uk%2Fofficers%2F_DdyNGgUWQ_7Q39ORVXVPsf8aqQ%2Fappointments&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-TelegAug20-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TelegAug20_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFArmytage2005" class="citation news cs1">Armytage, Marcus (20 August 2005). <a class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2020/08/27/smart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer/">"Smart move puts Fergal O'Brien on track to be top trainer"</a>. <i><a href="/info/en/?search=The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Smart+move+puts+Fergal+O%27Brien+on+track+to+be+top+trainer&rft.date=2005-08-20&rft.aulast=Armytage&rft.aufirst=Marcus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fracing%2F2020%2F08%2F27%2Fsmart-move-puts-fergal-obrien-track-top-trainer%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001256">Great Yarmouth</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate/">"Meet the ex-football boss who hopes to be your next MP"</a>. 28 April 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meet+the+ex-football+boss+who+hopes+to+be+your+next+MP&rft.date=2024-04-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk%2Fnews%2F24279246.rupert-lowe-standing-great-yarmouth-reform-candidate%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/23715900.great-yarmouths-labour-party-candidate-announced/">"Great Yarmouth's Labour Party candidate has been announced"</a>. <i>Great Yarmouth Mercury</i>. 11 August 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Great+Yarmouth+Mercury&rft.atitle=Great+Yarmouth%27s+Labour+Party+candidate+has+been+announced&rft.date=2023-08-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk%2Fnews%2F23715900.great-yarmouths-labour-party-candidate-announced%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html">"Our Candidates"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 June</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Our+Candidates&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenparty.org.uk%2Four-candidates.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.englishdemocrats.party/parliamentary_constituencies_eastern">"Parliamentary Constituencies – Eastern"</a>. <i>English Democrats</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=English+Democrats&rft.atitle=Parliamentary+Constituencies+%E2%80%93+Eastern&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.englishdemocrats.party%2Fparliamentary_constituencies_eastern&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/static/7f5e75229e24755762e4682d2b90f86b/Notice-of-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situtaion-of-Polling-Stations.pdf">"Statement of Persons Nominated"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>South Gloucestershire Council</i>. 19 January 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=South+Gloucestershire+Council&rft.atitle=Statement+of+Persons+Nominated&rft.date=2024-01-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbeta.southglos.gov.uk%2Fstatic%2F7f5e75229e24755762e4682d2b90f86b%2FNotice-of-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-and-Situtaion-of-Polling-Stations.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68277176">"Labour overturns Tory majority to win key by-election seat in Kingswood"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 16 February 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Labour+overturns+Tory+majority+to+win+key+by-election+seat+in+Kingswood&rft.date=2024-02-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flive%2Fuk-politics-68277176&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081683">"2019 European elections: List of candidates for the West Midlands"</a>. <i>BBC News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=2019+European+elections%3A+List+of+candidates+for+the+West+Midlands&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-politics-48081683&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt">"Election Data 1997"</a>. <a href="/info/en/?search=Electoral_Calculus" title="Electoral Calculus">Electoral Calculus</a>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt">the original</a> on 15 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+1997&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_1997.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARupert+Lowe" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)</span>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rupert_Lowe&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: External links"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/info/en/?search=Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></div>
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<td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/info/en/?search=Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/info/en/?search=Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Great Yarmouth</a> </b><br /><a href="/info/en/?search=2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>–present
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<td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Incumbent</b>
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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> (2019–2021)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a> (2021–2024)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> (2024–present)</span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a> (2019–2024)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Zia_Yusuf_(businessman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zia Yusuf (businessman)">Zia Yusuf</a> (2024–present)</span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=David_Bull_(television_presenter)" title="David Bull (television presenter)">David Bull</a> (2021–2024)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ben_Habib" title="Ben Habib">Ben Habib</a> (2023–2024)</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a> (2024–present)</span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Lee_Anderson_(British_politician)" title="Lee Anderson (British politician)">Lee Anderson</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a> </span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rupert Lowe</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=James_McMurdock" title="James McMurdock">James McMurdock</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ninth_European_Parliament" title="Ninth European Parliament">Ninth European Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>elected in <a href="/info/en/?search=2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></i><br /><i>left Parliament <a href="/info/en/?search=Brexit" title="Brexit">Jan 2020</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=David_Bull_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Bull (politician)">David Bull</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jonathan_Bullock" title="Jonathan Bullock">Jonathan Bullock</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Martin_Daubney" title="Martin Daubney">Martin Daubney</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Lance_Forman" title="Lance Forman">Lance Forman</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Claire_Fox" title="Claire Fox">Claire Fox</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nathan_Gill" title="Nathan Gill">Nathan Gill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=James_Glancy" title="James Glancy">James Glancy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ben_Habib" title="Ben Habib">Ben Habib</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Lucy_Harris_(politician)" title="Lucy Harris (politician)">Lucy Harris</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Michael_Heaver" title="Michael Heaver">Michael Heaver</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Christina_Jordan" title="Christina Jordan">Christina Jordan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Andrew_England_Kerr" title="Andrew England Kerr">Andrew England Kerr</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=John_Longworth_(businessman)" title="John Longworth (businessman)">John Longworth</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rupert Lowe</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Belinda_de_Lucy" title="Belinda de Lucy">Belinda de Lucy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Brian_Monteith" title="Brian Monteith">Brian Monteith</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=June_Mummery" title="June Mummery">June Mummery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Henrik_Overgaard-Nielsen" title="Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen">Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Matthew_Patten_(politician)" title="Matthew Patten (politician)">Matthew Patten</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Alex_Phillips_(TV_presenter)" title="Alex Phillips (TV presenter)">Alex Phillips</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jake_Pugh" title="Jake Pugh">Jake Pugh</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Annunziata_Rees-Mogg" title="Annunziata Rees-Mogg">Annunziata Rees-Mogg</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Robert_Rowland" title="Robert Rowland">Robert Rowland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Louis_Stedman-Bryce" title="Louis Stedman-Bryce">Louis Stedman-Bryce</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=John_Tennant_(politician)" title="John Tennant (politician)">John Tennant</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Tice" title="Richard Tice">Richard Tice</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=James_Wells_(British_politician)" title="James Wells (British politician)">James Wells</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ann_Widdecombe" title="Ann Widdecombe">Ann Widdecombe</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Eighth_European_Parliament" title="Eighth European Parliament">Eighth European Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>elected on the UKIP list in <a href="/info/en/?search=2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Tim_Aker" title="Tim Aker">Tim Aker</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jonathan_Arnott" title="Jonathan Arnott">Jonathan Arnott</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jonathan_Bullock" title="Jonathan Bullock">Jonathan Bullock</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=David_Coburn_(politician)" title="David Coburn (politician)">David Coburn</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jane_Collins" title="Jane Collins">Jane Collins</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bill_Etheridge" title="Bill Etheridge">Bill Etheridge</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nigel_Farage" title="Nigel Farage">Nigel Farage</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Ray_Finch" title="Ray Finch">Ray Finch</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Nathan_Gill" title="Nathan Gill">Nathan Gill</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Diane_James" title="Diane James">Diane James</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Paul_Nuttall" title="Paul Nuttall">Paul Nuttall</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Margot_Parker" title="Margot Parker">Margot Parker</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Julia_Reid" title="Julia Reid">Julia Reid</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Jill_Seymour" title="Jill Seymour">Jill Seymour</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a><br /><small>(<i>elected on the UKIP list in <a href="/info/en/?search=2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a><br /> or subsequently co-opted</i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Caroline_Jones_(politician)" title="Caroline Jones (politician)">Caroline Jones</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Mandy_Jones_(politician)" title="Mandy Jones (politician)">Mandy Jones</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Mark_Reckless" title="Mark Reckless">Mark Reckless</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=David_Rowlands_(politician)" title="David Rowlands (politician)">David Rowlands</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a><br /><small>(<i>co-opted on the Conservative list in <a href="/info/en/?search=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></i><br />not re-elected in <a href="/info/en/?search=2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Michelle_Ballantyne" title="Michelle Ballantyne">Michelle Ballantyne</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a><br /><small>(<i>elected in <a href="/info/en/?search=2024_London_Assembly_election" title="2024 London Assembly election">2024</a></i>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Alex_Wilson_(British_politician)" title="Alex Wilson (British politician)">Alex Wilson</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#BFEBF2;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/info/en/?search=Brexit_Party_election_results" title="Brexit Party election results">Brexit Party/Reform UK election results</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_Derby" title="Reform Derby">Reform Derby</a>, <a href="/info/en/?search=Reform_UK%E2%80%93TUV_alliance" title="Reform UK–TUV alliance">Reform UK–TUV alliance</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>' |
Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node) | false |
Unix timestamp of change (timestamp) | '1721060950' |