Reece Wilkes
Reece Wilkes | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1993[1] Northallerton, North Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Brexit Party |
| Alma mater | University of Lincoln |
| Occupation | "Politician, "Lawyer", "Author" |
Reece Wilkes (born 06 January 1993, Northallerton) is a politician, lawyer and author who was first elected as a Brexit Party parliamentary aspirant in the 2019 general election.<ref name="who can I vote for?"<ref name="wcivf">{{cite web|url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/71516/reece-wilkes%7Ctitle=Reece Wilkes candidacy|publisher=Who Can I Vote For?|work=WCIVF|accessdate=12 January 2020| After concern that his standing would split the vote in Lincoln, resulting in the reelection of a pro-EU MP Karen Lee of the Labour Party, he stood down,|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/12/10/nigel-farage-urges-tactical-voters-support-party-defectors-warn/%7Caccessdate=12 January 2010| influencing other aspirants of the Brexit Party to follow suit. Subsequently, the pro-Brexit Conservative gained a landslide victory, defeating the Labour Party reducing their electoral performance in the UK Parliament to numbers last seen in 1935.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172wyjj54ldq1b%7Caccessdate=12 January 2020|
Biography
Wilkes attended Northallerton College from 2007 to 2010. He studied law at the University of Lincoln from 2011 to 2014. In 2017 he completed an Master of Laws also at the University of Lincoln and became a lawyer.|url=http://thelinc.co.uk/2019/12/election-2019-brexit-party-candidate-inspired-to-quit-by-daily-mail-article/%7Caccessdate=12 January 2020|
Career
Wilkes became a lawyer specialising in contract law and representing clients in the county courts in 2018. Following this, he published two books, one covering the European Court of Human Rights treatment of abortion. The other examining how the rule of law is seen as an instrument of order in contemporary society.|url=http://www.ciando.com/img/books/extract/3668615918_lp.pdf%7Caccessdate=12 January 2020|url=https://www.grin.com/document/426850%7Caccessdate=12 January 2020|
References
- ↑ "Reece Wilkes". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
External links
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