Claim 74b74f48Checked 09 Jul 2026
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“Since Nigel Farage was elected to the European Parliament, he has always said that he is not going to represent the whole constituency.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
The core idea is supported: public records show Farage repeatedly described his European Parliament role as representing the voters/electors who elected him, not the whole electorate. In 1999 he wrote that his UKIP colleagues and he should work to make all 87 of Britain’s MEPs redundant, and in a 2009 Q&A he said the staff allowance was needed to help him “represent six million electors” in his constituency. (independent.co.uk) But the word “always” is too absolute to verify from the public record; these sources show a longstanding position, not proof that he never deviated from it at any point in his EP career. Sources: The Independent (“Letter: EU nightmare”, 26 July 1999; “Nigel Farage: You Ask The Questions”, 1 June 2009).
From article
It would be silly to say that – you could never, ever represent the whole country – and since I was elected to the European Parliament I’ve always said that I’m not going to represent the whole constituency (and remember it’s vast – six million voters), I’m there to represent the people who voted for me and to use that position to try to persuade others that we are actually right.
But the interesting thing about [the UK Independence Party] is that it attracts an incredibly diverse range of people. We pick up what I would call ‘patriotic Old Labour’, we pick up classical liberals who hate the big state and believe in individual freedom and we pick up traditional Tories who believe in the country. And don’t forget that when we started [in 1993], only about six of us in the country believed in this.
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| [1] | independent.co.uk |
| [2] | independent.co.uk |
| [3] | europarl.europa.eu |