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Ashley Mote (born January 25 , 1936 , London ) is a Member Of The European Parliament for South East England . He was elected as a representative of the United Kingdom Independence Party but has since had the party whip removed. He was first elected in 2004 . He used to work in the marketing industry and has published two political books - ''Vigilance - A Defence of British Liberty'' () about Immigration . He has also written about Cricket . The UKIP removed the Whip from Ashley Mote on 15 July 2004 after learning that he faces trial over allegations of housing Benefit Fraud . Mr Mote failed to tell party managers of the impending court case and it only came to their attention when an article appeared in the '' Daily Telegraph '', a few days after the European Union's election {Link without Title} . The ''Telegraph'' reported that he was facing nine charges of false accounting and one of making a false representation. Ironically since the news of his fraud charges were published he has called himself "(someone) who has researched EU fraud for many years" {Link without Title} . He is of course a members of the European Parliament. In a court hearing on 25 November, Mote sought adjournement from the court so that he could obtain parliamentary immunity as an MEP. In June 2005 the Committee On Legal Affairs And The Internal Market of the European Parliament decided to request that his immunity be waived. {Link without Title} To promote Transparency , in 2005 Hans Peter Martin , Paul Van Buitenen ( Europa Transparant ) and Ashley Mote decided to cooperate under the name Platform For Transparency (PfT). =See Also= EXTERNAL LINKS |
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