Douglas Carswell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Douglas Carswell
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	May 3, 1971(1971-05-03)
Age	53
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Douglas Carswell Biography

Douglas Carswell is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on May 3, 1971 in England, England, United Kingdom. Former Member of Parliament who was the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party in 2014. He left the Independence Party in 2017.

He established UKIP Parliamentary Resource Unit Limited with Mark Reckless.

Carswell is the son of two physicians. He lived in Uganda until his late teens. His father, Wilson Carswell, a respected Scottish doctor and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, diagnosed the first confirmed Ugandan cases of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s, and was one of a number of people engaged in drawing the world’s attention to the unfolding pandemic. His father’s experiences in Uganda were the inspiration for the character Dr Nicholas Garrigan in Giles Foden’s novel The Last King of Scotland. Carswell later attributed his libertarianism to his experiences of the “arbitrary rule” of Idi Amin.

The young Carswell was educated at two independent boarding schools for boys: St Andrews School in Turi in Kenya in East Africa, and Charterhouse in Godalming, Surrey, in southern England, followed by the University of East Anglia (UEA), where he was taught by Edward Acton, and graduated with an upper second-class honours bachelor’s degree in history in 1993. He then attended King’s College London, receiving a master’s degree in British imperial history.

Both of his parents are physicians. He has a daughter with his wife Clementine.

Douglas Carswell Net Worth

Douglas Carswell is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Douglas Carswell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of East Anglia and a master’s degree in British imperial history from King’s College London.

He is the co-founder of Disruptive, data analytics company.

John Douglas Wilson Carswell (born 3 May 1971) is a British former Member of Parliament who in 2014 became the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), representing Clacton. From March 2017 to May 2017 (general election), he sat as an independent.

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In April 2008, Carswell was reported to be launching plans for Speaker Michael Martin to be removed after the 2010 general election, saying that the Speaker had “demonstrated that he is not the man to oversee the vital job of restoring faith in Westminster politics”. Martin later became the first Speaker in 314 years to resign after cross-party criticism of his handling of the MPs’ expenses scandal.

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Douglas Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Douglas Carswell celebrates birthday on May 3 of every year.

In the new constituency of Clacton that was created from Harwich at the 2010 general election, Carswell increased his majority over Henderson to 12,068 votes. UKIP decided not to field a candidate against Carswell in the 2010 general election. Instead, the party actively campaigned in support of his re- election in view of his staunch anti-EU views.