Catherine Blaiklock

Catherine Blaiklock
Catherine Blaiklock
Leader of the Brexit Party
	In office; 20 January 2019 – 20 March 2019
Preceded by	Party established
Succeeded by	Nigel Farage
UKIP Economics Spokesperson
	In office; September 2018 – November 2018
Personal details
Born	Catherine Anne Blaiklock; April 1963 (age 60)
Nationality	British
Political party	English Democrats (2021–present); Brexit Party (January–July 2019); UK Independence Party; (2014–2018);
Spouse(s)	Gyaljen Sherpa (divorced); Christopher Kirkpatrick
Children	2
Parent	Ken Blaiklock (father);
Residence(s)	Lingwood, Norfolk, England
Education	Christ Church, Oxford (MA (Hons) Geography)
Occupation	Financial trader; Hotelier
Known for	Founding the Brexit Party; Former UKIP Economic Spokesman
Website	Catherine Blaiklock

Catherine Blaiklock (born April 1963) is an English financial trader and hotelier who was the founder and first leader of the Brexit Party, a political party established in January 2019 to support a no-deal Brexit. She was forced to resign as leader in March 2019 when it was disclosed she had made anti-Islamic and racist statements online. Blaiklock had been the Economics Spokesperson for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which she left in late 2018. Before entering politics in 2016, she worked as a financial currency and derivatives trader. She also founded a Nepali healthcare charity with her ex-husband, an Everest Sherpa. Her father was polar explorer Ken Blaiklock.

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