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David Bull (politician)

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David Bull (politician)

David Richard Bull (born 9 May 1969) is an English television presenter, politician, and former medical doctor who is currently Chairman of Reform UK. He also formerly served as Reform UK's Deputy Leader from 2021 to 2023 and as Co-Deputy Leader, alongside Ben Habib, from 2023 to 2024. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2019 to 2020. Bull studied at St Mary's Hospital Medical School at Imperial College London and worked as a pre-registration and then senior house officer at St Mary's Hospital, Ealing Hospital and Whittington Hospital. He began a career in broadcasting in 1995 and has presented or appeared as a commentator on numerous shows. As well as appearing on British television, he has presented Sugar Dome and appeared on The Rachael Ray Show in the US. In 2006, Bull was selected as the Conservative candidate for Brighton Pavilion for the following general election. He stood down in 2009 to head up a Conservative policy review on sexual health, and was replaced by Charlotte Vere. He joined the Brexit Party, later Reform UK, in 2019, and was elected as one of their MEPs for North West England at that year's European Parliament election. He stood down upon the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU in January 2020. He became Deputy Leader of Reform UK in March 2021. In 2022, he became a presenter on TalkTV. At the 2024 general election he stood in West Suffolk and came third with 20.8% of the vote. Shortly after the election, he was replaced as deputy leader by Richard Tice. On 10 June 2025, he was appointed Chairman of Reform UK.

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Occupation
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Leader
Richard TiceNigel Farage
Education
Framlingham College
Deputy
Paul Nuttall
Born
David Richard Bull (1969-05-09) 9 May 1969 (age 56)Farnborough, London, England
Alma mater
Imperial College London (MBBS)
Other politicalaffiliations
Conservative (before 2019)
Website
davidbull.com
Preceded by
Steven Woolfe
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Political party
Reform UK (since 2019)
Party
Reform UK (since 2019)

Tables

General election 2024: West Suffolk[21] · Electoral history › 2024 general election
Majority
Majority
Party
Majority
Party
3,247
Candidate
7.1
Votes
–35.1
Turnout
Turnout
Party
Turnout
Party
46,331
Candidate
60.1
Votes
–4.6
Registered electors
Registered electors
Party
Registered electors
Party
77,149
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
mw- ±%
Conservative
Nick Timothy
15,814
34.3
–30.0
Labour
Rebecca Denness
12,567
27.2
+5.0
Reform
David Bull
9,623
20.8
N/A
Liberal Democrats
Henry Batchelor
4,284
9.3
+0.3
Green
Mark Ereira-Guyer
2,910
6.3
+1.8
Independent
Katie Parker
485
1.1
N/A
Independent
Luke O'Brien
345
0.7
N/A
SDP
Ivan Kinsman
133
0.3
N/A
Majority
3,247
7.1
–35.1
Turnout
46,331
60.1
–4.6
Registered electors
77,149
Conservative hold
Swing
–17.5
2021 London Assembly election: City and East[22][23] · Electoral history › 2021 London Assembly election
Votes
Votes
Party
Votes
Party
%
Candidate
±%
Constituency
Votes
Constituency
%
Constituency
±%
Majority
Majority
Party
Majority
Party
78,307
Candidate
35.5
Constituency
6.9
Turnout
Turnout
Party
Turnout
Party
220,535
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Party
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Party
Candidate
Constituency
List
Votes
%
±%
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Unmesh Desai
125,025
56.7
1.1
116,148
53.32
4.29
Conservative
Nick Vandyke
46,718
21.2
5.8
44,957
20.64
6.26
Green
Tim Kiely
25,596
11.6
2.7
20,106
9.23
2.54
Liberal Democrats
Richard Flowers
14,136
6.4
1.4
9,001
4.13
0.44
Rejoin EU
4,724
2.17
New
Animal Welfare
3,651
1.68
0.86
Women's Equality
3,431
1.58
1.12
CPA
2,992
1.37
0.11
UKIP
2,734
1.26
5.42
Reform
David Bull
9,060
4.1
New
2,459
1.13
New
London Real
2,189
1.00
New
Let London Live
1,649
0.76
New
Heritage
986
0.45
New
Londependence Party
850
0.39
New
Communist
849
0.39
New
TUSC
950
0.43
New
SDP
691
0.32
New
National Liberal
395
0.18
New
Majority
78,307
35.5
6.9
Turnout
220,535
Labour hold
Swing
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General election 2019: Sedgefield[24] · Electoral history › 2019 general election
Majority
Majority
Party
Majority
Party
4,513
Candidate
10.9
Votes
N/A
Turnout
Turnout
Party
Turnout
Party
41,576
Candidate
64.6
Votes
0.5
Registered electors
Registered electors
Party
Registered electors
Party
64,325
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Paul Howell
19,609
47.2
8.4
Labour
Phil Wilson
15,096
36.3
17.1
Brexit Party
David Bull
3,518
8.5
N/A
Liberal Democrats
Dawn Welsh
1,955
4.7
2.8
Green
John Furness
994
2.4
0.7
Independent
Michael Joyce
394
0.9
N/A
Majority
4,513
10.9
N/A
Turnout
41,576
64.6
0.5
Registered electors
64,325
Conservative gain from Labour
Swing
+12.8
· Electoral history › 2019 European elections
List
List
European Election 2019: North West England
List
European Election 2019: North West England
Candidates
European Election 2019: North West England
Votes
European Election 2019: North West England
Of total (%)
European Election 2019: North West England
± from prev.
Turnout
Turnout
European Election 2019: North West England
Turnout
European Election 2019: North West England
1,744,858
European Election 2019: North West England
33.11
European Election 2019: North West England
–0.39
European Election 2019: North West England
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
± from prev.
Brexit Party
Claire Fox (1)Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen (4)David Bull (7)Gary Harvey, Ajay Jagota, Elizabeth Babade, Sally Bate, John Banks
541,843(180,614)
31.23
New
Labour
Theresa Griffin (2)Julie Ward (6)Wajid Khan, Erica Lewis, David Brennan, Claire Cozler, Saf Ismail, Yvonne Tennant
380,193(190,096)
21.91
–11.94
Liberal Democrats
Chris Davies (3)Jane Brophy (8)Helen Foster-Grime, Anna Fryer, Sam Al-Hamdani, Rebecca Forrest, John Studholme, Frederick Van Mierlo
297,507(148,753)
17.15
+11.14
Green
Gina Dowding (5) Wendy Kay Olsen, Jessica Northey, Geraldine Coggins, Rosie Mills, Astrid Johnson, Daniel Jerrome, James Booth
216,581
12.48
+5.47
Conservative
Sajjad Karim, Kevin Beaty, Jane Howard, Arnold Saunders, Wendy Maisey, Thomas Lord, Anthony Pickles, Attika Choudhary
131,002
7.55
–12.51
UKIP
Adam Richardson, Jeff Armstrong, Fiona Mills, Nathan Ryding, Michael Felse, Ben Fryer, John Booker, Alexander Craig
62,464
3.60
–23.86
Change UK
Andrea Cooper, Dan Price, Arun Banerji, Michael Taylor, Philippa Olive, Victoria Desmond, Andrew Graystone, Elisabeth Knight
47,237
2.72
New
Independent
Tommy Robinson
38,908
2.24
New
English Democrat
Stephen Morris, Valerie Morris
10,045
0.58
–0.53
UKEU
Sophie Larroque
7,125
0.41
New
Independent
Mohammad Aslam
2,002
0.12
New
Turnout
1,744,858
33.11
–0.39
· External links
Preceded byZia Yusuf
Preceded byZia Yusuf
Party political offices
Preceded byZia Yusuf
Party political offices
Chairman of Reform UK 10 June 2025 – present
Party political offices
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded byZia Yusuf
Chairman of Reform UK 10 June 2025 – present
Incumbent

References

  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Reform UK
    https://web.archive.org/web/20240116084254/https://www.reformparty.uk/departmental_responsibilities_of_reform_uk_spokespeople
  3. "BBC Online"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100807112655/http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/studentlife/careersandchoices/dreamjobs/mediaandentertainment/presenter/interview_presenter_david_bull.shtml
  4. DavidBull.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190528161448/http://davidbull.com/index.php/books/
  5. Food Network
    http://www.foodnetwork.com/sugar-dome/
  6. Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics
    https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0963947020971997
  7. inews.co.uk
    https://inews.co.uk/news/media/talktvs-latest-hire-daisy-mcandrew-taking-on-rival-channel-gb-news-a-week-after-leaving-1583082
  8. "Tory candidate chosen in primary"
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8367733.stm
  9. The Argus
    http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4466512.Celebrity_doctor_denies_fall_out_with_Tories
  10. Conservative Home
    http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/06/david-bull-steps-down-as-candidate-for-brighton-pavilion-to-head-up-policy-review.html
  11. Westmonster
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190426142240/https://www.westmonster.com/brexit-party-reveal-another-diverse-group-of-mep-candidates1/
  12. "Brexit Party wins three North West seats"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48417394
  13. "Sedgefield parliamentary constituency"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000915
  14. "What happens after Brexit?"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46393399
  15. "We are delighted to announce @drdavidbull as the new Deputy Leader of Reform UK!"
    https://x.com/reformparty_uk/status/1370058029815767040
  16. "We can also announce that @drdavidbull – Deputy Leader of Reform UK – will be standing as the Reform UK candidate for the City & East constituency in the upcoming #LondonAssembly Elections!"
    https://x.com/reformparty_uk/status/1376971552244305922
  17. London Elects
    https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021
  18. Tower Hamlets Council
    https://towerhamlets.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=154&RPID=0
  19. Who Can I Vote For?
    https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/gla.a.20210506/party:7931/
  20. "TV presenter David Bull named new Reform Chairman"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v54d60y6vo.amp
  21. Incredibull
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171108205904/http://www.incredibull.com/
  22. "West Suffolk - General Election Results"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001578
  23. "Results"
    https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Democracy/Representation/Elections/Elections-2021/Statement-of-Persons-Nomination-and-Notice-of-Poll-City-and-East.pdf
  24. Results 2021 LondonElects
    https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021
  25. "Sedgefield parliamentary constituency – Election 2019"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000915
  26. North West Votes
    http://www.northwestvotes.gov.uk/info/2/candidates
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