Derek Clark

For the British Olympic sailor, see Derek Clark (sailor).

Derek Roland Clark (10 October 1933 – 1 January 2023) was a UK Independence Party politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands from 2004 to 2014.^[1]

Derek Roland Clark
Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands
In office 10 June 2004 – 2 July 2014
Preceded by	Mel Read
Succeeded by	Margot Parker
Personal details
Born	(1933-10-10)10 October 1933 Bristol, England
Died	1 January 2023(2023-01-01) (aged 89)
Political party	UK Independence Party
Alma mater	University of Bristol University of Exeter
Profession	Science teacher (retired)
Website	www.derekclarkmep.org.uk

He stood as a UKIP candidate in the 2010 general election for Northampton South, receiving 1,897 votes (4.9%), which was 50 votes short of retaining his deposit.

He was educated at the University of Bristol (Teaching Certificate) and the University of Exeter. He was a retired science teacher.

In 2011, he was investigated by OLAF, the EU anti-fraud office, and was made to repay £31,800 for wages paid to employees who were working for UKIP and not for his EU Parliament work.

Clark was a climate change denier and pledged to ban the teaching of anthropogenic global warming in schools.^[2]

Clark died on 1 January 2023, at the age of 89.^[3][4]