Daniel Hannan

Daniel John Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere (born 1 September 1971) is a British writer, journalist and politician. He is currently a sitting member of the House of Lords where he takes the Conservative whip, and has since 2020 served as an adviser to the Board of Trade. He is the founding president of the Initiative for Free Trade. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 to 2020.

Hannan was the first secretary-general of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE), serving from 2009 to 2018. He was one of the founders of Vote Leave, one of the organisations that campaigned to leave the EU in 2016, and served on its board throughout the referendum. He played a prominent role in the referendum campaign, participating in a number of public debates. He stood down from the European Parliament at the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in 2020.

Lord Hannan of Kingsclere has written columns for ''The Sunday Telegraph'', the ''International Business Times, ConservativeHome'', and the ''Washington Examiner'', as well as occasional columns in the ''Daily Mail'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Sun'', ''The Spectator'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''. He is editor-in-chief of ''The Conservative'', a quarterly journal of centre-right political thought. He has published several books. Provided by Wikipedia