for the benefit of one thing only — big business. I've got a message for Len McCluskey and Unite. UKIP will fight alongside you to ensure the NHS is excluded from this agreement." Bours appeared on Question Time discussing her role as health spokesperson. In November 2018, Bours resigned from UKIP. She sat as an independent MEP in the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group, until the 2019 EU election. Elections Bours previously served as councillor for Congleton borough and town councils and was elected mayor in 2006. European Parliament elections 2014 On 25 May 2014, Bours was elected as MEP for the North West England, replacing British National Party leader Nick Griffin. She has said that she wants to "shake off the BNP in blazers thing", for UKIP and it has been claimed that she has teamed up with UKIP MEP Paul Nuttall in the north-west, which was "a particular cause of anger" within the party according to former UKIP members, who accused them of forming part of a "cosy cartel". General election 2015 In the 2015 general election, she stood for parliament for the Knowsley constituency. Bours came second, keeping her deposit. See also Euroscepticism References 1968 births Living people Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Alumni of Lancaster University UK Independence Party councillors UK Independence Party MEPs MEPs for England 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for England English people of Dutch descent British actor-politicians Conservative Party (UK) councillors Councillors in Cheshire Mayors of places in Cheshire English stage actresses UK Independence Party parliamentary candidates Women councillors in England Women mayors of places in England