2010 general election for the Conservative Party, after being placed on the party's A-List earlier that year. He withdrew his candidacy in June 2009 and was replaced by Charlotte Vere. Denying rumours that he quit after falling out with party leadership, Bull cited the increased workload accompanying his recent appointment to head up a Conservative policy review on sexual health with Shadow Health Minister Anne Milton. In April 2019, Bull was announced as a Brexit Party candidate in the upcoming European Parliament election. He was duly returned as an MEP for the North West England constituency in the election held on 23 May. Later, in August of that year, Bull was adopted as the Brexit Party's prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich then subsequently Sedgefield in the 2019 general election. Bull was among the UK MEPs who stood down following the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020. On 11 March 2021, Bull was made deputy leader of Reform UK, the successor to the Brexit Party. In March 2021, Bull was announced as the Reform UK candidate for the City and East constituency in the 2021 London Assembly election. He came fifth. Business and charitable work In 2000, Bull founded a creative branding company, Incredibull. He sold his interest in the business in 2017. Bull is a supporter of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, The British Red Cross, Cancer Research and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and has worked with young people in schools on behalf of the organisation. Personal life Bull is openly gay. In 2007 he appeared at the Brighton Pride Parade for which he designed and wore a t-shirt with the slogan "I've come out... I'm a Tory", saying it was acceptable to be gay and a Conservative. Electoral history 2019 general election 2019 European elections References External links davidbull.com 1969 births 20th-century English medical doctors 21st-century LGBT people Alumni of Imperial College London Brexit Party MEPs Brexit Party parliamentary candidates British television personalities Conservative Party (UK) politicians Gay politicians English businesspeople English male non-fiction writers English non-fiction writers English political commentators English political journalists English television journalists Living people British LGBT broadcasters LGBT conservatism LGBT MEPs for the United Kingdom English LGBT politicians English LGBT writers Medical journalists MEPs for England 2019–2020 People educated at Ipswich School People educated at Framlingham College People from Framlingham Medical doctors from Suffolk Politicians