Rebecca Jane
Rebecca Jane | |
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Deputy Leader of the UK Independence Party | |
In office 17 October 2022 – 20 January 2024 | |
Leader | Neil Hamilton |
Preceded by | Pat Mountain |
Personal details | |
Born | Rebecca Jane Sutton 1984 or 1985 (age 38–39)[1] Barrowford, Lancashire, England |
Political party | UK Independence Party (UKIP) |
Spouses |
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Children | 2 |
Rebecca Jane Sutton (née Sutton-Gregory; born 1984 or 1985[1]) is a British media personality, solicitor, businesswoman and former politician who was deputy leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from October 2022 to January 2024.[2]
Life and career
Early life and The Real Lady Detective Agency
Rebecca Jane Sutton[3] was born in Barrowford, Lancashire, England. She once worked as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike,[1] and managed a property company, which went bankrupt in 2009 during the Great Recession. She later established The Lady Detective Agency, a private investigation company. She stopped working with front-line investigation to work in marketing because her husband's bosses found it compromising to his career.[4] In 2018 she sold her detective agency.[5]
In January 2013, HarperCollins published her book, The Real Lady Detective Agency, about her experiences.[6]
Later media appearances and political career
On 30 September 2012,
In June 2023, it was announced that she would be standing as a candidate in the 2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, following the resignation of Boris Johnson. An article about UKIP published that month in The New European described Jane as a "far more proactive presence in the leadership" than its leader Neil Hamilton, that she "juggle[d] mental health work with GB News appearances", and that her "focus ha[d] been on attempts to unite the parties to the right of the Conservatives, which she refers to as "centre-right" or "splinter parties".[16] She came 14th of 17th, receiving 61 votes (0.2%).[17]
Personal life
She married James[who?][4] in 2005, with whom she had a daughter, Paris, in 2006.[4]
Her second husband was the police officer Ben Dowlers, her childhood sweetheart. They have a daughter named Peach.[18] They divorced in 2015.[19]
Sutton wrote in The Real Lady Detective Agency that she had "no sense of smell". When she was a baby, she pushed part of a pen up her nose and damaged her nerve endings.
References
- ^ a b c "10 friends form East Lancashire lady detective agency". Lancashire Telegraph. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "UKIP loses Deputy Leader as Rebecca Jane resigns". searchlightmagazine.com. Searchlight Magazine. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "I beg to move, That this House has...: 18 Jul 2017: Westminster Hall debates". TheyWorkForYou. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-00-748899-5.
- ^ "Enterpreneur sells female private investigation company". Insider Media. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Barrowford's Rebecca Jane - the woman behind The Real Lady Detective Agency". Lancashire Life. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Series 10, Episode 4". Dragons' Den. 30 September 2012.
- ^ "Blackpool to host women in business awards". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Big Brother fame beckons for Rebecca and Kieran". Burnley Express. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Big Brother's Rebeccca Jane becomes the third housemate to be evicted". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Preston law student avoids early eviction on TV's Big Brother". www.lep.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "12 months in Lancashire – Part Two". 2BR. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Kym Marsh on her 'Catfish' nightmare: 'Someone stole my identity and pretended to be me for 10 years!'". Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Suicidal ideation". Burnley Express. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Burnley's outspoken Rebecca Jane named as new leader of UK Independence Party". Burnley Express. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Withers, Matt (23 June 2023). "How Ukip came crashing down to earth". The New European. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election 2023 results". Hillingdon Council. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Northern Life talks to The Real Lady Detective, Rebecca Jane". Northernlifemagazine.co.uk. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- New Zealand Herald. Archivedfrom the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "I got parenting wrong?!". Burnley Express. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.