Jane Maria Collins (born 17 February 1962) is a British politician, Member of the European Parliament for the Yorkshire and the Humber region for the UK Independence Party. She was elected in 2014.Collins was educated in West Yorkshire, attending East Hardwick Junior School and Pontefract and District Girls High School, leaving at 18 with four GCE O-levels and a GCE A-level in Art.On leaving school, Collins was appointed Head Girl at a racehorse training establishment in Moss, South Yorkshire. In 1985 her family moved to Selby and eventually bought a stable at Willitoft which she helped run. An equine physiotherapist, she met Katie Bloom with whom she formed a partnership in 1995. Katie Bloom was (and remains) married to Godfrey Bloom, who later became a UK Independence Party (UKIP) MEP, and Collins became interested in the party. Wikipedia