Jonathan William Arnott (born 12 January 1981) is a British politician and former teacher at a school in Sheffield. Since the 2014 European Parliament election, he has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the North East England region for the UK Independence Party. On 11 July 2016, he announced his intention to stand for the leadership of UKIP. He withdrew from the contest a month later.Arnott was born in Sheffield. At the age of 15 he enrolled at the University of Sheffield, graduating with a MMath in mathematics. Wikipedia