Julian Malins, KC (1 May 1950) is a British barrister and a Reform U.K. candidate who served as the Farringdon ward councillor of the City of London[1] and a Governor of the Museum of London.[2]
Julian Malins | |
|---|---|
| Born | Julian Henry Malins 1 May 1950 |
| Education | Brasenose College, Oxford, Oxford University |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Spouse | Divorced |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Humfrey Malins MP |
Early life
editMalins was born in Rinteln, West Germany, where his father served as an army vicar. Brought up in Ghana, Nigeria and Singapore, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He studied at The College of Law, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1972 by the Middle Temple and subsequently to the Bars of the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands and on a case-by-case basis to other Bars. He was pupil to Baron Alexander of Weedon QC.
Legal career
editMalins served as a deputy judge and a recorder from 1990. The retirement age for such posts is 70 years.
Malins was retained by Cambridge Analytica to report on its political activities.[3]
Political career
editAs well as being elected a councillor in the City of London, Malins also contested Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency) for the Conservatives at the 1987 General Election, where he lost to Labour's Geoffrey Lofthouse.
Malins has now left the Conservative Party and has put himself up as a candidate for The Brexit Party for the Salisbury constituency in the next UK General Election.[4]
He stood for Reform UK as a candidate for Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021, and came last in 6th place, finishing the election with 4,348 votes.[5] Malins also stood in the subsequent by-election, when original winner Jonathon Seed was disqualified, but again finished last, with 1,859 first-preference votes (2.1%).[6]
Personal life
editHis brother Humfrey Malins is British Conservative Party politician.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Julian Malins OC, Ward of Farringdon Without". Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "London Museum Board of Governors".
- ^ "Cambridge Analytica and Scl Elections Commence Insolvency Proceedings and Release Results of Independent Investigation into Recent Allegations". Cambridge Analytica. 2 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/17851650.brexit-party-39-s-julian-malins-wants-salisbury-mp/ Brexit Party's Julian Malins wants to be Salisbury MP. Salisbury Journal, 21 August 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Results of Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner election". Swindon Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Result of Police and Crime Commissioner election declared". Wiltshire Council. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ The Times (3 November 2006). "Barons do battle". London. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.