Editing Rupert Lowe (section)

{{short description|British politician and businessman (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Rupert Lowe
| honorific_suffix    = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|MP}}
| image               = Official portrait of Rupert Lowe MP crop 2.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2024
| status              = 
| office1             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]]
| predecessor1        = [[Sir Brandon Lewis]]
| term_start1         = 4 July 2024
| term_end1           = 
| majority1           = 1,426 (3.5%)
| office2             = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br /> for [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]]
| term_start2         = 2 July 2019
| predecessor2        = [[Daniel Dalton (British politician)|Daniel Dalton]]
| successor2          = ''Constituency abolished''
| term_end2           = 31 January 2020
| birth_name          = Rupert James Graham Lowe
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1957|10|31}}
| birth_place         = [[Oxford]], [[Oxfordshire]], England
| nationality         = British
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| otherparty          = {{ubli|
[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (until 1993)|[[Referendum Party|Referendum]] (1997)|[[Reform UK]] (2019–2025)}}
| spouse              = Nicky Lowe
| relations           = 
| children            = 4
| residence           = 
| education           = [[Radley College]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Reading]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]])
| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|businessman}}
| website             = [https://www.rupertlowe.co.uk rupertlowe.co.uk]
}}
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'''Rupert James Graham Lowe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|uː|p|ə|t|_|ˈ|l|əʊ}}; born 31 October 1957) is a British politician who has served as [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] since 2024. Elected for [[Reform UK]], he now sits as an [[Independent politician|independent]] following the suspension of the party [[Whip (politics)#United Kingdom|whip]] in March 2025. He was a [[member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|West Midlands]] from 2019 to 2020.

Prior to entering politics, Lowe worked in business and was the chairman of [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton Football Club]]. He led the club from 1996 to 2006. Returning in 2008, his second tenure ended in 2009 when it entered administration. At the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament election]] Lowe was elected as an MEP for the West Midlands, representing the Brexit Party, which later became Reform UK. He held this role until the [[Brexit|UK's withdrawal from the European Union]] (EU) in 2020. Lowe entered the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] as MP for Great Yarmouth and was appointed Reform UK's Business and Agriculture Spokesman. In March 2025 he had the whip suspended due to legal accusations. In May 2025 he hinted towards a new political party and told people to turn their backs on Reform UK.