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Craig Mackinlay has had an eventful career after swapping chartered accountancy for politics.
The 57-year-old was an original member of the pro-Brexit UK Independence party, became its interim leader in 1999 and contested elections for the party at a European and parliamentary level.
He left to join the Conservative party in 2005 due to concerns about the direction that Ukip was taking.
In 2007, he was elected as a councillor for River Ward in…
