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'''David Michael Kurten''' (born 1971) is an English politician who has been a members of the London Assembly since 2016. He is the current leader of the Heritage Party.
'''David Michael Kurten''' (born 1971) is an English [[social conservative]] and politician, who has served as leader of the [[Heritage Party]] since September 2020.
== Early life and work ==
== Early life and work ==
David Michael Kurten was born on 22 March 1971 in Littlehampton, Sussex, England. His parents are Reginald Kurten, a [[Jamaica|Jamaican]], and Patricia Kurten (née Robinson), who is British. He grew up in Sussex and was raised by his single mother and maternal grandparents.
David Michael Kurten was born on 22 March 1971 in Littlehampton, Sussex, England. His parents are Reginald Kurten, a [[Jamaica|Jamaican]], and Patricia Kurten (née Robinson), who is British. He grew up in Sussex and was raised by his single mother and maternal grandparents.
From 1995 until 2016, Kurten was a teacher, teaching chemistry at schools in the UK, Botswana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bermuda, and the United States.
From 1995 until 2016, Kurten was a teacher, teaching chemistry at schools in the UK, Botswana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bermuda, and the United States.
== Political history ==
== Political history ==
Kurten joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2012, at which time the party was under the leadership of [[Nigel Farage]].
Kurten joined the [[UK Independence Party]] (UKIP) in 2012, at which time the party was under the leadership of [[Nigel Farage]].
Kurten was elected to the [[London Assembly]] in 2016 as a [[UK Independence Party]] candidate. He left the party in January 2020 and established the socially conservative Heritage Party later that year.
As part of he 2015 UK general election, which took place on 7 May 2015, David Kurten stood unsuccessfully for UKIP as that party's candidate for the London seat of Camberwell and Peckham, coming 5th overall in the contest.
Kurten, then still a member of UKIP, was elected to the London Assembly, a body elected to scrutinize the activities of the Mayor of London, in the 2016 London Assembly election which was held on 5 May that year.
Kurten left UKIP in January 2020 and established the socially conservative Heritage Party later that year.
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