John Baron

John Charles Baron (born 21 June 1959) is a British Conservative politician and the Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay since 2001. Baron has in relative terms frequently rebelled against his party, specifically in his calling for a sooner referendum on the European Union and in opposing military intervention in Iraq, Libya and Syria. He is a strong critic of the European Union and he was a vocal supporter of Brexit during the 2016 EU referendum. He is now a supporter of the pro-Brexit Leave Means Leave campaign.