What is Douglas Carswell?
{{Infobox MP |name = Douglas Carswell |honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] |image = Douglas Carswell, May 2009.jpg |caption = Carswell in 2009 |office = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Clacton (UK Parliament constituency)|Clacton]]<br>{{small|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] (2005–2010)}} |term_start = 10 October 2014 |term_end = |predecessor = Himself |successor = |term_start1 = 5 May 2005 |term_end1 = 29 August 2014 |predecessor1 = [[Ivan Henderson]] |successor1 = Himself |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|3|df=y}} |birth_place = [[London]], England |party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] {{small|(before 2014)}}<br>[[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] {{small|(2014–2017)}}<br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] {{small|(since 2017)}} |spouse = Clementine Bailey |children = 1 |alma_mater = [[University of East Anglia]]<br>[[King's College London]] |website = [http://douglascarswell.com Official website] }} '''John Douglas Wilson Carswell''' (born 3 May 1971) is a British politician. He is a [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]] and a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]]. Carsewell was elected to Parliament at the 2005 general election. On 28 August 2014 left the [[Conservative Party]] to be a member of [[UKIP]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Aitkenhead|first=Decca|title=Douglas Carswell: ‘I’m having far too much fun to leave Ukip’|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/09/douglas-carswell-im-having-far-too-much-fun-lo-leave-ukip|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=12 October 2016|date=9 September 2016}}</ref> Following his resignation from the Conservatives, he ran for his seat [[Clacton-on-Sea]] as a [[UKIP]] candidate. He was elected [[UKIP]]'s first [[Member of Parliament|MP]] in the [[House of Commons]] in the by-election held on 9 October 2014. In March 2017, Carswell said that he was quitting UKIP to b