Richard William Maguire Braine (born April 1968) is a British politician, software developer and photographer who was leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) between 10 August 2019 and 30 October 2019. Early life Born in London in April 1968, Braine was educated at Eton College, and graduated with a BSc in Physics and Philosophy from King's College London. Since 1994, Braine has worked as a software developer and a designer, and has run a photography business based in London. He founded Cyberphotographer, a web-based event photography service, in 1999. Customers have included Cable & Wireless, Carlton Television, Channel 5, Ernst & Young, Eurosport, Hugo Boss, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, JPMorgan Chase, Lastminute.com, Microsoft Corporation, MTV, PlayStation, Puma, The Times and Time magazine. Political career Braine was a campaigner for the Referendum Party in the 1990s, and since the party's demise in 1997 has supported UKIP. During the 2016 EU referendum, Braine served as a borough manager for pro-Brexit organisations Vote Leave and Grassroots Out (GO) in Kensington and Chelsea, leading a group of ninety volunteers. Braine has stood as a UKIP candidate in local, general and European Parliament elections. In the 2017 general election, he was the UKIP candidate for the constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, where he came last of five, with 2.2 per cent of the vote. He was the second UKIP candidate on the London constituency list in the 2019 European Parliament election, behind party leader Gerard Batten, but they both failed to be elected.
Richard William Maguire Braine (born April 1968) is a British politician, software developer and photographer who was leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) between 10 August 2019 and 30 October 2019. Early life
 Born in London in April 1968, Braine was educated at Eton College, and graduated with a BSc in Physics and Philosophy from King's College London. Since 1994, Braine has worked as a software developer and a designer, and has run a photography business based in London. He founded Cyberphotographer, a web-based event photography service, in 1999. Customers have included Cable & Wireless, Carlton Television, Channel 5, Ernst & Young, Eurosport, Hugo Boss, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, JPMorgan Chase, Lastminute.com, Microsoft Corporation, MTV, PlayStation, Puma, The Times and Time magazine. Political career
 Braine was a campaigner for the Referendum Party in the 1990s, and since the party's demise in 1997 has supported UKIP. During the 2016 EU referendum, Braine served as a borough manager for pro-Brexit organisations Vote Leave and Grassroots Out (GO) in Kensington and Chelsea, leading a group of ninety volunteers. Braine has stood as a UKIP candidate in local, general and European Parliament elections. In the 2017 general election, he was the UKIP candidate for the constituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, where he came last of five, with 2.2 per cent of the vote. He was the second UKIP candidate on the London constituency list in the 2019 European Parliament election, behind party leader G.R. Batten, but they both failed to be elected.