Winston McKenzie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Winston McKenzie

British boxer

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1953

Place of Birth: Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, boxer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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Winston Truman McKenzie (born 23 October 1953) is a British political activist and perennial candidate for public office.
He is a founder and leader of Unity in Action. A British Jamaican, McKenzie worked as a boxer before later running a pub with his brothers; it was closed down after police found many of its customers to possess weapons and drugs. Winston joined the Liberal Democrats, staying with them until 2003; he then remained politically independent for some time before becoming a member of Veritas.
In 2006 he joined the Conservative Party, which he left to become a political independent again. McKenzie joined the UK Independence Party.
He stood for its leadership in 2010 and was the UKIP candidate in the 2012 Croydon North by-election, where he came third with 5.7% of the vote.
He served as UKIP's Commonwealth spokesman from 2014 until 9 March 2015. After the departure from UKIP, McKenzie joined the English Democrats in December 2015 and attempted to run for Mayor of London in the 2016 election.
Also in 2016 he competed on the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, left the English Democrats and founded his own party, Unity in Action.