David Richard Bull (born 9 May 1969) is an English medical doctor, television presenter, author and former politician. He has worked in television and radio for over twenty years on various British channels. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2019 until 2020.
David Richard Bull (born 9 May 1969) is an English medical doctor, television presenter, author and former politician. He has worked in television and radio for over twenty years on various British channels. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2019 until 2020. Born in Kent and raised in Suffolk, Bull was privately educated at Fairfield Preparatory School, Ipswich Preparatory School and Framlingham College respectively. He studied at St Mary's Hospital Medical School at Imperial College London and worked as a pre-registration and then senior house officer at St Mary's Hospital, Ealing Hospital and Whittington Hospital. He began a career in broadcasting and appeared on The Jeremy Vine Show, Sugar Dome, Watchdog, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Newsround, Most Haunted Live!, Richard & Judy, Tomorrow's World, and This Morning. He has been a panellist on The Wright Stuff on Channel 5, and has made appearances on The Rachael Ray Show in the US. In 2006, Bull was nominated as the Conservative Party candidate for Brighton Pavilion in the following general election. He stood down in 2009 to head up a Conservative policy review on sexual health, and was replaced by Charlotte Vere. He later joined the Brexit Party in 2019 and was elected as one of their MEPs for North West England at that year's European Parliament election. He stood down upon the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.