Douglas Carswell is a recognized leader of the liberty movement with a winning record:
• 2024 Mississippi education win to fund students, not systems.
• 2022 largest tax cut in Mississippi history, moving to a flat 4 percent state income tax (for which Douglas’ team won the State Policy Network’s "Biggest Win for Freedom" Award).
• 2021 major labor market deregulation legislation passed.
A Member of the British Parliament for 12 years, Douglas co-founded Vote Leave, the official campaign that won the 2016 Brexit vote in Britain. Re-elected every time he stood for Parliament, to secure the Brexit vote, in 2014 he triggered a special Parliamentary election (by election) and won with one of the largest swings in any election in British history.
The author of five books, Douglas has written widely about bank reform and monetary policy, as well as publishing a libertarian history of human progress. Personal influences include Margaret Thatcher, Adam Smith, von Mises and Matt Ridley.
His YouTube channel @douglasyoutube has been viewed over a million times.
While a non-executive director at the UK Department of International Trade, the UK secured a large number of free trade deals.
Douglas received a BA (Hons) degree in history at the University of East Anglia, before reading for his master’s degree at King’s College, University of London.
Raised in Uganda, Douglas is now settled in Mississippi, with his wife Clementine, young daughter Kitty - and Crumble, the dog.