David Bull

Bull was a Brexit Party MEP for North West England, between the 2019 European Parliament election and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.

Despite having wanted to be a doctor since childhood, Bull described working for the NHS as tough. Nevertheless, he continued to work in general medicine as a house officer and senior house officer in general medicine, surgery and accident and emergency. Frustrated with the lack of knowledge patients had, he felt that no one was concentrating on proactive health, stopping people from becoming ill in the first place, so he took up that challenge. He pursued his interest in broadcasting - specifically television, combining his new role with his ongoing clinical duties. He holds full medical registration with the General Medical Council and had his licence to practise restored in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic spreading to the United Kingdom.

Bull was among the UK MEPs who stood down following the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

In April 2019, Bull was announced as a Brexit Party candidate in the upcoming European Parliament election. He was duly returned as an MEP for the North West England constituency in the election held on 23 May. Later, in August of that year, Bull was adopted as the Brexit Party's prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich then subsequently Sedgefield in the 2019 general election.

Bull has worked in television for over twenty years and has worked for major UK networks including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, as well as for Living TV, Sky TV and Food Network. He also works on radio stations including BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live, talkRADIO and LBC. His credits on British and US television programmes include 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. He starred in 2013 romantic comedy film Cavemen.

In 2013, Bull starred in romantic comedy film Cavemen.

In 2012, Bull started hosting for Food Network's series Sugar Dome which is broadcast in the US, Canada, Asia and the UK. He has also co-presented Coast vs Country on Channel 4.

Bull made his American television debut in 2010 as a contributor on the daytime talk show The Rachael Ray Show. First appearing on the 12 April 2010 segment "Why You Crave Food", Bull discussed the effects of high-fat, high-calorie foods on the brain and gave advice on cutting down on cravings. On 23 July 2010, Bull returned to The Rachel Ray Show to discuss "Mystery Diseases".

Bull is openly gay. In 2007 he appeared at the Brighton Pride Parade for which he designed and wore a t-shirt with the slogan "I've come out... I'm a Tory", saying it was acceptable to be gay and a Conservative.

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, an area about which he has been outspoken, and was replaced by Charlotte Vere.

In December 2006, Bull was selected to represent the Parliamentary seat of Brighton Pavilion at the 2010 general election for the Conservative Party, after being placed on the party's A-List earlier that year. He withdrew his candidacy in June 2009 and was replaced by Charlotte Vere. Denying rumours that he quit after falling out with party leadership, Bull cited the increased workload accompanying his recent appointment to head up a Conservative policy review on sexual health with Shadow Health Minister Anne Milton.

In addition to appearing on Healthcheck, Bull presented the science and technology-centred Tomorrow's World, before presenting Most Haunted on Living TV. Bull appeared on Live TV's highest rated series, Most Haunted Live! from October 2002 to October 2005, hosting three-hour instalments that featured paranormal investigations broadcast live with interactive sections involving the audience. Bull also participated in a ghost hunt at Choughs Hotel where he claimed to have seen an apparition, though he admitted it could have been an optical illusion.

In 2000, Bull founded the creative branding company, Incredibull. He sold his interest in the business in 2017.

Bull joined the BBC's Watchdog in 1999. While on Watchdog, he also appeared on Holiday, Let's Get Healthy, The Really Useful Show, Daily Live and This Morning. He then hosted Watchdog Healthcheck, a weekly, half-hour health programme running from 2001 to 2002.

In 1998, Bull published his first book, Cool and Celibate?: Sex and No Sex, arguing the benefits of abstinence in teenagers, translated in multiple languages. Bull followed his first book with What Every Girl Should Know: An A to Z of Health-From Allergies to Zits! in 1999.

In 1995, Bull auditioned to be a guest commentator for The Sky Travel Guide on Sky Travel. Of the auditioning process Bull recalled, "I had to read autocue, I had to interview someone, and I had to handle a live show...you can't beat that sort of experience." Bull was awarded the position on Sky Travel, giving advice for the holiday health feature to those traveling abroad, and beginning his career as a television commentator and presenter.

Bull went to St Mary's Hospital Medical School at Imperial College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine degree, a Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBBS) and a first class Bachelor of Science honours degree (BSc) in 1993. He was a pre-registration house officer at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington and worked for the NHS in the fields of Emergency Medicine at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, and General Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Whittington Hospital in London.

David Richard Bull (born 9 May 1969) is an English medical doctor, television presenter, author and former politician, who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2019 until 2020.