Benyamin Naeem Habib (born 7 June 1965) is a Pakistani-British politician, who served from 2023 to July 2024 as Co-Deputy Leader of Reform UK, alongside David Bull.

[5] According to Transparency International, Habib was the richest MEP elected in the Ninth European Parliament based on annual earnings from his second job.

[23] In January 2020, Habib voted in favour of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which included the Northern Ireland Protocol, being ratified by the EU Parliament.

[24] In 22 February 2020, Habib published an article on Brexit-Watch.org where he described the Protocol as being a unique advantage to Northern Ireland business that would help the province grow into a tiger economy.

[30] In April 2024, during an interview with Julia Hartley-Brewer, he advocated in favour of leaving immigrants to drown when they try to cross the Channel by boat.

[33] Despite having previously voted to ratify it, in February 2021 Habib, together with Jim Allister, leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice, and Baroness Hoey, applied for a judicial review of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which is part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

[35] In June 2021, the High Court of Northern Ireland (HCNI) in Belfast dismissed the legal challenge on several grounds, including that it is in conflict with the Acts of Union 1800 and thus unconstitutional.

Likewise, the court rejected a challenge to the Regulations, which provided that the consent mechanism in the Protocol was not to be subject to the cross-community voting rules in the Assembly.

[42][43][44] On 21 March 2023, it was confirmed by Northern Ireland Office minister Lord Caine (in a written reply to a question submitted by Kate Hoey) that the UK Government had spent a total of £196,567 on legal fees associated with defending the court challenges against the Northern Ireland Protocol.