James Bruce Carver (born 15 August 1969) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands region between 2014 and 2019.
He works in a client liaison role for the Medal Department of a leading auction London house, having previously rebuilt and run his family umbrella making business for thirty years, before closing it down in 2022.
In April 2017, Carver resigned as UKIP's foreign affairs spokesperson following the party's promise to ban the wearing of the burqa in public.
Carver resigned from UKIP and then sat as an independent MEP until the end of the Eighth European Parliament, stating that he had become "out of kilter" with the party.
In February 2022, he resigned his council seat just ten months into his three-year term of office after becoming disillusioned with the local Conservative party.