Marta Andreasen, a South East region MEP, sent her resignation letter to UKIP leader Nigel Farage on Friday Feb 22,2013 and joins the Conservative Party.Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps said he was "delighted" to welcome her to his party.
Marta Andreasen said the PM David Cameron's speech on Britain's relationship with the EU last month had convinced her the Conservatives were the "true referendum party".
Marta Andreasen, who is Spanish but was born in Argentina, worked as an auditor and financial director for various companies before working as an accountant for the European Commission in 2002.
She later joined UKIP and was elected in 2009. She currently sits on six committees in the European Parliament.
Marta Andreasen had been UKIP's sole remaining female MEP, after Nikki Sinclaire was expelled from the party in 2010.
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