Godfrey Bloom will sit as an independent MEP until next year's European election but has not quit Ukip. Mr Bloom was stripped of the party whip after offensive remarks he made about women at a party event and an altercation with a TV journalist.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage has arrived at his party's conference in London today.
Mr Farage is not expected to speak on the last day of a conference that has been overshadowed by controversy over MEP Godfrey Bloom's comments.
The UK Independence Party has removed the whip from MEP Godfrey Bloom after he called women "sluts" a fringe event.
The Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom has a history of gaffes and controversies. Here are eight of them.