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's chairman has confirmed to ITV News that Godfrey Bloom is not the party's spokesman on the defence or the economy.
TV journalist Michael Crick had earlier cited a party spokesman as saying the MEP remained in both positions despite his suspension for calling women "sluts" at a conference event.
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.