LONDON, Dhu-AlHijjah 3, 1435, Sep 27, 2014, SPA -- A lawmaker from Britain's ruling Conservative party defected to the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) on Saturday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister David Cameron on the eve of his party's annual conference, Reuters reported. The defection of Mark Reckless, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rochester and Strood constituency in southern England, is the second since August and comes eight months before a national election in which UKIP could threaten Cameron's re-election chances. Reckless, who made the announcement at UKIP's annual conference, said that as a Conservative politician he felt he had not been able to keep his promises to voters, one of which was to get the country out of the European Union. -- SPA 19:01 LOCAL TIME 16:01 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1278448