The Christian MEP for the North East of England said: “This has, as is a matter of public record, placed it at considerable variance with my own views.”
In a statement on his website he cited the “nastiness” within politics to be part of the reason.
He added: “I tried my best to avoid the nastiness that pervades modern politics. I believed my party to be different, or at least to be capable of becoming something different.”
Arnott went on to give examples of the many examples within UKIP of bad treatment.
He mentioned Steven Woolfe, the MEP who was supposedly punched by MEP Mike Hookem, as well as character assassinations within the party.
“There have been lovely, caring, wonderful people in UKIP over the years – people who are as far from the media stereotype of UKIP members as the North Pole is from the South,” Arnott said.
“Many, like me, have seen no alternative but to take the course of action I must now also take with a heavy heart.”
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