Clive Needle, is a former Labour Party

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 Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 (MEP), having represented Norfolk

Norfolk (European Parliament constituency)

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, in the United Kingdom

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 from 1994 to 1999.

Political life

Having stood for election using the campaign slogan, “Be sharp - vote Needle!”http://www.richardcorbett.org.uk/fun_humo.htm, Needle was elected as MEP for Norfolk in 1994. He stood again unsuccessfully for election in 1999 and in 2004, standing for the East of England constituency

East of England (European Parliament constituency)

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.http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/news/2004/04EuroCandidates.asp

During his time in the European Parliament, Needle was a member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and later the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. He also served as vice chairman of the delegation for relations with Transcaucasus.http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?id=2040&language=en

Life since the European Parliament

Needle is now Director & EU Policy Advisor for EuroHealthNet http://www.eurohealthnet.eu, a non-profit organisation working to achieve “a healthier Europe with greater equity in health between and within European countries.”http://www.eurohealthnet.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=2&Itemid=19 He lives partly in Brussels

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and partly in England with his family.http://www.eurohealthnet.eu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=102