Linda McAvan
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Linda McAvan is a British
Labour Party
politician
, who is a Member of the European Parliament
for the Labour Party
for Yorkshire and the Humber
. She has been a Member of the European Parliament
since 1998, and was first elected in a by-election following the resignation of Norman West.
Before being elected she worked for Barnsley Borough Council
and was the European Officer for the Coalfields Community Campaign.
Since June 2007 she has served as Vice President of the European Parliament's Socialist Group
, is a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
and currently sits on the Temporary Committee on Climate Change.
Labour Party members elected Linda McAvan to be the top-ranked Labour candidate http://www.labour4yorkshire.eu for Yorkshire and the Humber
in the 2009 European elections.
McAvan is married to Paul Blomfield
, the Labour MP for Sheffield Central.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, who is a Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
for Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine regions of England and formally one of the government office regions. It covers most of the historic county of Yorkshire, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire that was, from 1974 to 1996, within the former shire county of Humberside. The...
. She has been a Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
since 1998, and was first elected in a by-election following the resignation of Norman West.
Before being elected she worked for Barnsley Borough Council
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England. Its main town is Barnsley....
and was the European Officer for the Coalfields Community Campaign.
Since June 2007 she has served as Vice President of the European Parliament's Socialist Group
Socialist Group
The Socialist Group is a primarily social-democratic political grouping in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The group comprises of 180 members from 45 states of the Council of Europe. The Group is chaired by Andreas Gross of Switzerland....
, is a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
The ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly was created to bring together the elected representatives of the European Union and the elected representatives of the African, Caribbean and Pacific states that have signed the Cotonou Agreement.Since the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union...
and currently sits on the Temporary Committee on Climate Change.
Labour Party members elected Linda McAvan to be the top-ranked Labour candidate http://www.labour4yorkshire.eu for Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine regions of England and formally one of the government office regions. It covers most of the historic county of Yorkshire, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire that was, from 1974 to 1996, within the former shire county of Humberside. The...
in the 2009 European elections.
McAvan is married to Paul Blomfield
Paul Blomfield
Paul Blomfield is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central since 2010. Twice Sabbatical President of the Students' Union at St John's College, York, he was also a member of the National Executive Committees of both the National Union of...
, the Labour MP for Sheffield Central.