Alex Smith (politician)

Last updated

Alex Smith (born 2 December 1943) is a former Scottish politician who served in the European Parliament.

Smith was educated at Irvine Royal Academy and worked as a gardener and then a textile worker. He became a shop steward with the Transport and General Workers' Union, and also became active in the Labour Party, chairing Cunninghame South Constituency Labour Party from 1983 until 1987, and also Irvine Trades Council. [1]

At the 1989 European Parliament election, Smith was elected for South of Scotland. [1] He won the seat from Alasdair Hutton, the Conservative incumbent in 1989, held it against a challenge from him in 1994, but stood down as an MEP in 1999.

Related Research Articles

Donald Dewar Inaugural First Minister of Scotland

Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish politician who served as inaugural First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 1999 until his death in 2000. He previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997 to 1999. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland from 1978 to 2000. Dewar was also Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the equivalent seat from 1999 to 2000.

Gary Titley British politician (born 1950)

Gary Titley is a British Labour Party politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England.

Stephen Skipsey Hughes is a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 2014.

David Martin (Scottish politician)

David Martin is a Scottish politician who has served as co-convener of the Citizens' Assembly of Scotland since 2019. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 2019, having first represented the Lothians constituency until 1999 and then for the Scotland constituency. He was the United Kingdom's longest serving MEP and the second longest serving MEP in the whole European Parliament.

Imelda Mary Read, known as Mel Read, is a British politician who served in the European Parliament.

Hugh Kerr is a Scottish politician and a former lecturer in social policy at the Polytechnic of North London. He was elected a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in June 1994 to represent the euro-constituency of Essex West & Hertfordshire East until 1999.

Simon Francis Murphy is a British charity executive and former politician who was a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2004.

Brian Simpson

Brian Simpson OBE is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England.

Clive Needle is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Norfolk from 1994 to 1999.

David Robert Bowe was a Member of the European Parliament for Labour from 1989 to 2004.

Brendan Donnelly (politician) British politician (born 1950)

Brendan Patrick Donnelly is a pro-European Union British politician.

Barry Herbert Seal is a British Labour Party politician who served in the European Parliament.

Thomas Megahy MBE was British teacher and politician, who served in the European Parliament.

Hugh McMahon is a former Scottish politician, who served in the European Parliament.

Alfred Lomas was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London North East for its entire existence, from the first European election in 1979 to the reorganisation of constituencies in 1999.

Anita J. Pollack was a Labour MEP for London South West from 1989 to 1999.

Edward "Eddy" Newman is a former British politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Michael Norman Elliott was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London West.

Michael Hindley is a British politician who served in the European Parliament.

Anthony Joseph Wilson is a British politician who served as a member of the European Parliament.

References

  1. 1 2 BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996. London: BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications. 1996. p. 6-35. ISBN   0951520857.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.