Jane Brophy | |
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![]() Brophy in 2016 | |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Timperley | |
Assumed office 1 May 2008 | |
Preceded by | Ken Bullman |
Member of the European Parliament for North West England | |
In office 2 July 2019 –31 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Sajjad Karim |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Village | |
In office 1 May 2003 – 4 May 2007 | |
Preceded by | B. Ackroyd |
Succeeded by | Helen Bowker |
Personal details | |
Born | Manchester,Lancashire,England | 27 August 1963
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Residence(s) | Timperley,Greater Manchester |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Dietician |
Jane Elisabeth Brophy (born 27 August 1963) is a British politician who was a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020. [1] She sat as a full member on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil. [2] Brophy also sat as a substitute member on the Committee on the Environment,Public Health and Food Safety and Delegation for relations with Afghanistan. [2]
She is a councillor and for the municipal year of 2025-26 she is Mayor of Trafford Council,a ceremonial position. [3] [4] She was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election,coming third with 6% of the vote. [5] [6] [7] She is a member of the executive of Green Liberal Democrats. [8] She stood as a Liberal Democrat in parliamentary elections for Eccles in 2005,Altrincham and Sale West in 2010,2015 and 2017,and a by-election in Oldham West and Royton in 2015. She contested Altrincham and Sale West in the 2024 general election but came in fourth place. [9]
Brophy is a dietician who specialises in the management of diabetes,and she has worked for the National Health Service (NHS). She is a former member of the British Dietetic Association board. She has a degree in Biochemistry. [10]