Mel Read
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| Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands | |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Derek Clark |
| Member of the European Parliament for Nottingham and Leicestershire North West | |
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| Preceded by | Ken Coates |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the European Parliament for Leicester | |
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| Preceded by | Fred Tuckman |
| Succeeded by | Sue Waddington |
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| Born | Imelda Mary Read Script error: No such module "person date". |
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| Party | Labour |
| University of Leeds | |
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Imelda Mary Read (born 8 January 1939), known as Mel Read, is a British politician who served in the European Parliament.
Early life
Read was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, before becoming a laboratory technician, then an employment officer, and a lecturer at Trent Polytechnic, and worked with the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs.[1]
Parliamentary career
At the 1979 general election, she stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in Melton, and at the 1983 general election, she was unsuccessful in North West Leicestershire.[2]
Read became an MEP in 1989, representing first Leicester and then Nottingham and Leicestershire North West until 1999. She served as a quaestor for part of this period. From 1999, she represented the enlarged seat of the East Midlands.[2]
She stood down at the 2004 European election, at which time she was elected as President of the European Cervical Cancer Association.[3] Read then resigned from the role in 2008 [4]
References
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- ^ Times Tuesday 20 June 1989, page 10
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996. London: BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications. 1996. pp. 6–33. ISBN 0951520857.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."House of Commons – Health – Written Evidence". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."HFE hosts special event for Mel Read's final farewell | Health First Europe". healthfirsteurope.eu. 28 November 2008.
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