Christopher Beazley
| Christopher Beazley | |
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Member of the European Parliament for East of England |
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In office 10 June 1999 – 4 June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Vicky Ford |
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Member of the European Parliament for Cornwall and Plymouth |
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In office 14 June 1984 – 4 June 1994 |
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| Preceded by | David Harris |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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5 September 1952 Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex |
| Political party | Conservative Party, European People's Party |
| Relations | Son of Peter Beazley |
Christopher Beazley (born 5 September 1952 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex) is a British politician for the Conservative Party, who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2009.
Beazley is the son of Peter Beazley, and earned a BA in History at the University of Bristol in 1974. From 1974 to 1976, he worked at the Bank of England, then as a teacher 1976–1983 and as a research officer at the University of Sussex 1983–1984. He has since been a consultant and writer on European affairs.
Beazley was elected at the 1984 European Parliament election as the MEP for Cornwall and Plymouth, serving alongside his father Peter Beazley, who was the MEP for Bedfordshire South. He was re-elected in 1989, but when his constituency was abolished at the 1994 European Parliament election, he was defeated in the new Cornwall and West Plymouth constituency by the Liberal Democrat candidate Robin Teverson.
He returned to the European Parliament at the 1999 European election 1999 to 2009, when the single-member constituencies were replaced by regional constituencies using a party list form of election. He was elected as an MEP for the East of England, and re-elected in 2004. He was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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