Clare Moody (politician)

Clare Miranda Moody MEP
Clare Moody, Labour MEP for the South West and Gibraltar
Member of the European Parliament for South West England
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014
Personal details
Born	(1965-10-30) 30 October 1965 (age 51) Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Residence	Salisbury, Wiltshire
Occupation	Trade union official
Website	www.claremoodymep.com

Clare Miranda Moody (born 30 October 1965) is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West England region for the Labour Party. She was elected in 2014.

Moody was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire and brought up in Burford, Oxfordshire, by parents who were Conservative Party activists. Her father has been Mayor of Burford.

Moody started work at the Banking, Insurance and Finance Union, and through a series of union amalgamations became a regional officer for Unite the Union in Bournemouth. She lives in Salisbury.

In the 2004 European Parliament election she stood in for the South West England region in fourth position on the Labour list, which did not yield a seat.

In the May 2014 elections for the European Parliament, she was elected as an MEP in South West England for the Labour Party, being the lead candidate on the Labour list. On 1 July 2014, the start of her mandate, she was appointed a full member of the Parliament's Committee on Budgets.