Linda McAvan
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Linda McAvan MEP |
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Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Assumed office 10 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
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Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire South |
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In office 7 May 1998 – 10 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Norman West |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Dissolved |
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2 December 1962 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Blomfield MP |
| Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University |
Linda McAvan (born 2 December 1962) is a British Labour Party politician, who is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1998, when she was first elected in a by-election following the resignation of Norman West.
Before being elected she worked for Barnsley Borough Council and was the European Officer for the Coalfields Community Campaign.
McAvan has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1998. She currently serves as chairwoman of the Committee on Development. She is also a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. In addition, she has been chairing the European Parliament’s Fair Trade Working Group and serves on the European Parliament Intergroup on the Western Sahara as well as on the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights. She is also a supporter of the MEP Heart Group, a group of parliamentarians who have an interest in promoting measures that will help reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
Between 2002 and 2003, McAvan served as one of 16 representatives of the European Parliament in the Convention on the Future of Europe, led by former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
In 2002, McAvan was voted UK European Woman of the Year; she received her award from the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam, who praised her efforts to engage women in the future of Europe. Later that year, however, she lost out against Gary Titley in the contest to select a new leader of British Labour MEPs.
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