Theresa Griffin
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Theresa Griffin MEP |
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Member of the European Parliament for North West |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Arlene McCarthy |
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11 December 1962 Coventry, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
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Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Website | http://www.theresagriffin.eu |
Theresa Griffin (born 11 December 1962) is a British Member of the European Parliament for the North West England region for the Labour Party since her election in 2014. In the European Parliament, Griffin is aligned with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D).
Theresa Griffin was born in Coventry, West Midlands, the fourth child of Irish immigrant parents where her father was a machinist in the British Leyland car factory and her mother was a teaching assistant. Griffin attended Bishop Ullathorne Comprehensive school and achieved a first class B.A. and an M.A. from Lancaster University.
Theresa Griffin has been a member of the Labour Party member since 1988. She was a member of Unite’s North West Political Committee and represented North West CLPs on the National Policy Forum. Griffin has also been a Regional Organiser for the public services union, UNISON and, spanning from an early career in community theatre, she was Director of Communications and Research at North West Arts. She was a local government councillor for the City Council in Liverpool in the 1990s. As a Liverpool City Councillor, she was the lead member for Economic Development and Europe and was instrumental in bringing Objective One status and billions of pounds of investment to the Liverpool City Region.
Theresa Griffin previously stood in the 1999 European Parliament election, 2004 European Parliament election and 2009 European Parliament election as a Labour candidate for the North West England region. In 2009 she lost out to the British National Party's Nick Griffin (no relation).
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