Alan Donnelly
Alan Donnelly (born 16 July 1957) is a British politician from Jarrow who served as a Labour Member of the European Parliament and leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.
Donnelly was first elected to the European Parliament in 1989, representing the Tyne and Wear constituency. He took 69.3% of the vote in 1989, winning by a majority of 95,780.[1] He was re-elected in 1994, winning 74.4% of the vote. When European Parliament constituencies were abolished in June 1999 and replaced by multi-member regional seats, Donnelly was selected as the first candidate on the Labour list in the North East and was elected. He resigned in December 1999.
He is currently the executive chairman of Sovereign Strategy, a public affairs company that he founded in January 2000.[2]
He is openly gay. He lives with Peter Power, Peter Mandelson's former spokesman.[3]
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- ^ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epe2.html
- ^ http://www.euractiv.com/en/pa/interview-alan-donnelly-executive-chairman-sovereign-strategy/article-139242
- ^ Andrew Gilligan (24 July 2011). "How Labour's 'favourite lobbyist' is pushing hacking campaign". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8656563/How-Labours-favourite-lobbyist-is-pushing-hacking-campaign.html.
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