Rory Palmer
Rory Palmer | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands | |
| In office 3 October 2017 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Glenis Willmott |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1981 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | University of York |
Rory Palmer (born 19 November 1981) is a British Labour Party politician. He became Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands on 3 October 2017 and remained in this role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.[1]
Political career
Palmer was a Leicester city councillor for Eyres Monsell from 2007 to 2017 and deputy to the Mayor of Leicester Peter Soulsby.[2]
In the 2010 general election, he stood in Bosworth.[3]
In the 2014 European Parliament election, he was second on the Labour party list in the East Midlands constituency[4] but was not elected. Glenis Willmott MEP announced in July 2017 that she would stand down in October and Palmer succeeded her.[5]
References
- ^ "Rory Palmer". European Parliament. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Councillor Rory Palmer". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Cook, David (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Kettering Borough Council. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Fagan, Ciaran (5 July 2017). "Leicester Deputy Mayor Rory Palmer to become an MEP". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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