Michael Hindley

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Michael Hindley
Member of the European Parliament
In office
24 July 1984 – 19 July 1999
ConstituencyLancashire East
Personal details
Born11 April 1947 (1947-04-11) (age 77)
Blackburn, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
OccupationPolitician

Michael Hindley is a British politician, who, from 1984 until 1999, was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Lancashire East from 1984–94, and Lancashire South from 1994-99. He is a member of the Labour Party[1] In 1997, he was suspended alongside three other Labour MEP after he refused to sign an internal code of practice.[2]

He contested Blackpool North for Labour during the United Kingdom general election, 1983 but lost to the incumbent Conservative.

During The Troubles, he argued against a military British presence in Northern Ireland.[3]

Parliamentary service

  • Vice-Chair, Committee on External Economic Relations (1984-1987)
  • Vice-Chair, Delegation for relations with the countries of Eastern Europe (1985-1987)
  • Vice-Chair, Committee on External Economic Relations (1994-1997)

References

  1. ^ "Michael J. HINDLEY". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  2. ^ Franks, Tim. "Labour Meps Suspended", BBC, 24 October 1997.
  3. ^ Moloney, Mark. "25 years ago: Massive Dublin demo for British withdrawal", An Phoblacht, 19 august 2014.