Fiona Hall (politician)

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Fiona Hall
MBE
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
in the European Parliament
In office
21 July 2009 – 2 July 2014
LeaderNick Clegg
Preceded byDiana Wallis
Succeeded byCatherine Bearder
Member of the European Parliament
for North East England
In office
10 June 2004 – 2 July 2014
Preceded byGordon Adam
Succeeded byPaul Brannen
Personal details
Born (1955-07-15) 15 July 1955 (age 68)
Swinton, Lancashire, England
Political partyLiberal Democrat
Children2 daughters
Residence(s)Whittingham, Northumberland
Alma materSt Hugh's College, Oxford

Fiona Jane Hall MBE (née Cutts; born 15 July 1955 in Swinton, Lancashire) is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England. She served as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament[1] from 2009 to 2014. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2004, and re-elected in 2009, coming in third behind Labour and Conservative candidates with 17% of the vote, the highest of any UK Liberal Democrat candidate.[2][3][4]

Hall attended Worsley Wardley Grammar School and Eccles College. She went on to study at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and graduated with a degree in Modern Languages. She worked part-time as a teacher after moving to Northumberland, where she campaigned against nuclear power in the early 1990s.[2]

Hall began working as a political officer for the Liberal Democrats in 1997 and was a parliamentary researcher two years later. Hall was an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe polling station supervisor in Kosovo in 2001 following the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[2]

Hall led the European Union's observer mission in Togo during the October 2007 Togolese parliamentary election.[5] She has been vice-president of the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources since 2008,[2] and is a member of the group MEPs Against Cancer.[6]

Hall was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours List for public and political service.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MEP is handed top role". Evening Gazette (Teesside). 21 July 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Fiona Hall MEP". Fionahall.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  3. ^ "European Election 2009: North East". BBC News. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Don't ignore the concerns of BNP voters, urges MEP". The Northern Echo. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  5. ^ "DELEGATION FOR THE OBSERVATION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN TOGO (11 to 16 October 2007)" (PDF). epgencms.europarl.europa.eu. p. 2. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Smear test cuts risks". Chronicle Live. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  7. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 18.

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