Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer | |
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 Alex Mayer, Labour MEP for the East of England from November 2016 – July 2019 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for East of England | |
| In office 15 November 2016 – 1 July 2019[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Richard Howitt |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Rowett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexandra Louise Mayer 2 June 1981 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Residence | Ely, Cambridgeshire |
| Website | www |
Alexandra Louise Mayer (born 2 June 1981) is a former British Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England region for the Labour Party.[3] She took up the post in November 2016 following the resignation of Richard Howitt, and lost her seat in the 2019 European Elections.[4]
Early life[edit]
Mayer was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and brought up in Crawley, West Sussex.
Mayer graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Exeter University in 2001 and has a master's degree in Politics and Parliamentary Studies from the University of Leeds.
Politics[edit]
In the 2014 European Parliament election she stood in for the East of England region in second position on the Labour list,[5] which did not yield a seat, but took over from Richard Howitt following his resignation.[6][7]
Mayer is a member of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum, a member of the GMB, UNISON and the Co-operative Party.
In the European Parliament she was Labour's spokesperson for the foreign affairs (16-18) and the economy (18-19)[8] and a member of the US-EU Relations Delegation. She is the international co-ordinator for the Washington DC Statehood campaign.[9]
A member of the Labour Animal Welfare Society, Alex is a long-standing animal welfare campaigner, she was awarded the Cruelty Free International Parliamentarian Award and took an 8 million signature petition to the United Nations in New York on the topic of animal free cosmetic testing.
Mayer has been a member of Amnesty International for over twenty years and worked on issues relating to the ongoing human rights abuses in Kashmir, as a member of the European Parliament Friends of Kashmir group.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News Online. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Alex MAYER - Home - MEPs - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
- ^ "Chelmsford City Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Elections 2014: European election candidates for the Eastern region". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk.
- ^ Conor Pope (5 September 2016). "Senior MEP Richard Howitt to quit Brussels for financial services job". LabourList. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ Sophie Day (27 October 2016). "East of England MEP bids farewall to European Parliament role". The Hunts Post. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "8th parliamentary term | Alex MAYER | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
- ^ "From Lougton to New York: Biggest ever animal related petition is handed to the UN". St Albans & Harpenden Review.
- ^ Hutchinson, Paul (27 May 2019). "Here's how Bedford voted in the European Elections".
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