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| Born | 23 October 1956 Ashford, Middlesex, United Kingdom |
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| Occupation | Member of the European Parliament |
| Website | http://www.robertevansmep.net |
Robert John Emlyn Evans (born on 23 October 1956 in Ashford, then in Middlesex, now in Surrey) was a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour and Co-operative Parties, representing London from 1994 -2009. He was orignially elected to the European Parliament for London North West in 1994, having previously stood unsuccessfully in 1989.
Evans was educated at local schools before gaining a BEd and MA from the University of London Institute of Education. He then became a teacher and, at the time of his election to the European Parliament, he was head of a Junior School in Hounslow.
He sat with the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. He was a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Chair of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and was also closely involved with Romania and Moldova. From 1999-2004 he was Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs. From 2004 to 2007 he was Chairman of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.
Evans was an election observer for the European Parliament, and was Chair of the mission to observe the Pakistan elections in 2008 and EU Chief Observer to Cambodia in 2003.
Evans announced in November 2008 that he would not be seeking re-election to the European Parliament in 2009.
Evans stood unsuccessfully as the Labour Party's candidate in the 2003 Brent East by-election.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Brunel University in 1998.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Robert Evans MEP". Brunel University. http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/hongrads/1998/evans.bspx. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
External links
- Official website of Robert Evans www.robertevansmep.net
- European Parliament biography of Robert Evans (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
- Party of European Socialists
- European Parliamentary Labour Party
- The Labour Party
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