Brian Simpson

Brian Simpson ( born February 6, 1953 in Leigh ( Lancashire ) ) is a British politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party. , As a member of the Party of European Socialists

Life

Simpson received in 1974 at West Midlands College of Education diploma in Education and was then until 1989 worked in Liverpool as a teacher. 1981 to 1986 he was a member of the County of Merseyside, as well as Vice Chairman of the Liverpool airport. 1987-1991 Simpson was a member of the City Council of Warrington. Since 1997 he is a member of the British Parliament. Simpson was parliamentary private secretary to the former Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott.

Simpson is married and father of three children.

MEPs for the United Kingdom

In the European elections in 1989 Simpson was first elected to the European Parliament, whose member he remained until the 2004 European elections.

As Terence Wynn in 2006 retired from the European Parliament, Simpson moved on 28 August according to him, in the European elections in the UK In 2009, he won a mandate again. He is a member of the Socialist Group S & D and since 2009 Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Tourism.