Arlene McCarthy

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Arlene McCarthy OBE (born 10 October 1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland) was a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party from 1994 to 2014.

Career before politics

McCarthy graduated from

After completing studies McCarthy was employed as a lecturer in International Politics and Regional Studies at the Free University of Berlin, and was also employed at the European Parliament working for the Socialist Group.

Upon returning to Britain McCarthy worked as the Principal European Liaison Officer at

European Parliament

First elected in 1994, McCarthy was re-elected in 1999 to represent the newly formed North West England constituency. Having represented the same constituency since, she was top of the list of candidates from the Labour Party at the 2009 European elections.

McCarthy held a number of positions within Parliament, being a member of the

In January 2014 McCarthy announced she would not be seeking re-election in the June 2014 European Parliament Election.

She was appointed

References

• European Regional Development Strategies: Responses of Two Northern Regions, Local Government Policy Making, Vol.20, No 5, May 1994

External links

• Official website
• Arlene McCarthy MEP and Software Patents (FFII page detailing her proposing legislation allowing the patenting of software)
• Another FFII page Archived 24 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• Profile at European Parliament website Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine