John Stevens (English politician)
John Stevens | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for the Thames Valley | |
| In office 15 June 1989 – 10 June 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Diana Elles |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1955 |
| Nationality | Rejoin EU (2021—) Conservative (Until 1999) Pro-Euro Conservative Party (1999–01) Liberal Democrats (2001-10) Independent (2010-20) |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
John Christopher Courtenay Stevens (born 23 May 1955) is a British politician. A Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1999, he contested the Buckingham constituency in the 2010 general election as an independent, against Commons speaker John Bercow and came second with 10,331 votes (21.4%) compared to Bercow's 22,860 (47.3%).
Background
Stevens was educated at
Morgan Grenfell.[1]
He was the
Eurosceptic positioning. He then co-founded, along with Brendan Donnelly, the Pro-Euro Conservative Party (PECP) in that year. He contested the 1999 Kensington and Chelsea by-election
for the PECP and came fourth.
The PECP was wound up in 2001 and Stevens joined the
Rejoin EU party at the 2021 London Assembly election
.
References
- ^ "John Stevens". the Guardian.
- ^ "Why Buckingham must re-elect John Bercow". New Statesman. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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