Rory Palmer
Rory Palmer | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands | |
| In office 3 October 2017 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Glenis Willmott |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1981 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | University of York |
Rory Palmer (born 19 November 1981)Trussell Trust as the East Midlands network lead. He is Labour's candidate for the 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections in Leicestershire.
Early life
He attended Hartland School (merged with Portland School in 2004) in Worksop in north Nottinghamshire.
He studied Social Policy at the University of York between 2000 and 2003,[2]
Career
Palmer briefly worked for the
Trussell Trust.[6]
Political career
In the
party list in the East Midlands constituency[8] but was not elected. After the Labour MEP Glenis Willmott announced in July 2017 that she would stand down in October of that year Palmer succeeded her and became an MEP.[9] He remained in this role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.[10]
Palmer is a member of the Fabian Society and spent two years on the Executive Committee of the party from 2019 to 2021.[5] For the upcoming 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections, Palmer is Labour's candidate for Leicestershire.[11]
References
- ^ Companies House
- ^ "Rory Palmer". Linkedin. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Former MEP takes charity role". PR Week. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Councillor Rory Palmer". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ a b "East Midlands Young Fabians meet Rory Palmer". Young Fabians. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Honeycombe-Foster, Matt (23 June 2022). "London Influence: Party poopers - Lewis lobbying - Common people". Politico. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- Kettering Borough Council. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Fagan, Ciaran (5 July 2017). "Leicester Deputy Mayor Rory Palmer to become an MEP". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Rory Palmer". European Parliament. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Richardson, Hannah (28 June 2023). "Rory Palmer pledges crackdown on knife crime in bid for top police job". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 7 March 2024.