- Gary Titley
Gary Titley (born
January 19 ,1950 inSalford ,Lancashire ) is a British politician, currently leader of theEuropean Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and Labour PartyMember of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West ofEngland .He is a former director of the West Midlands Enterprise Board and chaired the West Midlands Co-op Finance Company and the
Black Country Co-op Development Agency. He was previously a member of the Labour Party'sPlant Committee onelectoral reform . Previously a teacher of modern languages.Member of the subsequently abolished
West Midlands County Council 1981-86.He was first elected an MEP in June
1989 . He became leader of the EPLP in2002 .In January
2004 aletter bomb was sent to his office and opened by his wife, a member of his staff. It immediately started to smoke and then caught fire, but no one was injured.As a result of his activities in the European Parliament he has been made a Commander of the White Rose of Finland, and holds the Austrian Gold Cross, and the
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas . He has announced that he will not stand for re-election in the 2009 European Parliament election.External links
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=GB&partNumber=1&zone=North+West&language=EN&id=1311 Profile at European Parliament website]
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