Richard Howitt (politician)

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Richard Howitt
MEP
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Member of the European Parliament
for the East of England
Assumed office
10 June 1999
Preceded by Position established
Member of the European Parliament
for Essex South
In office
9 June 1994 – 10 June 1999
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born (1961-04-05) 5 April 1961 (age 63)
Reading, Berkshire
Political party PES / Labour
Alma mater Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Richard Stuart Howitt (born 5 April 1961) is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for the East of England. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 1994.

Background

Howitt was born in Reading, Berkshire. He was brought up in a single-parent family, in a council house, and went to a comprehensive school.[1] He graduated with a BA degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1982 and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from the University of Hertfordshire.[2]

After leaving university, he worked for four years in the voluntary sector and eight years for a disability organisation.

Political activity

Howitt served as a councillor on Harlow District Council from 1983 to 1995, including three years as Leader of the council.[2] He was the Labour Party candidate in Billericay in the 1987 general election.[2]

Howitt was elected as a MEP to the European Parliament, representing the Essex South constituency, and has served for the East of England constituency since 1999. Howitt helped to negotiate a £22 million European Union fund to help finance food banks in the UK but the UK government refused to accept the funds. Howlett stated:

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It is very sad that our government is opposing this much-needed help for foodbanks on the basis that it is a national responsibility, when in reality it has no intention of providing the help itself. The only conclusion is that Conservative anti-European ideology is being put before the needs of the most destitute and deprived in our society.[3]

Richard Howitt has been a member of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum since 1994.[2]

References

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  3. ↑ Government under fire for rejecting European Union food bank funding

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