Richard Corbett
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Richard Corbett is a Labour party politician, and has served continuously as Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire & the Humber since 1996, with a brief break between 2009-2014.
Corbett really doesn't like UKIP.
Member of the European Parliament
- 2014-2019: MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber
- 2004-2009: MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber
- 1999-2004: MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber
- 1996-1999: MEP for Merseyside West
Voting Record
Affiliations
- Member of the centre-left Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament.
- Vice-chair of European Movement UK, the UK arm of European Movement International.
- Chair in the European Parliament of the Labour Movement for Europe, a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party.
- Sits on the Labour Party's National Executive Committee as Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party,ref and attends Shadow Cabinet meetings.
Political Timeline
2018-2019 | Again rapporteur for an overhaul of Parliament's procedures. |
Oct.2017 | Elected Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, following the retirement of Glenis Willmott.ref |
2016 | Again rapporteur for a new overhaul of Parliament's procedures. |
Sept.2014 | Elected again as Deputy Leader of the Labour MEPs |
May.2014 | MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber. Elected by fellow MEPs to the Labour Party's National Policy Forum.ref |
Nov.2012 | Voted the 4th most influential Briton on EU policy, ahead of then Prime Minister David Cameron, by a panel of academics, think-tankers, retired diplomats and journalists.ref |
Jan.2010‑Feb.2014 | Advisor to Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council - the ‘summits’ of Prime Ministers or Presidents of EU countries. |
Aug‑Oct.2009 | In Ireland helping the "Yes" campaign behind the scenes in the 2nd Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. |
Jun.2009 | Corbett lost his seat to the British National Party in the wake of the Westminster expenses scandal. |
1999-2004 | MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber |
1996-1999 | MEP for Merseyside West |
1992 | Ambassador of Goodwill of the US State of Arkansas, by then Governor Bill Clinton. |
Before being elected to the European Parliament, Corbett worked in the voluntary sector for youth organisations. He then became a civil servant. later becoming a political advisor, and then Deputy Secretary General of the European Parliament’s Socialist group. |
Articles
- Feb.14.2018: Alarming Conversation with a British diplomat – is this the line the govt’s peddling? We'll be free to offer bespoke trade deals. We can offer a bespoke deal when they graduate from LDC status to being a middle income country. Under EU rules, to keep access, they’ll have to follow all kinds of rules and red-tape. We can offer to scrap those, for eg. International Labour Organisation conventions that the EU insists on. We'd say it's up to them to choose which standards (child labour, safety, rights at work, etc.) they want to apply. We won't restrict their exports because of their choices. Richard Corbett, RichardCorbett.org.uk.
- Mar.14.2016: Benn's Five Questions. Tony Benn famously proposed 5 questions to be asked of anyone who holds power of one kind or another. Richard Corbett, RichardCorbett.org.uk.