Members Of Parliament in Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Bradford Telegraph and Argus

MPs: David Ward MP; Rebecca Taylor MEP;

Bradford East (House of Commons)

Mr David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat)

Surgery: 458 Killinghall Road
Bradford
BD2 4SL

Surgery Tel: 01274 403 973

MP Since - 2010 Majority - 365 Born - 24/06/1953. Married (Jackie), 2 sons.
Education - Boston Grammar School. Bradford University (MBA M. Phil). Leicester University (MSc.).

Previous Occupation - Project Manager at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Personal Overview - An experienced political campaigner in Bradford, he won this seat on a large swing from Labour in 2010. A local man, he has campaigned locally on issues such as fuel poverty and has supported the regeneration of Bradford City Centre. He has focused on encouraging greater community cohesion, attempting to get young people in the local community more interested in sport by working with Bradford Football Club and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Political History - Councillor, Bradford Metropolitan District Council. General Election candidate for Bradford North (1990 by-election, 1992, 2001, 2005). MP Bradford East (2010-). Member of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (2010-12). Member of the Education Select Committee (2012-).

Characteristics - Has been a member of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3000

Email: david.ward.mp@parliament.uk

Mr David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat) on Twitter

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Interests: Regeneration,Education & Training,Fuel Poverty,Health

Commitee membership

• Education Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Connecting Communities (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsy Roma Travellers (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing in the North (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Growth, Local Enterprise Partnerships and Enterprise Zones (Member)
• Manufacturing Group (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Non-Profit Making Members' Clubs (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Private Rented Sector (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Regeneration through Innovation (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan (Treasurer)
• Britain-Palestine Group (Member)

Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament)

Ms Rebecca Taylor MEP (Liberal Democrat)

MEP Since - 2012 Born - 10/08/1975.
Education - Robinwood and Todmorden High schools. University of Sheffield. University of Leeds (BA in Japanese and Management Studies). University of Kent (MA in International Relations). King’s College London (MA in Public Health).
Previous Occupation - Public affairs assistant, Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association Europe (1998-2000). Web Editor/Journalist, IMS Health, Brussels, Belgium (2000-2001). Information and communications officer, Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium (2002-2005). External Communications Manager at the International Federation of Animal Health (IFAH and IFAH-Europe), Brussels, Belgium (2005-2006). Consultant, Food, Health and Retail team at Fleishman-Hillard, Brussels, Belgium (2006-2009). Stakeholder Relations Manager, NHS Commissioning Support for London, London, UK (2009-2010). Senior Researcher at the International Longevity Centre - UK, London, UK (2010-2011). Account Director in the Healthcare team at Hanover Communications, London, UK (2011-2012).

Personal Overview - Replaced former MEP Diana Wallis in this seat in 2012 after she decided to stand down. Her family background stems from Todmorden in West Yorkshire where both her parents were former Mayors. She has a career background working in public affairs/communications both in the UK and in Brussels, as well as working in the health sector helping patients to improve NHS services. Politically, she is a third generation Liberal Party member and has shown a particular interest in public health issues. Her main areas of interest being malnutrition, childhood obesity, older people’s health, vaccination, and health inequalities. She has also been involved in health policy research as well as helping health sector organisations with their communications.

Political History - Local Party Executive member (2002-2005) and local Party Chair (2006-2008) of the Brussels and Europe Liberal Democrats. Liberal Democrat member (2002-). European parliamentary candidate for the Yorkshire and Humber region (2009). General Election candidate for Rotherham (2010). MEP Yorkshire & The Humber Region (2012-). Substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2012-). Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (2012-).

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Business Tel: +32 (0)2 28 45201

Email: rebecca.taylor@europarl.europa.eu

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Interests: Environment,Economic Regeneration,Public Health,Health & Safety,Employment,Youth Issues

Commitee membership

• Legal Affairs (Member)
• Environment, Public Health & Food Safety (Substitute)

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