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Contents 1 Political Memory: Richard James ASHWORTH, former MEP 1.1 General Data 1.1.1 Functions in European Parliament 1.1.2 Curriculum Vitae 1.2 Votes 1.3 Opinions 1.3.1 Sources 1.3.2 Positions

Political Memory: Richard James ASHWORTH, former MEP

General Data

• Born on 17 September 1947, Folkestone
• Country: United Kingdom
• Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (PPE-DE)
  Party: Conservative and Unionist Party

Functions in European Parliament

• 20/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (Member)
• 21/07/2004 - 10/04/2005 : Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (Member)
• 22/07/2004 - 30/01/2007 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Substitute)
• 15/09/2004 - 31/12/2006 : Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
• 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
• 28/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
• 28/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
• 11/04/2005 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Budgets (Member)
• 31/01/2007 - 08/02/2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Substitute)
• 31/01/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Substitute)
• 18/02/2008 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

• Secondary education
• NDA CDA CDFM (1969)
• Farmer in New Zealand (1969-1972)
• Farmer in England (1972-2001)
• Director, own processing company (1978-)
• Chairman, United Milk PLC (1990-2003)
• Chairman, NFU Corporate (2000-2003)
• In the Conservative Party: Chairman, Conservative Association (1997-2000)
• Member, Regional Executive (1998-2000)
• Chairman of a further education college (1980-1999)

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Votes

• 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 8.3/100
• 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 43.8/100
• 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
• 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 73.7/100
• 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100

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Opinions

Sources

• Written questions at European Parliament
• Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
• Reports at European Parliament
• Opinions at European Parliament
• Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
• Written declarations in European Parliament
• Wikipedia
• Google

Positions

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