Having stood for election using the campaign slogan, "Be sharp - vote Needle!",[2] Needle was elected as MEP for Norfolk in 1994, defeating the three-term Conservative incumbent Paul Howell, son of Ralph Howell the then Conservative MP for North Norfolk which was in the Norfolk European constituency. He stood again unsuccessfully for election in 1999 and in 2004, standing for the East of England constituency.[3]
During his time in the European Parliament, Needle was a member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and later the Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Consumer Protection. He also served as vice chairman of the delegation for relations with Transcaucasus.[4]
Life since the European Parliament
Needle is Senior Policy Advisor for EuroHealthNet, a non-profit organisation promoting health equity in Europe.[5] He lives partly in Brussels and partly in England with his family.
References
^BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996. London: BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications. 1996. pp. 6–28. ISBN0951520857.
^. Archived from the original on 1 November 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
^. Archived from the original on 8 September 2005. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
^"Clive John Needle". European Parliament MEPs. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
^"Clive Needle". www.eurohealthnet.eu. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
clive, needle, born, september, 1956, romford, essex, former, labour, party, politician, united, kingdom, member, european, parliament, norfolk, from, 1994, 1999, born, romford, needled, educated, southend, high, school, then, aston, university, became, organi. Clive Needle born 22 September 1956 in Romford Essex is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom He was the Member of the European Parliament MEP for Norfolk from 1994 to 1999 Born in Romford Needled was educated at Southend High School and then at Aston University He became an organiser for the Labour Party in Norfolk and also served as a community councillor 1 Political life EditHaving stood for election using the campaign slogan Be sharp vote Needle 2 Needle was elected as MEP for Norfolk in 1994 defeating the three term Conservative incumbent Paul Howell son of Ralph Howell the then Conservative MP for North Norfolk which was in the Norfolk European constituency He stood again unsuccessfully for election in 1999 and in 2004 standing for the East of England constituency 3 During his time in the European Parliament Needle was a member of the Committee on Development and Cooperation and later the Committee on the Environment Public Health and Consumer Protection He also served as vice chairman of the delegation for relations with Transcaucasus 4 Life since the European Parliament EditNeedle is Senior Policy Advisor for EuroHealthNet a non profit organisation promoting health equity in Europe 5 He lives partly in Brussels and partly in England with his family References Edit BBC Vacher s Biographical Guide 1996 London BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher s Publications 1996 pp 6 28 ISBN 0951520857 Humour Richard Corbett MEP Archived from the original on 1 November 2007 Retrieved 18 January 2008 EDP24 News European Parliament election 2004 Candidates for the Eastern region Archived from the original on 8 September 2005 Retrieved 18 January 2008 Clive John Needle European Parliament MEPs Retrieved 4 August 2015 Clive Needle www eurohealthnet eu Retrieved 4 August 2015 This article about a Member of the European Parliament from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clive Needle amp oldid 1106206453, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
