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Linda McAvan (born 2 December 1962) is a British Labour Party politician, who is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for Yorkshire and the Humber. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1998, and was first elected in a by-election following the resignation of Norman West. Before being elected she worked for Barnsley Borough Council and was the European Officer for the Coalfields Community Campaign. ==Member of the European Parliament, 1998—present== McAvan has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1998. She currently serves as chairwoman of the Committee on Development. She is also a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. In addition, she has been chairing the European Parliament’s Fair Trade Working Group and serves on the European Parliament Intergroup on the Western Sahara.〔(Members ) European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.〕 Between 2002 and 2003, McAvan served as one of 16 representatives of the European Parliament in the Convention on the Future of Europe, led by former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. In 2002, McAvan was voted UK European Woman of the Year; she received her award from the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam, who praised her efforts to engage women in the future of Europe.〔(MEP named EU woman of year ) ''European Voice'', May 7, 2002.〕 Later that year, however, she lost out against Gary Titley in the contest to select a new leader of British Labour MEPs.〔Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (September 5, 2002), (Labour MEPs pick Left-winger as fifth leader in five years ) ''The Daily Telegraph''.〕 Since 2004, McAvan has been serving as treasurer of the European Parliament's Socialist Group.〔Véronique Vallières (November 24, 2004,), (EPP-ED denies Christmas gifts cash blunder ) ''European Voice''.〕 In June 2007 she was elected Vice President of the group. Between 2004 and 2014, McAvan served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 2009, she drafted the European Parliament’s report on monitoring medicine safety.〔(A less green Parliament? ) ''European Voice'', February 4, 2009.〕 She also sat on the Temporary Committee on Climate Change between 2007 and 2009. Labour Party members elected McAvan to be the top-ranked Labour candidate () for Yorkshire and the Humber in the 2009 European elections, narrowly beating Richard Corbett for the top place. In 2014, she again topped the ballot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linda McAvan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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