Andrew Duff
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Andrew Duff (born 25 December 1950 in Birkenhead, Merseyside) is a Liberal Democrat politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region of the UK.
He initially stood in the 1984 European Parliament election, finishing third with 22.5% of the vote. In the 1989 election he polled 8% of the vote, coming fourth, then in the 1994 election he came third with 20%. The constituencies were largely representing Cambridgeshire and at times parts of Bedfordshire. With the electoral change to regional party-list proportional representation, he was first elected in the 1999 European Parliament election when the Liberal Democrats won 12% of the regional vote, and retained his seat in the 2004 elections when they won 14% of the regional vote.
He was a City Councillor in Cambridge from 1982 to 1990 and was Vice-President of the Liberal Democrats from 1994 to 1997. He was awarded an OBE for services to politics in 1997.
He has a well-known stammer in his voice.
[edit] External links
- Andrew Duff MEP official site
- Andrew Duff profile at the European Parliament
- Andrew Duff profile at the site of the Liberal Democrats
- Andrew Duff and software patents
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