| Bill Newton Dunn MEP | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands, UK |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Clegg |
| Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands, UK |
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| In office 7 June 1979 – 9 June 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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| Born | 3 October 1941 Greywell, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats (Conservative Party until 2000 defection) |
| Children | Tom Newton Dunn Daisy Newton Dunn Emily Newton Dunn |
| Website | http://www.libdemeuro.com/ |
William "Bill" Newton Dunn (born 3 October 1941 in Greywell, Hampshire) is a British politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands for the Liberal Democrats.
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He attended the independent Marlborough College in Wiltshire from 1955-9, then gained a Diploma from the University of Paris (the Sorbonne) in 1960. He completed an MA in Natural Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) in 1963 at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He gained a tri-lingual MBA from the INSEAD Business School at Fontainebleau, which no doubt fuelled his interest in European matters where he studied from 1965-6. From 1963-79, he worked in industry.
He was a Conservative Party MEP from 1979 to 1994 for Lincolnshire. After a spell out of the Parliament, he was re-elected a Conservative MEP for the East Midlands in 1999. He defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2000 because he felt that the Conservatives were increasingly negative towards the prospect of Britain playing a leading role in Europe.
Newton Dunn was elected as a Lib Dem MEP for the first time in the European elections, 2004. He claims to have the highest attendance record of all the UK MEPs.
Newton Dunn coined the now much-used phrase Democratic deficit in a pamphlet in the 1980s.
In 2010 he signed the Spinelli Group Manifesto in favour of a Federal Europe.
He is married with two children, living in Navenby and West London. His son is Tom Newton Dunn, an award-winning journalist for The Sun newspaper. His daughter is Daisy Newton Dunn, a TV producer for the BBC.
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| Preceded by Constituency created |
Member of European Parliament for Lincolnshire 1979–1994 |
Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Nick Clegg |
Member of European Parliament for East Midlands 1999–present |
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