Derek Vaughan

Derek Vaughan MEP


Member of the European Parliament for Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2009
Preceded by	Glenys Kinnock

Personal details
Born	2 May 1961 (1961-05-02) (age 56) Neath, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour Party (PES)

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Derek Vaughan (* 2 May 1961 in Neath) was elected as Labour Party Member of the European Parliament for Wales in the 2009 European Parliament election.

Biography

Vaughan was born in Aberfan and studied politics and history at Swansea University. He has served as a full-time trades union official, and is a member of the TGWU section of Unite. He was also leader of the Welsh Local Government Association from 2005 to 2008 and deputy leader from 2008 to 2009.

He was elected to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council in 1995. He became leader of the Labour group, and leader of the council, in 2004.

European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP)
East Midlands	Glenis Willmott
East of England	Alex Mayer
London	Lucy Anderson Seb Dance Mary Honeyball Claude Moraes
North East England	Judith Kirton-Darling Paul Brannen
North West England	Theresa Griffin Wajid Khan Julie Ward
Northern Ireland	None
Scotland	David Martin Catherine Stihler
South East England	John Howarth
South West England	Clare Moody
Wales	Derek Vaughan
West Midlands	Neena Gill Siôn Simon
Yorkshire and the Humber	Richard Corbett Linda McAvan

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