Arlene McCarthy

Arlene McCarthy    (politician)
A member of the European Parliament

Arlene McCarthy (born 10 October 1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British MEP for North West from Labour Party.

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairwoman, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Substitute, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

Former Affiliations

• Chairwoman, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Member, Conference of Committee Chairmen
• Member, Delegation for relations with the United States
• Substitute, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Former Declaration of Financial Interests

• I do not employ or contract any family members.
• I am an unpaid Board Member of the European Internet Foundation (EIF). The EIF is an independent, not for profit and non-partisan organisation.
• In my role as an MEP, I am invited to a number of sponsored meetings and activities. For the period of 2008, these are:

14 May 2008

UEFA Cup Final at the City of Manchester Stadium

Guest of Manchester City Council

13 September 2008

Attended Manchester City vs Chelsea at the City of Manchester Stadium

Guest of City in the Community

18 September 2008

Attended IoD Director of the Year Awards Dinner

Guest of The Law Society

06 November 2008

Attended the MTV European Music Awards in Liverpool

Guest of Viacom/MTV

12 November 2008

Attend Fundraising Dinner for Manchester Children’s Hospital Trust

Guest of Opal Property Group

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.
• Voted in favour of the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.
• Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• BA (Hons.) (1983). Studied at the Polytechnic of the South Bank, London, the Department of Political Science, Stuttgart University and the Faculty of Law, University of Clermont-Ferrand.
• Guest Research Fellow at the Institute for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy, Free University of Berlin (1986-1988). Ph.D. studies (University of Manchester).
• Worked with the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (1989-1992) and with Mr Ford, former Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (1990-1992).
• Lecturer in politics, Institute for International Politics and Regional Studies, Free University of Berlin (1991-1992).
• Principal European Liaison Officer, Kirklees Metropolitan Council (until 1994).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).
• Author of 'European Regional Development Strategies: Responses of Two Northern Regions', Local Government Policy Making, Vol.20, No 5, May 1994. Joint editor of 'Changing States' (1996) and author of chapter 'A Europe of the Regions: Building Economic and Social Cohesion in Britain and Europe'.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Arlene McCarthy, 26 January 2009, accessed 06 February 2009.
• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Arlene McCarthy, 23 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Arlene McCarthy, accessed 06 February 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 06 February 2009.

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