'Gary Titley' (born
January 19,
1950 in
Salford,
Greater Manchester) is a
British politician, currently leader of the
European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and
Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of
England.
He is a former director of the
West Midlands Enterprise Board and chaired the West Midlands
Co-op Finance Company and the
Black Country Co-op Development Agency. He was previously a member of the Labour Party's
Plant Committee on
electoral reform. Previously a teacher of modern languages.
Member of the subsequently abolished
West Midlands County Council 1981-86.
He was first elected an MEP in June
1989. He became leader of the EPLP in
2002.
In January
2004 a
letter bomb was sent to his office and opened by his wife, a member of his staff. It immediately started to smoke and then caught fire, but no one was injured.
External link
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Profile at European Parliament website