Emma McClarkin

Emma McClarkin (born 9 October 1978), is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands region from 2009 to 2019.

Emma McClarkin
McClarkin in 2012
Member of the European Parliament
for East Midlands
In office
4 June 2009 – 1 July 2019
Preceded byChris Heaton-Harris
Personal details
Born (1978-10-09) 9 October 1978
Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Alma materBournemouth University.
OccupationMEP
ProfessionPolitician
Websiteemmamcclarkin.com

She was first elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2014. She was a spokesman for international trade for the Conservative Party.[1]

Life

McClarkin was born in Stroud, in Gloucestershire, and went to Stroud Girls High School. She graduated in law at Bournemouth University and worked as a law clerk, and also as a government relations executive for the Rugby Football Union.[2]

Career

In May 2009, McClarkin was one of five candidates elected to the European Parliament from the East Midlands Region.[2] She was at that time the youngest elected member.[3] She was re-elected in 2014.

She has sat on a number of European Parliament Committees and delegations, including the Committee on International Trade, the Committee on Culture and Education and the Delegation for Relations with the United States.[4]

In September 2019 McClarkin was appointed as chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA).[5]

gollark: https://nitter.net/pic/media%2FFMOHDdyUYAMLw9B.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall
gollark: As you know, wasting lots of time on random initialization nonsense is a sign of good API design.
gollark: What about the cube?
gollark: -3/10, where is the cryptography?
gollark: This is completely ethical.

References
  1. Shehab Khan (23 November 2016). EU to vote on motion that could delay Canadian trade deal CETA 'for years'. The Independent. Accessed April 2017.
  2. [s.n.] (12 June 2009). Meet your new Euro-MPs. Hucknall Dispatch.
  3. Marie Williamson (19 August 2009). Emma tackles the issues. Sleaford Target. Accessed August 2009.
  4. Emma McClarkin: History of parliamentary service. European Parliament. Accessed April 2017.
  5. [s.n.] (30 September). Who is the new BBPA boss?. Morning Advertiser 30 September 2019.
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