Brian Simpson OBE was born on 6 February 1953 and is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of the European Parliament for North West England.
11 Facts About Brian Simpson
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Brian Simpson joined the Labour Party, serving on Merseyside County Council from 1981 until 1986, and then on Warrington Borough Council from 1987.
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Brian Simpson was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999 representing Cheshire East and from 1999 until 2004 representing the North West Region, when European Elections switched from First Past the Post to the List System.
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Brian Simpson lost his seat at the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections.
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Brian Simpson returned to the European Parliament in September 2006 and was re-elected again in 2009.
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Brian Simpson was the president of the European Parliaments Transport and Tourism Committee after serving as the Socialist Group Spokesperson on that committee for many years.
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Brian Simpson was a substitute member and Labour spokesperson on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Brian Simpson was a full member of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand as well as a substitute on the Delegation for relations with the Andean Community.
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Brian Simpson is married to Linda and has three children and three grandchildren.
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Brian Simpson is passionate about heritage railway, military and transportation history and all sports, especially football, cricket and rugby league.
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Brian Simpson has been actively involved in several organisations outside formal politics, holding the positions of vice-president of the Heritage Railway Association; the presidency of the Warrington, Halton and St Helens branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; a life governorship of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the presidency of Golborne Cricket Club.