Christopher Beazley was born on 5 September 1952 and is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1994 and again from 1999 to 2009.
10 Facts About Christopher Beazley
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Christopher Beazley was member of the Conservative Party until 2019, when he joined the Liberal Democrats.
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Christopher Beazley has since been a consultant and writer on European affairs.
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Christopher Beazley was elected at the 1984 European Parliament election as the MEP for Cornwall and Plymouth, serving alongside his father Peter Christopher Beazley, who was the MEP for Bedfordshire South.
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Christopher Beazley was re-elected in 1989, but when his constituency was abolished at the 1994 European Parliament election, he was defeated in the new Cornwall and West Plymouth constituency by the Liberal Democrat candidate Robin Teverson.
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Christopher Beazley returned to the European Parliament at the 1999 European election 1999 to 2009, when the single-member constituencies were replaced by regional constituencies using a party list form of election.
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Christopher Beazley was elected as an MEP for the East of England, and re-elected in 2004.
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Christopher Beazley was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Christopher Beazley has been the Conservative spokesman on Culture and Education, Regional Development, Home Affairs and Justice, and Constitutional Affairs.
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Christopher Beazley is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.