19 Facts About Clare Moody

Clare Miranda Moody was born on 30 October 1965 and is a British politician serving as Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset since 2024.

Clare Miranda Moody was born on 30 October 1965 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire to Joan and Raymond Moody.

Clare Moody was the Labour candidate for Salisbury, a safe Conservative seat, at the 2005 general election.

Clare Moody stood to become the inaugural Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner, reaching the second round as Labour's candidate in the 2012 election.

Clare Moody unsuccessfully contested South West England in the 2004 European Parliament election, in fourth position on the Labour Party list.

Clare Moody has been a member of the Budget, Foreign Affairs, Industry, Research and Energy, and Women's Rights committees.

Clare Moody was a MEP delegate to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, a group of former Soviet Union state parliaments in Eastern Europe aspiring to closer political and economic ties with the European Union.

Clare Moody was co-chair of the Friends of Georgia group, and worked on the EU-Georgia Association Agreement through her Foreign Affairs committee membership.

Clare Moody voted in favour of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market in 2019, despite concerns that the legislation enforced censorship on EU internet users.

Clare Moody lost her seat in the 2019 European Parliament election, when no Labour candidate was returned in South West England.

Clare Moody was appointed Political Director at public relations company Grayling in 2019, a subsidiary of Huntsworth, where she later became Senior Strategic Director.

In 2022, Clare Moody unsuccessfully stood to become the Labour Parliamentary candidate for Stroud.

Clare Moody was later selected as the Labour candidate for the 2024 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election.

Clare Moody was elected Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner for the Labour and Co-operative Party on 3 May 2024.

Clare Moody supported the remain campaign in the 2016 EU membership referendum, and supported a delay before invoking Article 50 to allow for negotiations post-referendum.

Clare Moody supported Britain staying in the European single market and the Customs Union post-Brexit.

Clare Moody chaired the Labour Movement for Europe from 2017 to 2019, and campaigned for a second referendum on the final Brexit deal.

Clare Moody credited the loss of her European Parliamentary seat in 2019 to Labour's Brexit position, arguing that the party needed to adopt a clear pro-EU stance.

Clare Moody supported Yvette Cooper in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election.