Glyn Ford was a Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 2009, initially for Greater Manchester East until 1999, then South West England from 1999 to 2009.
19 Facts About Glyn Ford
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For most of his academic career Ford worked at the University of Manchester, as a research fellow, a lecturer, and finally as a senior research fellow in the Department of Science and Technology Policy.
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Glyn Ford taught for the Open University and UMIST.
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Glyn Ford was a research fellow at the University of Sussex.
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On 14 June 1984 Glyn Ford was elected as a member of the European Parliament for the new constituency of Greater Manchester East.
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Glyn Ford held this seat for three terms, until the constituency was abolished in 1999, being re-elected on 15 June 1989 and 9 June 1994.
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From 1989 to 1993 Glyn Ford was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party and Deputy Chair of the European Parliament Socialist Group.
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On 10 June 1999 Glyn Ford was elected as a member of the European Parliament for the constituency of South West England for both the Labour Party and the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party.
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Glyn Ford campaigned for Gibraltar to have its own seat in the European Parliament, rather than only having representation through the South West England constituency.
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Glyn Ford held this seat for two terms, being re-elected on 10 June 2004.
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Glyn Ford lost his seat in the elections on 4 June 2009.
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Glyn Ford was for fifteen years a member of the European Parliament's Research Committee, the Guest Editor of the Science and Public Policy Special Issue on Science and Technology in Europe and the author, with Chris Niblett and Lindsay Walker, of The Future for Ocean Technology.
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Glyn Ford was Chair of the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into The Growth of Racism and Fascism in Europe and rapporteur for a second European Parliament Committee of Inquiry into Racism and Xenophobia.
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Glyn Ford served as the European Parliament's representative on the Council of Ministers Consultative Commission on Racism and Xenophobia.
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Glyn Ford was National Treasurer of the Anti-Nazi League and author of Fascist Europe.
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Glyn Ford served throughout his time in the European Parliament as a member of the Japan Delegation and as a member of the Korean Peninsula Delegation from its formation in 2004.
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Glyn Ford stood in the 2014 European Parliament election, but his second position on the Labour South West England list did not yield a seat.
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Glyn Ford is a member of the Labour Party National Policy Forum, and was re-elected in 2015.
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Since 2014 Glyn Ford has been Director of the Brussels-based NGO Track2Asia.