10 Facts About Phil Bennion

Phillip Bennion was born on 7 October 1954 and is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

Phil Bennion served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 2012 to 2014, and then from 2019 to 2020.

Phil Bennion went on to study agriculture and agronomy at Aberdeen and Newcastle.

Phil Bennion advised Charles Kennedy on agricultural issues during his leadership of the Liberal Democrats.

Phil Bennion went on to serve on the party's federal policy committee for eight years.

Phil Bennion sat on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, and acted as a substitute on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as a member of the 9th Parliament from July 2019 to January 2020.

Phil Bennion was again elected to Lichfield District Council in 2023.

Phil Bennion stood as the Parliamentary candidate for Lichfield in 1997 and 2001, for Tamworth in 2005, Telford in 2010 and Birmingham Hodge Hill in 2015 and 2017.

Phil Bennion was re-elected as no1 on the Liberal Democrats' regional list in 2019.

Phil Bennion became an MEP on the resignation of Liz Lynne.