John Flack (politician)

John Flack
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for East of England
Assumed office
28 June 2017
Preceded by Vicky Ford
Personal details
Born (1957-01-03) 3 January 1957 [1]
Romford, Essex, United Kingdom[1]
Political party Conservative

John Flack (born 3 January 1957) is a British Conservative Party politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England, having taken his seat in June 2017. He has been a vocal supporter of Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave.[2]

Life and career

Flack attended Abbs Cross High School in Hornchurch.

John is a property professional with 40 years’ experience building small & medium sized businesses in East Anglia. [3] He rose from trainee to junior partner of a firm of chartered surveyors, before directing various property companies.[4]

He also served as a magistrate, initially the youngest in Essex when appointed in 1988.[5]

Flack was also the joint founder of three other “start-up” businesses in East Anglia, together creating over 100 new jobs.[3]

John lives with his wife in the East of England and has four sons.[3] John can trace his family lineage back 14 generations in the East of England: generations of Flacks were farmers on the Essex / Cambridgeshire border.[3]

Political career

John has campaigned to end animal testing

Flack contested the European Parliament constituency of Northumbria in the 1994 election and London in the 1999 election.[4]

He contested Enfield Southgate in the 2001 general election, coming second to the Labour incumbent Stephen Twigg.[6]

He was 4th on the Conservative list for the East of England region in the European Parliament elections in 2009 and 2014, but only 3 Conservatives were elected on each occasion. He took his seat in 2017 after fellow MEP Vicky Ford was elected as an MP in the general election.[7]

Flack sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development (REGI).[8] He serves as the Regional Development Spokesman for the Conservative Party.[9] He is also a substitute member of the Parliament's Committee on Fisheries (PECH).[10]

Flack is an active animal welfare campaigner, and has co-hosted a roundtable event on fur labelling problems in the EU market.[11]

He is a member of the European Parliament's Animal Welfare Intergroup.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "John FLACK MEP". European Parliament. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Co-Chairmen - Political Advisory Board - Supporters". Leave Means Leave.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About John". John Flack MEP. 12 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Vote 2001 | Candidates | John Flack". BBC News. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Islip, Katy (14 December 2009). "Tory magistrate admits 90mph speeding charge". Gazette.
  6. ↑ "Vote 2001 | Results & Constituencies | Enfield Southgate". BBC News. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "New Conservative MEP appointed for East of England". ITV News. 4 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Members of the REGI Committee". European Parliament. 30 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "John Flack Conservative MEPs". Conservatives in the European Parliament. 30 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Members of the PECH Committee". European Parliament. 30 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Roundtable on fur labelling". Animal Welfare Intergroup. 27 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Members of the Intergroup". Animal Welfare Intergroup. 30 November 2017.
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