Rory Palmer

Rory Palmer (born 19 November 1981) is a British Labour Party politician. He became Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands on 3 October 2017 and remained in this role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.[1]

Rory Palmer
Member of the European Parliament
for the East Midlands
In office
3 October 2017 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byGlenis Willmott
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1981-11-19) 19 November 1981
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Political partyLabour
EducationUniversity of York

Political career

Palmer was a Leicester city councillor for Eyres Monsell from 2007 to 2017 and deputy to the Mayor of Leicester Peter Soulsby.[2]

In the 2010 general election, he stood in Bosworth.[3]

In the 2014 European Parliament election, he was second on the Labour party list in the East Midlands constituency[4] but was not elected. Glenis Willmott MEP announced in July 2017 that she would stand down in October and Palmer succeeded her.[5]

References
  1. "Rory Palmer". European Parliament. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. "Councillor Rory Palmer". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. Cook, David (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Kettering Borough Council. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. Fagan, Ciaran (5 July 2017). "Leicester Deputy Mayor Rory Palmer to become an MEP". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 6 July 2017.


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