Europe

Andrew Duff MEP

Liberal Democrat member of the European Parliament for the Eastern Region

Election 2004

South Norfolk in Europe

South Norfolk became part of the Eastern Constituency for the Euro elections in 1999. In 2003 this returned seven Members to the European Parliament. At that election Liberal Democrats achieved 18.3% of the votes in South Norfolk (compared with 15.6% in 1999) and elected Andrew Duff as the Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

About Andrew Duff

Andrew Duff MEP is the Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for Eastern England. Eastern England comprises the shire counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Andrew along with the other 10 Liberal Democrat MEPs is a member of the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR) grouping in the European Parliament. With 51 members the ELDR group is the third largest political grouping within the Parliament.

He is spokesman on Constitutional Affairs for the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR). He is a member of the Convention drafting the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights.

He is also rapporteur on the Charter of Fundamental Rights and as such will play a major part in developing a Bill of Rights for the European citizen.

Andrew is first vice-president of the Joint Parliamentary delegation to Turkey. The delegation has already met some colleagues from the Turkish parliament with whom Andrew will be seeking to establish a closer dialogue on the relationship between Turkey and the European Union.

Within the Liberal Group, Andrew is the coordinator of a Task Force on reforming the European Union.

Further information about Andrew Duff's work as a MEP can be obtained by visiting his web site: http://www.andrewduffmep.org