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Members of European Parliament
Introduction
The UK
is divided into twelve regions. Each region has between three and ten MEPs
and each MEP in a region represents each person living there. England
is divided into 9 electoral regions. The East Midlands region comprises
Derbyshire, Derby, Leicester,
Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, Rutland
About Roger Helmer MEP
 I was first elected in
1999 and re-elected in 2004 as the local MEP for Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire
& Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire. I stood on a
Conservative platform to defend the national sovereignty of the UK
and work for an EU of nation states, as opposed to the federal model that
New Labour is pursuing. I also work to ensure that we in the East Midlands get the best we can from the EU in
terms of funding and benefits.
I currently
serve on the parliament's Unemployment Committee, Petitions Committee,
Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Temporary Committee on Climate
Change. I am very active on the parliament's hunting inter-group. I have
recently been campaigning vigorously to demand a referendum on the EU's new
Constitutional treaty. I have also done a lot of work on the climate change
issue.
In addition
to my parliamentary duties, I am the Honorary Chairman of The Freedom
Association (www.tfa.net),
helping me to take conservative values to a wider audience. If you think
that I can help you in any way, please see my Contact Details to see how to
reach me online or via my local-rate hotline.
About Emma McClarkin MEP
 Emma was elected as
MEP for the East Midlands in June 2009,
making her at the age of 30, the youngest British MEP.
Emma was born
and brought up in Stroud, Gloucestershire and was educated at her local
grammar school, Stroud
Girls High
School. Emma graduated from Bournemouth University
with a degree in Law and went on to work as a Legal Clerk in a law firm.
Emma was able
to combine two of her passions in her last role before become an MEP,
working for the Rugby Football Union as their Government Relations
Executive.
Outside of
work Emma is a member of the British Wildlife Trust. Emma has focused her
charitable efforts to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer with her
family in memory of her mother who died of the disease.
Emma's
interests include walking, the countryside, attending music concerts and
photography. She also a keen rugby follower and captained the European
Parliament's Touch Rugby team! Emma also enjoys skiing and kayaking when
she can, but politics is her passion and most of the time Emma is keeping
up to date with current affairs or supporting Party events!
Having been an
activist for the Party from a young age, Emma has always been passionate
about politics. After working in the Law she decided it was time to become
more involved, and worked for the Party in the East Midlands Region for
over six years both as Press Officer to the Conservative Party's East
Midlands MEPs and as Political Advisor to Roger Helmer MEP in the European
Parliament in Brussels before being elected herself as an MEP.
If I can help you in any way, please see my Contact Details
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