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Encyclopedia > Gary Titley

Gary Titley is a British politician, currently leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England.


He is a former director of the West Midlands Enterprise Board and chaired the West Midlands Co-op Finance Company and the Black Country Co-op Development Agency. He was previously a member of the Labour Party's Plant Committee on electoral reform. Previously a teacher of modern languages.


Member of the subsequently abolished West Midlands County Council 1981-86.


He was first elected an MEP in June 1989. He became leader of the EPLP in 2002.


In January 2004 a letter bomb was sent to his office and opened by his wife, a member of his staff. It immediately started to smoke and then caught fire, but no one was injured.


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Working hard for you (370 words)
North West MEP Gary Titley has thrown his weight behind the campaign to stop the closure of scores of Remploy factories nationwide, including six across this region.
Gary Titley was in Lancaster and Morecambe recently to see what Europe is doing to benefit these vibrant and historic communities.
North West Labour MEP Gary Titley has given the cold shoulder to Europe’s new energy plan, describing it as a “wasted opportunity” to tackle the problem of global warming.
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | MEP's wife opened letter bomb (382 words)
Gary Titley said the bomb was an "attack on democracy"
The wife of MEP Gary Titley opened the letter bomb that exploded at his office, it was revealed on Tuesday.
Mrs Titley narrowly avoided injury when she opened the packet, believed to have been sent by an anarchist group in Italy, which has been linked to two other incidents in Europe.
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