Glenis Willmott (born March 4, 1951) is a British politician. She was appointed on January 1, 2006 to replace the late Phillip Whitehead as a Labour member of the European Parliament for East Midlands. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Phillip Whitehead , MA (May 30, 1937 – December 31, 2005) was a British Labour politician, television producer and writer. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the main democratic socialist [1] political party in the United Kingdom. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the Strasbourg building The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary... East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. ...

Willmott was born in the north-east of England in the mining village of Horden, County Durham but moved to Mansfield at the age of 10. She was educated in Mansfield and at Trent Polytechnic where she obtained an HNC in medical science. She worked as a Medical Scientist for the National Health Service at King's Mill and Mansfield Hospitals from 1969 to 1990. She was chair of Mansfield Constituency Labour Party and a member of Nottinghamshire County Council from 1989 to 1993, and worked as an assistant to Alan Meale (Member of Parliament for Mansfield) from 1987 to 1990. County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Location within the British Isles Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire. ... Arkwright Building Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a university in Nottingham, England. ... {{redirect|NHS} The logo of the NHS for England. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... A Constituency Labour Party (CLP) is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Joseph Alan Meale (born 31 July 1949, Bishop Auckland) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Mansfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1990 she became Political officer for the GMB trade union Midland and East Coast region. She served as Chair of the East Midlands Regional Labour Party and was second on the Labour Party list for the European Parliament in the 2004 elections to the European Parliament in East Midlands. She lives in Derby. This article is about the year. ... The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ... The European Parliament election, 2004 was the UK part of the European Parliament election, 2004. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ...

References

• Press release announcing her appointment
• European Parliament website