Brian Simpson (born February 6, 1953 in Leigh) is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for North West England. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999 representing Cheshire East and from 1999 until 2004 representing the North West Region, when European Elections switched from First Past the Post to the List System. He lost his seat at the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections. He returned to the European Parliament in September 2006 after the retirement of Terry Wynn, as he was next on the Labour party list. He is currently a full member and Socialist Group spokeperson and coordinator on the Committee on Transport and Tourism and a substitute and Labour spokeperson on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. He is also a full member of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand as well as a substitute on the Delegation for relations with South Africa.

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