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'''Gary Titley''' (born [[January 19]], [[1950]] in [[Salford]], [[Lancashire]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] politician, currently leader of the [[European Parliamentary Labour Party]] (EPLP) and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the North West of [[England]].

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| office = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br/>for [[North West England (European Parliament constituency)|North West England]]<br/><small>[[Greater Manchester West (European Parliament constituency)|Greater Manchester West]] (1989–1999)</small>

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'''Gary Titley''' (born [[19 January 19]], [[1950]] in [[Salford]], [[Lancashire]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] politician, currently leader of the [[European Parliamentary Labour Party]] (EPLP) and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician and a former [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for the [[North West England (European Parliament constituency)|North West of [[England]].

He is a former director of the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] Enterprise Board and chaired the West Midlands [[Cooperative|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.

Born in [[Salford]], Titley was educated at the [[University of York]]. He worked as a teacher, then as campaign manager for [[Terry Pitt]], and later for John Bird. He served on [[West Midlands County Council]] from 1981 to 1986, and unsuccessfully contested [[Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Bromsgrove]] at the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], and [[Dudley West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley West]] at the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987 general election]].<ref name="vacher">{{cite book |title=BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996 |date=1996 |publisher=BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications |___location=London |isbn=0951520857 |pages=6–40}}</ref>

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

He is a former director of the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] Enterprise Board and chaired the West Midlands [[Cooperative|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.

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

He was first elected an MEP in [[1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|June 1989]]. From 1991 to 1993, he was the chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee with Finland, from 1991 to 1994 he was the Parliament’s Rapporteur of Finland’s accession to the EU, from 1993 to 1994 he was the Founding President of the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Assembly, from 1996 to 1999 he was the Foreign Affairs spokesman for the [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|Socialist Group]], from 1997 to 2001 he was European Parliamentary Private Secretary to [[Robin Cook|Rt Hon Robin Cook MP]], the Foreign Secretary, from 1999 to 2002 he was chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee with Lithuania, and from 2002 to 2004 he was vice president of the Socialist Group with Responsibility for Enlargement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gary Titley|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/garytitley|website=Linkedin|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> He then served as leader of the [[European Parliamentary Labour Party]] (EPLP) from 2002 until January 2009.

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.

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1451016/Euro-MPs-wife-opened-letter-bomb.html|title=Euro MP's wife opened letter bomb|website=telegraph.co.uk|date=6 January 2004 |access-date=30 March 2018}}</ref>

==External link==

*[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=GB&partNumber=1&zone=North+West&language=EN&id=1311 Profile at European Parliament website]

As a result of his activities in the European Parliament he has been made a Commander of the [[Order of the White Rose of Finland|White Rose of Finland]], and the [[Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas]].

[[Category:UK Labour Party politicians|Titley, Gary]]

[[Category:Members of the European Parliament from the United Kingdom|Titley, Gary]] [[Category:1950 births|Titley, Gary]]

[[Category:Living people|Titley, Gary]]

He announced in 2009 that he would not stand for re-election in the [[2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2009 European Parliament election]].

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