Gina Dowding

Cllr
Gina Dowding
Dowding in 2010
Member of the European Parliament
for North West England
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byWajid Khan
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1962-07-15) 15 July 1962 (age 62)
London, England
Political partyGreen Party of England and Wales
WebsiteGina Dowding MEP
Other elected offices
Lancaster City Councillor
for Marsh
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2019
Preceded byJon Barry
Lancashire County Councillor
for Lancaster Central
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2013
Preceded byChristopher Coates
Lancaster City Councillor
for Dukes
Castle (1999–2003)
In office
6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007
Preceded byR. Pye
Succeeded byAnne Chapman

Gina Dowding (born 15 July 1962) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2019 to 2020, on behalf of the Green Party. She was elected to the role in the 2019 European Parliament Election on 23 May of that year.[1]

Before being elected as an MEP, Dowding was a Green Party councillor on Lancaster City Council from 1999 to 2007 and again in 2019, and a councillor on Lancashire County Council from 2013.[2][3][4]

She stood in Fylde at the snap 2019 general election, and came in fourth place out of five candidates, losing her deposit.[5]

Dowding first joined the Green Party in 1986 at the age of 22, citing a voluntary work visit to Bangladesh as a turning point in her awareness of inequality.[6]

  1. ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Gina Dowding". North Lancashire Green Party. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Councillor details - County Councillor Gina Dowding". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Gina Dowding". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Fylde parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News". Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Meet Gina Dowding". Green European Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2019.