Mary Honeyball | |
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Member of the European Parliament for London | |
In office 17 February 2000 – 1 July 2019[1][2] | |
Preceded by | Pauline Green |
Succeeded by | Luisa Porritt |
Personal details | |
Born | Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom | 12 November 1952
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Profession | Public administration |
Website | thehoneyballbuzz |
Mary Hilda Rosamund Honeyball[3] (born 12 November 1952 in Weymouth, Dorset) is a former British Labour Party politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London from 2000 to 2019. Seventh on Labour's 1999 list, she had not been elected in the 1999 European Parliament election, but replaced Pauline Green, who resigned as an MEP in November 1999. Honeyball was subsequently elected to the European Parliament in 2004, 2009, and 2014. She did not stand for re-election in 2019, and resigned from the Labour Party shortly after voting closed in the UK.[4] Honeyball rejoined the Labour Party during 2021.