Mel Read

Not to be confused with Mel Reid.

Mel Read
Member of the European Parliament
for East Midlands
In office
10 June 1999 – 10 June 2004
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byDerek Clark
Member of the European Parliament
for Nottingham and Leicestershire North West
In office
9 June 1994 – 10 June 1999
Preceded byKen Coates
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the European Parliament
for Leicester
In office
15 June 1989 – 9 June 1994
Preceded byFred Tuckman
Succeeded bySusan Waddington
Personal details
Born
Imelda Mary Read
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Leeds

Imelda Mary Read (born 8 January 1939), known as Mel Read, is a British politician who served in the European Parliament.

Read was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, before becoming a laboratory technician, then an employment officer, and a lecturer. At the 1979 general election, she stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in Melton, and at the 1983 general election, she was unsuccessful in North West Leicestershire.[1]

Read became an MEP in 1989, representing first Leicester and then Nottingham and Leicestershire North West until 1999. She served as a quaestor for part of this period. From 1999, she represented the enlarged seat of the East Midlands.[1]

She stood down at the 2004 European election, at which time she was elected as President of the European Cervical Cancer Association.[2] Read then resigned from the role in 2008 [3]

  1. ^ a b BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996. London: BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications. 1996. pp. 6–33. ISBN 0951520857.
  2. ^ "House of Commons - Health - Written Evidence". UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ "HFE hosts special event for Mel Read's final farewell | Health First Europe". healthfirsteurope.eu. 28 November 2008.