Richard Corbett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Corbett

Member of European Parliament

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1955

Place of Birth: Southport, England, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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Richard Graham Corbett (born 6 January 1955) is a British politician serving as Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party since 2017.
He is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber.
He represented Merseyside West from 1996 to 1999 (under the system that predated the present proportional representation regional system), Yorkshire & Humber from 1999 until 2009, and Yorkshire & Humber again after being re-elected in 2014.
He is vice-chair of the European Movement in the UK, and on the executive committee of the Labour Movement for Europe.
He attends Shadow Cabinet and is a member of the Labour Party NEC (National Executive Committee). Between January 2010 and February 2014, Corbett was an advisor to the first full-time and long-term President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy.
In this capacity, and as a frequent writer and commentator on European affairs, he was voted by a panel of retired diplomats, journalists, academics and think-tankers on 14 November 2012 as the fourth most influential Briton on EU policy, ahead of the Prime Minister.In 2003, Corbett became the first MEP to write a regular personal blog, and in 2015 he became the first British politician to develop and release a phone app.