Richard James Ashworth

Richard James Ashworth, MEP

Richard James Ashworth (born 17 September 1947, Folkestone) is a British MEP for South East from Conservative Party. He also served the previous term (20.07.2004 - 13.07.2009) representing the same political party.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Member, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
• Substitute, Committee on Budgets
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Former Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Budgets
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Member, Delegation for relations with Mercosur
• Substitute, Subcommittee on Security and Defence
• Substitute, Temporary Committee on Climate Change
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Former Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• I employ a full time research assistant, a full time secretary, a part time secretary and a full time personal assistant who is my wife and receives payment in the band £20,001 - £30,000. I have two service provider contracts: one with my accountant who acts as my paying agent for PAYE, NIC, pension contributions and other deductions for my office staff and one with my press officer.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Date	Name of Document	MEPs Vote
13.03.2012	Should there be an obligatory quota of at least 40% (by 2020) of female representation in the management boards imposed on companies?	Against
16.02.2012	Should the European Parliament have a single seat (instead of two, Strasbourg and Brussels)?	For
15.02.2012	Should the Eurozone Member States pool their public debts by creating Eurobonds?	Against
15.12.2011	Should public access to EU documents be made easier?	For
14.12.2011	Should the EU have a stronger and united defence policy?	Against
17.11.2011	Should nuclear energy be phased out?	Against
25.10.2011	Should a global tax on carbon emissions be introduced?	Against
28.09.2011	Should the European Commission supervise the budgets and economic policies of the Member States and apply sanctions for non-compliance with EU-agreed rules on fiscal discipline?	Abstain
05.07.2011	Should the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the EU be made more restrictive?	Against
20.10.2010	Should the minimum length of the maternity leave on full pay be extended from 14 to 20 weeks?	Against
09.02.2010	Should the proposed Barosso II Commission be appointed for the 2009-2014 term?	Abstain

*Source: www.votewatch.eu

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Secondary education. NDA CDA CDFM (1969).
• Farmer in New Zealand (1969-1972).
• Farmer in England (1972-2001).
• Director, own processing company (1978- ).
• Chairman, United Milk PLC (1990-2003).
• Chairman, NFU Corporate (2000-2003).
• In the Conservative Party:

Chairman, Conservative Association (1997-2000);

Member, Regional Executive (1998-2000).

• Chairman of a further education college (1980-1999).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Willy Brandt

06M105

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45309

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49309

Email:

richardjames.ashworth AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.richardashworth.com

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Richard James Ashworth, 08 May 2008, accessed 08 February 2009.
• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Richard James Ashworth, 18 June 2009, accessed 04 November 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Richard James Ashworth, accessed 08 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Richard Ashworth, accessed 08 September 2010.