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'''David Martin''' (born 26 August 1954, Edinburgh) is a British MEP from [[Labour Party]].
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'''David Martin''' (born 26 August 1954, Edinburgh) is an [[MEP]] (''1984- '') for Scotland from the [[Labour Party]].<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1403 MEP Directory: David Martin], accessed 01 December 2010.</ref>
  
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*Member, [[Committee on Petitions]]
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===Parliamentary Affiliations===
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*Member, [[Committee on International Trade]]
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:'''Chair:'''
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*Member, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 08.09.2010 / ... : Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
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*Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
 
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*Substitute, [[Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]]
 
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*Substitute, [[Temporary Committee on Climate Change]]
 
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*Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council
 
  
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:'''Vice-President:'''
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: 25.07.1989 / 13.01.1992 : European Parliament
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: 25.07.1989 / 13.01.1992 : Parliament's Bureau
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: 14.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Parliament's Bureau
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: 14.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : European Parliament
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: 19.07.1994 / 13.01.1997 : European Parliament
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: 19.07.1994 / 13.01.1997 : Parliament's Bureau
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: 14.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : European Parliament
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: 14.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Parliament's Bureau
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: 20.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Parliament's Bureau
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: 20.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : European Parliament
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: 15.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : European Parliament
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: 15.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Parliament's Bureau
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:'''Vice-Chair:'''
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: 26.07.1984 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on Budgetary Control
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: 12.10.1987 / 25.10.1987 : Socialist Group
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: 26.10.1987 / 06.09.1988 : Socialist Group
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:'''Member:'''
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: 24.07.1984 / 11.10.1987 : Socialist Group
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: 26.07.1984 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
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: 12.02.1985 / 09.03.1986 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
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: 10.03.1986 / 20.01.1987 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
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: 21.01.1987 / 13.03.1989 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
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: 21.01.1987 / 12.06.1988 : Committee on Budgets
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: 13.06.1988 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
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: 07.09.1988 / 24.07.1989 : Socialist Group
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: 14.03.1989 / 24.07.1989 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
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: 25.07.1989 / 20.04.1993 : Socialist Group
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: 26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 26.07.1989 / 13.07.1990 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
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: 26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
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: 15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on External Economic Relations
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: 15.01.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
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: 11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 21.04.1993 / 18.07.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
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: 01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 19.07.1994 / 05.09.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
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: 21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
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: 06.09.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
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: 17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
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: 13.02.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
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: 12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
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: 16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
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: 14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 20.07.1999 / 07.03.2000 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
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: 21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Budgets
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: 14.09.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)
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: 08.03.2000 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
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: 17.01.2002 / 03.02.2002 : Committee on Budgets
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: 04.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
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: 07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with Canada
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: 20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament
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: 21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on International Trade
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: 15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 13.10.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Petitions
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: 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on International Trade
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: 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Petitions
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: 31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on International Trade
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: 15.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Petitions
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: 14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
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: 23.05.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
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: 14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
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: 16.07.2009 / ... : Subcommittee on Human Rights
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: 16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on International Trade
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: 16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
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: 17.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula
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: 10.03.2010 / ... : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
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: 16.06.2010 / 07.09.2010 : Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
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: 08.09.2010 / ... : Conference of Delegation Chairs
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:'''Substitute:'''
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: 26.07.1984 / 09.09.1985 : Committee on Development and Cooperation
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: 10.09.1985 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on External Economic Relations
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: 21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
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: 26.07.1989 / 23.11.1989 : Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and the Working Environment
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: 24.11.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credencials and Immunities
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: 13.09.1990 / 14.01.1992 : Political Affairs Committee
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: 15.01.1992 / 30.01.1992 : Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security
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: 15.01.1992 / 17.03.1992 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico
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: 15.01.1992 / 08.12.1992 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media
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: 16.03.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation to the EC-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee
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: 09.12.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
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: 11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation to the EC-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee
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: 01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee
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: 21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy
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: 16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
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: 22.07.1999 / 16.02.2000 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism
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: 16.02.2000 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Development and Cooperation
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: 17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
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: 17.01.2002 / 29.01.2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
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: 21.07.2004 / 15.03.2006 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
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: 21.07.2004 / 12.10.2004 : Committee on Petitions
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: 15.09.2004 / 31.12.2006 : Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee
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: 16.03.2006 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
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: 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
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: 31.01.2007 / 14.02.2007 : Committee on Petitions
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: 31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
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: 15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council
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: 10.05.2007 / 04.02.2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change
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: 16.07.2009 / 09.03.2010 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
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: 16.09.2009 / 16.09.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1403 MEP Directory: David Martin], accessed 01 December 2010.</ref>
  
 
==Record and Controversies==
 
==Record and Controversies==
 
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
 
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
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*Nothing to declare.<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/1403_09-01-2009.PDF Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin], 09 January 2009, accessed 07 February 2009.</ref>
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*Nothing to declare.<ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/1403_09-01-2009.PDF Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin], 09 January 2009, accessed 07 February 2009.</ref><ref>European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/1403_30-06-2009.pdf Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin], 30 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.</ref>
  
 
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
 
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
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*Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains.<ref>Friends of the Earth, [http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#tax EU Vote Watch], accessed 02 February 2009.</ref> Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
 
*Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains.<ref>Friends of the Earth, [http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#tax EU Vote Watch], accessed 02 February 2009.</ref> Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
 
*Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.<ref>Friends of the Earth, [http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#nuclear EU Vote Watch], accessed 02 February 2009.</ref>
 
*Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.<ref>Friends of the Earth, [http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php#nuclear EU Vote Watch], accessed 02 February 2009.</ref>
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==Personal Information==
 
==Personal Information==
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:Parlement européen
 
:Bât. Altiero Spinelli
 
:Bât. Altiero Spinelli
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:13G146
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:13G354
 
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
 
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
 
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
 
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
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:Phone:
 
:Phone:
 
:+32 (0)2 28 45539
 
:+32 (0)2 28 45539
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:Fax:
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:+32 (0)2 28 49539
  
 
:Email:
 
:Email:
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:david.martin@europarl.europa.eu
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:david.martin AT europarl.europa.eu
  
 
:Website:  
 
:Website:  
 
:http://www.martinmep.com
 
:http://www.martinmep.com
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/1403_09-01-2009.PDF Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin], 09 January 2009, accessed 07 February 2009.
 
*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/1403_09-01-2009.PDF Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin], 09 January 2009, accessed 07 February 2009.
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*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-dif/1403_30-06-2009.pdf Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin], 30 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.
 
*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=GB&partNumber=1&zone=Scotland&language=EN&id=1403 MEP Directory: David Martin], accessed 07 February 2009.
 
*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do?country=GB&partNumber=1&zone=Scotland&language=EN&id=1403 MEP Directory: David Martin], accessed 07 February 2009.
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*European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1403 MEP Directory: David Martin], accessed 01 December 2010.
 
*Friends of the Earth, [http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php EU Vote Watch], accessed 07 February 2009.
 
*Friends of the Earth, [http://www.foeeurope.org/euvotewatch/support_docs/learnmore.php EU Vote Watch], accessed 07 February 2009.
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 11:57, 1 December 2010

David Martin, MEP

David Martin (born 26 August 1954, Edinburgh) is an MEP (1984- ) for Scotland from the Labour Party.[1]


Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Chair:
08.09.2010 / ... : Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
Vice-President:
25.07.1989 / 13.01.1992 : European Parliament
25.07.1989 / 13.01.1992 : Parliament's Bureau
14.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Parliament's Bureau
14.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : European Parliament
19.07.1994 / 13.01.1997 : European Parliament
19.07.1994 / 13.01.1997 : Parliament's Bureau
14.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : European Parliament
14.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Parliament's Bureau
20.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Parliament's Bureau
20.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : European Parliament
15.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : European Parliament
15.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Parliament's Bureau
Vice-Chair:
26.07.1984 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on Budgetary Control
12.10.1987 / 25.10.1987 : Socialist Group
26.10.1987 / 06.09.1988 : Socialist Group
Member:
24.07.1984 / 11.10.1987 : Socialist Group
26.07.1984 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
12.02.1985 / 09.03.1986 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
10.03.1986 / 20.01.1987 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
21.01.1987 / 13.03.1989 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
21.01.1987 / 12.06.1988 : Committee on Budgets
13.06.1988 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
07.09.1988 / 24.07.1989 : Socialist Group
14.03.1989 / 24.07.1989 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
25.07.1989 / 20.04.1993 : Socialist Group
26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
26.07.1989 / 13.07.1990 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on External Economic Relations
15.01.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
21.04.1993 / 18.07.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
19.07.1994 / 05.09.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
06.09.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
13.02.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
20.07.1999 / 07.03.2000 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Budgets
14.09.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)
08.03.2000 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
17.01.2002 / 03.02.2002 : Committee on Budgets
04.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with Canada
20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on International Trade
15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
13.10.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Petitions
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on International Trade
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Petitions
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on International Trade
15.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Petitions
14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
23.05.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
16.07.2009 / ... : Subcommittee on Human Rights
16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on International Trade
16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
17.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula
10.03.2010 / ... : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
16.06.2010 / 07.09.2010 : Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
08.09.2010 / ... : Conference of Delegation Chairs
Substitute:
26.07.1984 / 09.09.1985 : Committee on Development and Cooperation
10.09.1985 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on External Economic Relations
21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning
26.07.1989 / 23.11.1989 : Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and the Working Environment
24.11.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credencials and Immunities
13.09.1990 / 14.01.1992 : Political Affairs Committee
15.01.1992 / 30.01.1992 : Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security
15.01.1992 / 17.03.1992 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico
15.01.1992 / 08.12.1992 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media
16.03.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation to the EC-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee
09.12.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation to the EC-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee
01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee
21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy
16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
22.07.1999 / 16.02.2000 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism
16.02.2000 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Development and Cooperation
17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
17.01.2002 / 29.01.2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
21.07.2004 / 15.03.2006 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
21.07.2004 / 12.10.2004 : Committee on Petitions
15.09.2004 / 31.12.2006 : Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee
16.03.2006 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
31.01.2007 / 14.02.2007 : Committee on Petitions
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council
10.05.2007 / 04.02.2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change
16.07.2009 / 09.03.2010 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
16.09.2009 / 16.09.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula[2]

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Record of Parliamentary Votes

  • Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.[5]
  • Voted in favour of the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.[6]
  • Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.[7]
  • Voted in favour of the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment.[8] Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
  • Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.[9]
  • Voted in favour of the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.[10]
  • Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.[11]
  • Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains.[12] Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
  • Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.[13]

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

  • BA (Economics) (1984).
  • MA (European Law) (1996).
  • Stockbroker's assistant (1970-1974).
  • Animal welfare campaigner (1974-1978).
  • Councillor, Lothian Regional Council (1982-1984).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1984).
  • Vice-Chairman, Socialist Group (1987-1988). Vice-President of the European Parliament (1989-2004).

Contact

Address:
Parlement européen
Bât. Altiero Spinelli
13G354
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
Phone:
+32 (0)2 28 45539
Fax:
+32 (0)2 28 49539
Email:
david.martin AT europarl.europa.eu
Website:
http://www.martinmep.com
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Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: David Martin, accessed 01 December 2010.
  2. ↑ European Parliament, MEP Directory: David Martin, accessed 01 December 2010.
  3. ↑ European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin, 09 January 2009, accessed 07 February 2009.
  4. ↑ European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: David Martin, 30 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  6. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  7. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  8. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  9. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  10. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  11. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  12. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  13. ↑ Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
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