Richard James Ashworth

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Richard James Ashworth, MEP

Richard James Ashworth (born 17 September 1947, Folkestone) is a British MEP from Conservative and Unionist Party.

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

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.

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. Altiero Spinelli

14E165

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45309

Email:

richardjames.ashworth@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.richardashworth.com

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Richard James Ashworth, 08 May 2008, accessed 08 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Richard James Ashworth, accessed 08 February 2009.