Philip Bradbourn

Philip Bradbourn

Philip Bradbourn OBE MEP (born August 9, 1951, Tipton, West Midlands) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands region, for the Conservative Party. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 1999.

He was a parliamentary candidate for Wolverhampton South East in the 1992 general election and stood for the European Parliament in County Durham in 1994.

Until his election he was adviser to the Conservative Group Leader on Wolverhampton City Council. He held various local authority posts mainly based around planning. He was also the Chairman of the West Midlands Region Conservatives.

In the 1992 General Election he stood as Conservative Candidate in the Wolverhampton South-East Parliamentary Constituency and in the 1994 European Elections was European Conservative Candidate for the County Durham European Constituency.

Born in Tipton in 1951, Philip Bradbourn was educated at Tipton Grammar School and then at Wulfrun College and Worcester College where he obtained a post-graduate Diploma in Municipal Administration in 1972. Raised in the Black Country, he still lives in the area.

He was awarded the O.B.E. for public and political service in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 1994.

Expenses claims

In May 2008 it was reported Philip Bradbourn has used tax-payers money to fund lavish trips across the world, including a visit to Table Mountain in South Africa and a wine route tour of the Neethlingshof Wine Estate in 2007. The six-day excursion is estimated to have cost £30,000. [ [http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/1805_brussels_exposed.shtml EU blows millions on fact-finding freebies for MEPs | News|Politics | News Of The World ] ]

moking incident

On 12th September 2007, an article appeared in the Times referring to an incident which occurred in the European Parliament (a non-smoking building), where he was found smoking in a corridor. When it was pointed out to him that he was not permitted to smoke inside the Parliament, he reportedly responded "I'm a member. I make the rules." Bradbourn, however, denied this, saying that his exact words were, "Elected members make the rules in Parliament, not staff.”Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2434361.ece|title=People: Hugo Rifkind|accessdate=2007-09-18|publisher=The Times|date=2007-09-12|work=Times Online]

Birmingham confusion

Philip Bradbourn also came under fire last year when it was discovered that the website of the West Midlands Conservative MEPs showed a photo of Birmingham, Alabama instead of Birmingham, England. [ [http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/01/10/i-got-home-town-blues-97319-20336079/ I got home town Blues - Birmingham Mail ] ] [ [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/01/10/tories-mix-up-american-birmingham-with-ours-89520-20280206/ Tories mix-up American Birmingham with ours - mirror.co.uk ] ]

References

Links

* [http://www.torymeps.com West Midlands Conservative MEP Team]


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