Member of the European Parliament for North West England
In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded by
Sajjad Karim
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
(1963-08-27) 27 August 1963 (age 60) Manchester, United Kingdom
Political party
Liberal Democrats
Residence(s)
Timperley, Greater Manchester
Alma mater
University of Leeds
Occupation
Politician
Profession
Dietician
Other elected offices
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Timperley
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2008
Preceded by
Ken Bullman
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Village
In office 1 May 2003 – 4 May 2007
Preceded by
B. Ackroyd
Succeeded by
Helen Bowker
Jane Elisabeth Brophy (born 27 August 1963) is a British politician who was a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.[1] She sat as a full member on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil.[2] Brophy also sat as a substitute member on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Delegation for relations with Afghanistan.[2]
She is a councillor and Liberal Democrat Deputy Group Leader on Trafford Council and was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election, coming third with 6% of the vote.[3][4][5] She is a member of the executive of Green Liberal Democrats.[6] She stood as a Liberal Democrat in parliamentary elections for Eccles in 2005, Altrincham and Sale West in 2010, 2015 and 2017, and a by-election in Oldham West and Royton in 2015. She is contesting Altrincham and Sale West in the 2024 general election.[7]
Brophy is a dietician who specialises in the management of diabetes, and she has worked for the National Health Service (NHS). She is a member of the British Dietetic Association board. She has a degree in biochemistry.[8]
^"The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ ab"MEPs – Jane Brophy". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^"Councillor details – Councillor Jane Brophy". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^Pidd, Helen (5 May 2017). "Andy Burnham elected mayor of Greater Manchester". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^Fitzgerald, Todd (16 September 2016). "Liberal Democrats select their Greater Manchester mayoral candidate". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^"Jane Brophy Green Liberal Democrat Executive". Green Liberal Democrats. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^"Liberal Democrats announce MP candidate for Altrincham and Sale West". Mancunian Matters. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^"Jane Brophy Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West". Liberal Democrats. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
Jane Elisabeth Brophy (born 27 August 1963) is a British politician who was a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North...
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stood for election as a joint Labour and Co-operative Party candidate. JaneBrophy is a Trafford councillor representing Timperley. Stood as a Liberal Democrat...
Others Incumbent Altrincham and Sale West Oliver Carroll Connor Rand JaneBrophy Paul Swansborough Geraldine Coggins Conservative Graham Brady Ashton-under-Lyne...
and a small part of the former Broadheath ward. The councillors are JaneBrophy (Liberal Democrat), Will Frass (Liberal Democrat), and Meena Minnis (Liberal...
2011. Brophy, Gwenda (15 February 2009). "Time and place: Jane Birkin". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 July 2023. Auld, Tim (13 February 2009). "Jane Birkin:...
for Work and Pensions since 2019 Members of the European Parliament JaneBrophy, MEP for North West England since 2019 Antony Hook, MEP for South East...
10 June 2004 – 1 July 2019 Preceded by Jacqueline Foster Succeeded by JaneBrophy Personal details Born Sajjad Haider Karim (1970-07-11) 11 July 1970 (age 53)...
Year first elected Website Parliamentary profile North West England JaneBrophy Liberal Democrats Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party...
Democrats 2023–26 Simon Lepori Liberal Democrats 2024-28 Timperley North JaneBrophy Liberal Democrats 2023–27 Will Frass Liberal Democrats 2023–26 Meena...
with 1.9% of the vote. At a Manchester hustings he was criticised by JaneBrophy, the Liberal Democrat candidate because he refused to shake her hand...
Timperley North (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats JaneBrophy* 2,437 60.2 Liberal Democrats Will Frass* 2,211 54.6 Liberal Democrats Meena...
Cooper and Donal Brophy, produced by Glen Trotiner, Benjamin J. Murray, Lynn Mancinelli, Brophy, and Cooper, and starring Fiona Dourif, Brophy, Tommy Dorfman...
episode "Mr. Rush's Secretary" on Buckskin, starring Tom Nolan and Sally Brophy. That same year she appeared in the TV Western series Wagon Train as “Mrs...
Tennant 380,193 (190,096.5) 21.91 -11.94 Liberal Democrats Chris Davies, JaneBrophy Helen Foster-Grime, Anna Fryer, Sam Al-Hamdani, Rebecca Forrest, John...
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