Eryl McNally, (born April 11, 1942), is a former Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the East of England United Kingdom. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. East of England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Personal life
She was born and brought up in Bangor, Wales[1] but has lived in Abbots Langley, near Watford in Hertfordshire, since the 1960s. Bangor is a place-name found in a number of countries Australia Bangor New South Wales Bangor South Australia Abbots Langley is a large village in the English county of Hertfordshire. Watford (ˈwɒtfəd) is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 19 miles (30 km northwest of London Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of
Before being elected as an MEP in 1994, she was a teacher of modern languages and European studies, having spent several years as Head of Modern Foreign Languages at St. Michael's Catholic High School, County National Curriculum Co-ordinator for Modern Languages for Buckinghamshire Education Advisory Service and then an OFSTED inspector. St Michael's Catholic High School, located in the town of Watford, Hertfordshire. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England.
McNally is fluent in French, German, Spanish and has a good understanding of Italian. Her personal interests include learning languages and world music.
She is married with two grown up children and one grandson.
Political life
McNally joined the Labour Party at the age of 16 and served as a Parish Councillor, a District Councillor on Three Rivers District Council (from 1970-1976) and County Councillor on Hertfordshire County Council (from 1986 to 1995) before being elected to the European Parliament. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Politics District council Three Rivers is a Non-metropolitan district that elects one-third of its councillors at any one time three times every four years Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier Local authority for the Non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU [2] She represented the Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes constituency from 1994 to 1999 and the East of England constituency from 1999[3] until she stood down from the Parliament in 2004, saying that the regional constituencies were too large an area to represent and that no-one had "the foggiest idea" who she was. [4]
Her political interests in the European Parliament were in energy, renewable energy and environmental issues. In Physics and other Sciences energy (from the Greek grc ἐνέργεια - Energeia, "activity operation" from grc ἐνεργός Renewable energy is Energy generated from Natural resources mdashsuch as Sunlight, Wind, Rain, tides and geothermal She is a former trustee of the National Energy Foundation, a vice-president of the European Forum on Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES) and was formerly vice-chair of the European Parliament's Energy and Research Committee. The National Energy Foundation (NEF is an independent British charity, established to encourage the more sustainable use and generation of energy [5][6]. She also served as a substitute member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities and as a member of the delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR.
She was an opponent of the Iraq war. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign [7]
In 2003, McNally was awarded Chevalier in the Légion d'Honneur in recognition of her efforts to improve understanding between Britain and France[8] and was appointed an honorary Doctor of Science by Cranfield University. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding DSc ScD SD, or DrSc are common abbreviations for the Latin Scientiæ Doctor, meaning Doctor of Science. Cranfield University is a British postgraduate University based on two Campuses with a research-oriented focus [9]
She was a member of the Transport and General Workers Union, the World Development Movement, Action for Southern Africa, the Socialist Education Association, the Labour Animal Welfare Society, Amnesty International, the Co-operative Party and the Fabian Society. The World Development Movement is a membership organisation in the United Kingdom which campaigns on issues of global justice and development in the Global South Anti-Apartheid Movement, originally known as the Boycott Movement, was a British organization that was at the center of the international movement opposing South Africa's The Socialist Educational Association is an independent socialist educational organisation based in the United Kingdom. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to The Co-operative Party is a democratic socialist Political party in the United Kingdom committed to supporting and representing co-operative The Fabian Society is a British Intellectual Socialist movement whose purpose is to advance the principles of Social democracy via Gradualist
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