Gina Dowding (born 15 July 1962) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2019 to 2020, on behalf of the Green Party. She was elected to the role in the 2019 European Parliament Election on 23 May of that year.[1]
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.jpg) Dowding in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the European Parliament for North West England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Wajid Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 July 1962 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Green Party of England and Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Gina Dowding MEP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Before being elected as an MEP, Dowding was a Green Party councillor on Lancaster City Council from 1999 to 2007 and again in 2019, and a councillor on Lancashire County Council from 2013.[2][3][4]
She stood in Fylde at the snap 2019 general election, and came in fourth place out of five candidates, losing her deposit.[5]
Dowding first joined the Green Party in 1986 at the age of 22, citing a voluntary work visit to Bangladesh as a turning point in her awareness of inequality.[6]
Electoral performance
edit| Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % of votes | Result | |
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| 1992 | Lancaster | Green | 433 | 0.9 | Not elected | |
| 2010 | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Green | 1,888 | 4.4 | Not elected | |
| 2019 | Fylde | Green | 1,731 | 3.7 | Not elected | |
| 2024 | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Green | 2,089 | 4.3 | Not elected | |
| Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % of votes | Result | |
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| 1999 | North West England | Green | 56,828 | 5.6 | Not elected | |
| 2004 | North West England | Green | 117,393 | 5.6 | Not elected | |
| 2014 | North West England | Green | 123,075 | 7.0 | Not elected | |
| 2019 | North West England | Green | 216,581 | 12.5 | Elected | |
| Date of election | Ward | Party | Votes | % of votes | Result | |
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| 1993 | Lancaster City | Green | 758 | 16.8 | Not elected | |
| 1997 | Lancaster Rural Central | Green | 290 | 4.0 | Not elected | |
| 2013 | Lancaster Central | Green | 1,639 | 38.4 | Elected | |
| 2017 | Lancaster Central | Green | 2,206 | 51.8 | Elected | |
| 2021 | Lancaster Central | Green | 2,760 | 59.8 | Elected | |
| Date of election | Ward | Party | Votes | % of votes | Result | |
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| 1991 | Castle | Green | 886 | 28.3 | Not elected | |
| 1995 | Castle | Green | 912 | 32.4 | Not elected | |
| 1999 | Castle | Green | 1,412 | 53.8 | Elected | |
| 2003 | Dukes | Green | 328 | 59.0 | Elected | |
| 2019 | Marsh | Green | 1,174 | 71.4 | Elected | |
| 2023 | Marsh | Green | 1,241 | 70.3 | Elected | |
References
edit- ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Gina Dowding". North Lancashire Green Party. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Councillor details - County Councillor Gina Dowding". Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Gina Dowding". Lancaster City Council. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Fylde parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News". Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Meet Gina Dowding". Green European Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
