Bill Newton Dunn

William "Bill" Newton Dunn (born 3 October 1941 in Greywell, Hampshire) is a British politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands for the Liberal Democrats.

He was a Conservative Party MEP from 1979 to 1994 for Lincolnshire. After a spell out of the Parliament, he was re-elected a Conservative MEP for the East Midlands in 1999. He defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2000 because he felt that the Conservatives were increasingly negative towards the prospect of Britain playing a leading role in Europe.

Newton Dunn was elected as a Lib Dem MEP for the first time in the European elections, 2004. He claims to have the highest attendance record of all the UK MEPs.

Newton Dunn coined the now much-used phrase "Democratic deficit" in a pamphlet in the 1980s.

He is married with two children. His son is Tom Newton Dunn, an award-winning journalist for The Sun newspaper. His daughter is Emily Newton Dunn, TV presenter and journalist.

External links

*Bill Newton Dunn MEP official site
*Bill Newton Dunn profile at the European Parliament
*Bill Newton Dunn profile at the site of the Liberal Democrats
*East Midlands Liberal Democrats site for his constituency party

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