Eddy Newman

Eddy Newman
Member of the European Parliament
In office
24 July 1984 – 19 July 1999
ConstituencyGreater Manchester Central
Personal details
Born14 May 1953 (1953-05-14) (age 71)
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
SpouseSheila Newman (died 2018)[1]
Children3 daughters
OccupationPolitician

Edward "Eddy" Newman (born 14 May 1953) is a former British politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Newman worked for the Post Office and then in light engineering. He also became active in the Labour Party, and was elected to Manchester City Council in 1979. At the 1984 European Parliament election, he was elected to represent Greater Manchester Central.[2] He was a member of the left wing Campaign Group.[3]

Newman was a councillor for Woodhouse Park on Manchester City Council between 2002 and 2023 and was Chair of the Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Board, [4] as well as serving as Lord Mayor of Manchester for 2017–18. Newman's wife Sheila (born 1955) was also a councillor in the city, from 2004 to 2018, representing the Chorlton ward.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Williams, Jennifer (19 February 2018). "Tributes paid to Lady Mayoress of Manchester who has died suddenly". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996. London: BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications. 1996. pp. 6–29. ISBN 0951520857.
  3. ^ "Labour's 'infantile' tendency barks back". Independent. 15 January 1995. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Cllr Eddy Newman". Wythenshawe Community Housing Group. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Manchester
2017–2018 		Succeeded by


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