Glyn Ford

Who is Glyn Ford?

Glyn Ford is a former member of the European Parliament initially for Greater Manchester East, until 1999 and then South West England for the Labour Party and Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party.

He was born in Gloucester.

Before being elected he worked at the University of Manchester in the Department of Science and Technology Policy as a Senior Research Fellow and was a local councillor in the Greater Manchester borough of Tameside where he was the Chair of the Environmental Health and Education Committees. Ford has two children Elise born in 1981 and Alessandro born in 1996.

Ford's three areas of interest are Research and Development, Racism and East Asia is an expert on Asia. Ford was for 15 years a member of the EP's 'Research' Committee and was in the Guest Editor for 'Science and Public Policy' Special Issue on 'Science and Technology in Europe'and the author, with Chris Niblett and Lindsay Walker of 'The Future for Ocean Technology'.

Ford was Chair if the EP's Committee of Inquiry into 'The Growth of Racism and Fascism in Europe' and 'rapporteur' for a second EP Committee of Inquiry into 'Racism and Xenophobia'. He served as the EP's representative on the Council of Ministers Consultative Commission on Racism and Xenophobia. He was National Treasurer of the Anti-Nazi League and author of 'Fascist Europe'.