David Hallam

Who is David Hallam?

David Hallam is a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament for the Herefordshire and Shropshire constituency in England, in the 1994–1999 European Parliament.

Hallam first stood for the European Parliament in 1984 for the Shropshire and Stafford constituency; he stood again in 1989 and was elected on revised boundaries in 1994 for what was widely held to be a safe Conservative seat.

During his five year mandate Hallam was one of the Parliament’s most assiduous members, attending every session and recording votes on over 99% of all possible occasions.

In the Parliament he served on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, was a substitute member of the committees on budgets and regional policy, on the standing delegation to the Israeli Knesset, and the EU-Slovak joint parliamentary committee.