David Martin (Scottish politician)
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David Martin MEP |
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Member of the European Parliament for Scotland |
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Assumed office 10 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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Member of the European Parliament for Lothians |
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In office 14 June 1984 – 10 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Dalziel |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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26 August 1954 Edinburgh |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Lorraine Davidson |
| Domestic partner | Lorraine Davidson (from 2002) |
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Heriot-Watt University University of Leicester |
| Profession | Economist |
David Martin (born 26 August 1954 in Edinburgh) is a British Labour Party politician, and member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland. He is the UK's longest serving MEP and the second longest serving MEP in the whole European Parliament.
He was educated in Edinburgh at Liberton High School. He was first elected as a councillor in 1982, and won the Lothians seat in the 1984 European Parliament elections. He retained his seat, and following a reform of the electoral system, was in 1999 elected to represent the whole of Scotland along with other members.
He was elected in 1987 as the youngest ever leader of the British Labour delegation of MEPs. He was Vice-President of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004, the longest period anyone has served in that position. In 2002 he was the defeated Socialist candidate for President of the Parliament.
He was the European Parliament's rapporteur on what became the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties.
Mr Martin is currently the coordinator and spokesperson for the Socialists and Democrats Group on the INTA committee.
As well as this role, he is rapporteur for the Singapore FTA - which has been negotiated but is currently subject to a challenge in the European Court of Justice - and standing rapporteur for the ASEAN-5 countries.
He was the rapporteur for the ACTA treaty, stepping in after the original rapporteur, Kader Arif, resigned in protest. In April 2012, Mr Martin recommended that the European Parliament reject ACTA, on the grounds that civil liberties were not adequately protected. Mr Martin's recommendation was adopted by the Parliament in the biggest ever defeat of a legislative proposal from the European Commission - 478 MEPs voted against ACTA, 39 in favour, and 165 abstained.
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