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Malcolm Harbour | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for theWest Midlands | |
| In office 10 June 1999 – 2 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Bill Etheridge |
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| Born | (1947-02-19)19 February 1947 (age 78) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge Aston University |
Malcolm John Charles Harbour,CBE (born 19 February 1947), is a BritishConservative Partypolitician who was aMember of the European Parliament (MEP) for theWest Midlands between 1999 and July 2014.[1] He was a member of theEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Group and the chairman of theCommittee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
Harbour was educated atBedford School (1960–64),Trinity College, Cambridge (1964–67) where he graduated in engineering, and atAston University (1967–70) where he gained a diploma in management studies.[2] In July 2008 he was awarded an honorary DSc byAston University for services to science, technology and the European Union.
Harbour spent 32 years in the motor industry, as an engineer, a senior commercial executive, a consultant and a researcher. In 1992 he became a founding director of the International Car Distribution Programme and in 1998 initiated the 3DayCar Programme, studying the reconfiguration of the automotive supply chain. He began his motor industry career in the BMCLongbridge Plant as an Austin Engineeringapprentice in 1967. After working as a design and development engineer, he spent eight years planning and managing new product programmes in the Rover Triumph Division. In 1980 he became Strategic Planning Director forAustin Rover, in 1982 Marketing Director, in 1984 UK Sales Director and 1986 Overseas Sales Director. In 1989, he jointly founded the specialist consultants Harbour Wade Brown.
Harbour became an active member of theConservative Party in 1972.[3] He first stood for theEuropean Parliament in1989 in the constituency ofBirmingham East but failed to win election.[3] He missed out again in1994, before finally, in 1999, being placed high on the Conservative list for the new multi-memberWest Midlands region constituency, ensuring his election in the1999 European Parliament election.[3] He was re-elected in June 2004 and 2009. He is one of three Conservative members representing the West Midlands Region of the UK. He was chairman of theCommittee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and was a Member of theEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Group. He was vice-chairman of the Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) and a Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Delegation to Japan. Harbour takes a special interest in the EU Single Market, industry, science and technology policy. He was chairman of the European Manufacturing Forum, the Ceramics Industry Forum and the Conservative Technology Forum. He was a governor of theEuropean Internet Foundation. He has been the lead MEP (rapporteur) for major legislation on Telecoms, the Single Market and Motor Vehicle standards. Since 2005, he has served on the CARS 21 High Level Group, a Europe-wide initiative to boost the automotive industry. He was named as a top 50 European of 2006 for his key role in broking agreement on the Services Directive. In May 2006, he was named the UK's most Small Business Friendly UK Parliamentarian by members of the Forum of Private Business. In September 2010, he was voted Internal Market MEP of the Year.
Harbour was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to the British economy.[4][5]
Harbour married his wife, Penny, in 1969. He has two daughters, Louise and Katy, and four grandchildren. He lives inSolihull. His interests include travel, cooking, choral singing and motor racing.[3]
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