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David Anthony Gerald Sumberg (born June 2, 1941 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the North West England region for the Conservative Party. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999 and is standing down in 2009.
He is married to Carolyn and has two grown up children, Jonathan and Katie.
Sumberg was previously the Member of Parliament for Bury South, from 1983 to 1997, and is a former Manchester City Councillor. As an MP he acted as the Parliamentary Private Secretary for the Attorney General, Sir Patrick Mayhew.
As an MEP, he said that he was "not a signed up member" of the "European Project" and did not support a more centralised European Union, "unlike most of my MEP colleagues".
He has been criticised by members of other political parties and the national media for his low attendance and political inactivity. From 2004 to 2008 he made only two speeches and gave twelve “explanations of votes” - a total of 536 words. He has also tabled only five questions and has not written any of the reports or tabled any resolutions to the one committee he sat on. His local rival, Chris Davies MEP, said he would undoubtedly make the shortlist for Britain's laziest MEP. Defending himself, he said speeches in the European Parliament did not achieve a great deal as they are to empty chambers with no-one listening.
He paid his wife £54,000 per year from the staff allowance and claimed £40,000 per year in office expenses; he used the North West England Conservative Campaigns Centre as a forwarding address to his house in his north London, where he claimed the expenses.
References
- ^ MEP has no office in constituency but still claims £40,000 expenses, The Times, 2008-11-23
- ^ 'UK's laziest MEP' made two speeches in 4 years, The Independent, 2008-06-10
- ^ EastEnders MEP pays gay lover £30,000 to be his secretary, Daily Mail, 2008-06-10
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Bury South 1983–1997 |
Succeeded byIvan Lewis |
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