Richard Ashworth

**Richard James Ashworth** (an haife shi 17 Satumba 1947 a Folkestone ) tsohon memba ne na Majalisar Turai (MEP) na Kudu maso Gabashin Ingila a karkashin tutar Change UK. Ya taba rike matsayi a majalisar Turai na jam'iyyar Conservative, kuma shi ne shugaban jam'iyyar a can daga Maris 2012 zuwa Nuwamba 2013. Ya yi aiki a matsayin MEP daga 2004 zuwa 2019.

## Asali
Ashworth ya yi karatu a The King's School, Canterbury, kuma ya karantu a fannin noma da gudanarwa a Kwalejin Seale-Hayne a Devon. Ya kasance shugaban kwalejin ilimi na gaba (Plumpton a Gabashin Sussex ) na tsawon shekaru da yawa tare da yin aiki a wasu hukumomin gwamnati a fannin ilimi. Bukatunsa sun hada da kiɗa, wasan kwaikwayo, wasanni, jirgin sama da kuma neman ƙasa.

Ya kasance dan takarar majalisa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya na North Devon a 1997, da kuma na mazabar Kudu maso Gabas a zaben majalisar Turai a shekara ta 1999 .

Kafin a zabe shi a shekara ta 2004, Ashworth ya kasance makiyayi don madara a Gabashin Sussex sama da shekaru talatin, kuma a wannan lokacin yana gudanar da kasuwancinsa na kiwo. Ya kuma taba zama shugaban United Milk Plc da kuma NFU Corporate. Ya kasance memba na kwamitin ba da shawara kan sarkar abinci na Ministan Noma .

## MEP mai ra'ayin mazan jiya
An zabe shi a Majalisar Tarayyar Turai a shekara ta 2004 kuma ya zama mai magana da yawun masu ra'ayin mazan jiya kan kasafin kudi. A ranar 6 ga watan Junin 2008, an nada Ashworth Babban Jami'in Conservative a cikin EP bayan an kori wanda ya gabace shi Den Dover  sakamakon badakalar kashe kudi.  An zabe shi mataimakin shugaban tawagar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya a majalisar Turai a watan Nuwamba 2008 da jagora a 2012. 

A matakin farko na tsarin sake zaɓen jam'iyyar Conservative Party gabanin zaɓen majalisar Turai na 2014, Anqi tabbatar da shi don zama tsakanin membobi masu kariya B ɓangaren jefa ƙuri'a. Ana kallon wannan a matsayin *juyin mulki* da 'yancin jam'iyyar Conservative ta yi wa shugabansu na MEP, wanda ake ganin yana da kusanci da Cameron kuma mai sassaucin ra'ayi a Turai.

An dakatar da Ashworth da MEP Julie Girling daga Jam'iyyar Conservative kuma an janye matsayinsa na Whip a ranar 7 ga Oktoba 2017, bayan da dukkansu suka goyi bayan kuri'a a Strasbourg suna bayyana cewa ba a sami isasshen ci gaba ba a tattaunawar Brexit na matakin farko don ba da damar tattaunawa ta ci gaba. tsarin ciniki-yarjejeniya na tattaunawa; duk da haka, sun kasance a cikin ƙungiyar masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na Turai da masu kawo sauyi (ECR).   A ranar 28 ga Fabrairu 2018, dukansu sun bar ƙungiyar ECR don shiga Ƙungiyar Jama'ar Turai . 

A ranar 1 ga watan Maris, 2018, Ashworth ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan majalisar Birtaniya uku da suka kada kuri'ar kin amincewa da kudirin karfafa majalissar dokokin kasa don hana "maganin musanya gay";  ya fitar da sanarwa a ranar 17 ga Satumba 2018 cewa kuri'arsa "kuskure ne wanda na yi matukar nadama", kuma yana nuna sauran kuri'unsa a wannan rana don nuna goyon baya ga al'amuran LGBT. 

## 'Change UK'

A ranar 16 ga watan Afrilu, 2019, an sanar da cewa shi da abokiyar aiki sa MEP Julie Girling sun shiga Change UK .  Sai dai daga baya Girling ta bayyana goyon bayanta ga jam'iyyar Liberal Democrats kuma ta bayyana cewa a zahiri ba ta taba shiga kungiyar Change UK ba.  Ashworth shi ne dan takara na farko a jerin masu neman canji a Birtaniya a Kudu maso Gabashin Ingila a zaben Majalisar Tarayyar Turai na 2019, inda Yayi rashin nasara a zaɓen.

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

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* European Parliament webpage
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