predecessor parliament successor constituency_mp party term_start birthname article_title term_end name alma_mater
constituency created ken coates frederick tuckman european european european derek clark constituency dissolved susan waddington east midlands nottingham and leicestershire north west leicester labour party 10 june 1999 9 june 1994 15 june 1989 imelda mary read mel read
 10 june 2004 10 june 1999 9 june 1994 mel read university of leeds
mel read

imelda mary read , known as mel read is a british politician , and former labour party member of the european parliament for the east midlands .
she became an mep in 1989 , representing first leicester constituency and then the nottingham and leicestershire north west until 1999 .
she stood down at the 2004 european election at which time she was elected as president of the european cervical cancer association .
