caption predecessor birth_place party nationality office profession birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
michael cashman in 2009 '' position established '' london , england labour british member of the european parliament for west midlands actor 17 december 1950 10 june 1999 michael-cashman . jpg michael cashman
 26 may 2014 the lord cashman
michael cashman

michael maurice cashman , baron cashman cbe -lrb- born 17 december 1950 in london -rrb- is a british former actor , now a labour politician .
he was a member of the european parliament for the west midlands constituency from 1999 until he stood down in 2014 .
he has since then been appointed to the house of lords .
on the 23 of september 2014 it was announced by ed miliband that cashman would be appointed as the labour party 's special envoy on lgbt issues worldwide .
