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gordon adam european paul brannen swinton , lancashire north east england 2 daughters liberal democrat british 15 july 1955 10 june 2004 whittingham , northumberland fiona hall at gateshead.jpg fiona hall -lrb- politician -rrb-
 2 july 2014 fiona hall st hugh 's college , oxford
fiona hall -lrb- politician -rrb-

fiona jane hall mbe -lrb- born 15 july 1955 in swinton , lancashire -rrb- , née cutts , was a member of the european parliament for north east england and leader of the liberal democrat meps. , until the 2014 european election .
she was elected to the european parliament in 2004 , and re-elected in 2009 , coming in third behind labour and conservative candidates with 17 % of the vote , the highest of any uk liberal democrat candidate .
hall was born in swinton , lancashire and attended worsley wardley grammar school and eccles college .
she went on to study at st hugh 's college , oxford and graduated with a degree in modern languages .
she worked part-time as a teacher after moving to northumberland where she campaigned against nuclear power in the early 1990s .
hall began working as a political officer for the liberal democrats in 1997 and parliamentary researcher two years later .
hall was an organisation for security and cooperation in europe polling station supervisor in kosovo in 2001 following the 1999 nato bombing of yugoslavia .
hall led the european union 's observer mission in togo during the october 2007 togolese parliamentary election .
she has been vice-president of the european forum for renewable energy sources since 2008 , and is a member of the group `` meps against cancer '' .
hall was appointed member of the order of the british empire -lrb- mbe -rrb- in the 2013 new year honours for public and political service .
