Jane Brophy

Cllr
Jane Brophy
Brophy in 2016
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor
for Timperley
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 May 2008
Preceded byKen Bullman
Member of the European Parliament
for North West England
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded bySajjad Karim
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor
for Village
In office
1 May 2003 – 4 May 2007
Preceded byB. Ackroyd
Succeeded byHelen Bowker
Personal details
Born (1963-08-27) 27 August 1963 (age 62)
Manchester, Lancashire, England
PartyLiberal Democrats
University of Leeds
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionDietician

Jane Elisabeth Brophy (born 27 August 1963) is a British politician who was a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.[1] She sat as a full member on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil.[2] Brophy also sat as a substitute member on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Delegation for relations with Afghanistan.[2]

She is a councillor and for the municipal year of 2025-26 she is Mayor of Trafford Council, a ceremonial position.[3][4] She was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election, coming third with 6% of the vote.[5][6][7] She is a member of the executive of Green Liberal Democrats.[8] She stood as a Liberal Democrat in parliamentary elections for Eccles in 2005, Altrincham and Sale West in 2010, 2015 and 2017, and a by-election in Oldham West and Royton in 2015. She contested Altrincham and Sale West in the 2024 general election but came in fourth place.[9]

Brophy is a dietician who specialises in the management of diabetes, and she has worked for the National Health Service (NHS). She is a former member of the British Dietetic Association board. She has a degree in Biochemistry.[10]

References

  1. ^ "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "MEPs – Jane Brophy". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Mayor of Trafford Councillor Jane Brophy".
  4. ^ "Long-serving Timperley councillor appointed Mayor of Trafford archive". Archived from the original on 24 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Councillor details – Councillor Jane Brophy". democratic.trafford.gov.uk. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ Pidd, Helen (5 May 2017). "Andy Burnham elected mayor of Greater Manchester". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. ^ Fitzgerald, Todd (16 September 2016). "Liberal Democrats select their Greater Manchester mayoral candidate". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Jane Brophy Green Liberal Democrat Executive". Green Liberal Democrats. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Liberal Democrats announce MP candidate for Altrincham and Sale West". Mancunian Matters. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Jane Brophy Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West". Liberal Democrats. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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