Andrew Pearce
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Andrew Pearce (born 1 December 1937) is a former Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Cheshire West from 1979 to 1989.{{cite book |title= My Personal Story: In and Out of Europe |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-TPNAQAAQBAJ |date= October 2013 |accessdate= 15 May 2016 |author= Andrew Pearce |publisher= Troubador Publishing |isbn= 978-1783060177}} He also ran unsuccessfully as a Conservative candidate in the 1970 general election.
Among other positions Pearce was chairman of the British Retail Consortium's International Trade Committee and chairman of the Friends of National Museums Liverpool.{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-10683310 |title= 'Big society' museum plans in Liverpool condemned |date= 19 July 2010 |accessdate= 15 May 2016 |work= BBC News}}{{cite news |title= Tough times for clothing sector |date= 25 March 1992 |work= Belfast Telegraph}}
Background
Andrew Pearce was born to Henry Pearce and Evelyn Andrew in 1937 and grew up in Aughton. Pearce attended Rydal School in North Wales before being called for two years of national service in the Royal Air Force. In 1958 he began studying at King's College, Newcastle for a degree in economics.
Political career
Pearce was personal assistant to Charles Morrison in the 1966 General Election. He was chosen to be prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in Islington North in 1968,{{cite news |title= N. Islington Tory Candidate |date= 20 September 1968 |work= North London Press}} though lost the 1969 by-election and the 1970 general election.
Pearce was elected to the European Parliament in 1979, for Cheshire West and Wirral. In 1984 Pearce estimated that he spent 453 hours a year travelling as part of his position.{{cite news |title= The EEC on the line: A tough life of travel and work |date = 25 January 1984 |work= Evening Leader |author= Jerry March}} In 1988 Pearce campaigned for local organisations to put in bids to the European Economic Community for free food for welfare organisations, stating that he was "puzzled and disappointed" that none in his constituency applied.{{cite news |title= Town loses out on free food |date= 8 September 1988 |work= Northwich Guardian}}{{cite news |title= Needy are 'missing out' on free food offer |date= 8 September 1988 |work= Daily Post}} In the June 1989 elections Pearce was not re-elected to the European Parliament, with Labour's Lyndon Harrison elected in his place.{{cite news |title= Labour Push Out Pearce |date= 19 June 1989 |author= Geoff Barnes}}
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Category:People educated at Rydal Penrhos
Category:Alumni of King's College, Newcastle
Category:Conservative Party (UK) MEPs
Category:MEPs for England 1979–1984
Category:MEPs for England 1984–1989