Mel Read

Mel Read
Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands
In office 10 June 1999 – 10 June 2004
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Derek Clark
Member of the European Parliament for Nottingham and Leicestershire North West
In office 9 June 1994 – 10 June 1999
Preceded by	Ken Coates
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the European Parliament for Leicester
In office 15 June 1989 – 9 June 1994
Preceded by	Fred Tuckman
Succeeded by	Sue Waddington
Personal details
Born	Imelda Mary Read
Party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Leeds

Imelda Mary Read (born 8 January 1939), known as Mel Read, is a British politician who served in the European Parliament.

Read was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, before becoming a laboratory technician, then an employment officer, and a lecturer at Trent Polytechnic, and worked with the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs.¹

At the 1979 general election, she stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in Melton, and at the 1983 general election, she was unsuccessful in North West Leicestershire.²

Read became an MEP in 1989, representing first Leicester and then Nottingham and Leicestershire North West until 1999. She served as a quaestor for part of this period. From 1999, she represented the enlarged seat of the East Midlands.²

She stood down at the 2004 European election, at which time she was elected as President of the European Cervical Cancer Association.³ Read then resigned from the role in 2008 ⁴