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Biography
Alexandra Louise Mayer (born 2 June 1981) is a British Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England region for the Labour Party. She took up the post in November 2016 following the resignation of Richard Howitt.
Early life
Mayer was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and brought up in Crawley, West Sussex.
Mayer graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Exeter University in 2001 and has a master's degree in Politics and Parliamentary Studies from the University of Leeds.
Politics
In the 2014 European Parliament election she stood in for the East of England region in second position on the Labour list, which did not yield a seat, but took over from Richard Howitt following his resignation.
Mayer is a member of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum.