Background
Judith "Jude" Kirton-Darling was born on 2 June 1977 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Member of the European Parliament politician
Judith "Jude" Kirton-Darling was born on 2 June 1977 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
In 1996, she matriculated into the University of Sheffield where she studied history and politics. In 1999, she graduated with an upper second class Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) degree.
She was elected in 2014. From 2000 to 2001, she studied at the University of Bath and the University of Pavia, and completed a Master of Science (Master of Science ) degree in European Social Policy Analysis. Kirton-Darling began her political career as a programme assistant with the Quaker Council for European Affairs from 1999 to 2000.
On 18 May 2011, she was elected Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation.
European Parliament
Kirton-Darling stood in the 2014 European Parliament election as a Labour Party candidate for the North East England region. On 1 July 2014, she was elected to the Committee for International Trade and the Committee on Petitions.
Kirton-Darling is a practising Quaker.