Daniel Anthony Thomas Dalton (born 31 January 1974) is a former

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er and a

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politician in the United Kingdom who was a

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(MEP) from 2014 to 2019.

Cricket career

Born in

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, Daniel Dalton played county second eleven cricket for Kent, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire between 1996 and 2005 and Minor Counties cricket with Warwickshire cricket board Dalton represented the

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. His debut List A match came against Berkshire in the

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. From 1999 to 2002, he represented the Board in 8 matches, the last of which came against

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in the 1st round of the

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, which was held in 2002. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 126 runs at a

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of 15.75, with a high score of 46. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00, with best figures of 3/16. Dalton was a right-handed

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who bowled left-arm

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Education

Dalton attended two schools in the West Midlands, the first being Arnold Lodge School in Leamington Spa followed by

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. He also attended both

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and

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Universities.

Political career

Dalton was chosen by the Conservative Party to stand as a candidate in the

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for the

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. Dalton was placed at number three on the list, after Philip Bradbourn MEP and Anthea McIntyre MEP and was not elected. However he became the MEP for the West Midlands after Bradbourn died suddenly on 19 December 2014. He took his seat in the parliament on 8 January 2015. He had previously worked in the European Parliament for his party's Group. This is unusual: the only other British MEPs to have done so were

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and Anne McIntosh (Conservative) and

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(Labour).

Career after leaving the European Parliament

In April 2020, Dalton took over as the new CEO of the British Chamber of Commerce to the EU and Belgium, a group that represents more than 160 companies with business interests in the United Kingdom. Commenting on his appointment at the time, Tom Parker, President of the British Chamber of Commerce said "We are absolutely delighted to have Daniel join us. At this critical time for Europe and the UK, and with inevitably deeper UK-Belgium bilateral relations, Daniel's expertise and experience will ensure that the Chamber plays a central role in navigating a future where we remain close and strong partners."

Personal life

Dalton is the grandson of renowned gynaecologist Dr.

Katharina Dalton Katharina Dalton (11 November 1916 – 17 September 2004) was a British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome (PMS), coining the term, treating many women and testifying as an expert witness in influential court c ...

who researched and pioneered many transformational treatments for women.

References

External links

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at Cricinfo
Daniel Dalton
at CricketArchive

at the European Parliament {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Daniel 1974 births Living people Politicians from Oxford Cricketers from Oxford English cricketers Warwickshire Cricket Board cricketers Conservative Party (UK) MEPs MEPs for England 2014–2019 British sportsperson-politicians