Gina Dowding (born 15 July 1962) is a British politician who served as a

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(MEP) for

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from 2019 to 2020, on behalf of the

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. She was elected to the role in the

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on 23 May of that year. Before being elected as an MEP, Dowding was a Green Party councillor on Lancaster City Council from 1999 to 2007 and again in 2019, and a councillor on

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from 2013. Dowding first joined the Green Party in 1986 at the age of 22, citing a voluntary work visit to Bangladesh as a turning point in her awareness of inequality.

Electoral performance

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