Jane Brophy
| Jane Brophy | |
|---|---|
| Brophy in 2016 | |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Timperley | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Bullman | 
| Member of the European Parliament for North West England | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Sajjad Karim | 
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | 
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Village | |
| In office 1 May 2003 – 4 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | B. Ackroyd | 
| Succeeded by | Helen Bowker | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 August 1963 Manchester, Lancashire, England | 
| Political party | Liberal Democrats | 
| Residence(s) | Timperley, Greater Manchester | 
| Alma mater | University of Leeds | 
| Occupation | Politician | 
| Profession | Dietician | 
Jane Elisabeth Brophy (born 27 August 1963) is a British politician who was a Liberal Democrats Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020. She sat as a full member on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil. Brophy also sat as a substitute member on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Delegation for relations with Afghanistan.
She is a councillor and Liberal Democrat Deputy Group Leader on Trafford Council and was the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election, coming third with 6% of the vote. She is a member of the executive of Green Liberal Democrats. She stood as a Liberal Democrat in parliamentary elections for Eccles in 2005, Altrincham and Sale West in 2010, 2015 and 2017, and a by-election in Oldham West and Royton in 2015. She contested Altrincham and Sale West in the 2024 general election but came in fourth place.
Brophy is a dietician who specialises in the management of diabetes, and she has worked for the National Health Service (NHS). She is a member of the British Dietetic Association board. She has a degree in biochemistry.