Jane Elisabeth Brophy (born 27 August 1963) is a British politician who was a Liberal Democrats

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(MEP) for the

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between

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and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020. She sat as a full member on the

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and the Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil. Brophy also sat as a substitute member on the

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and Delegation for relations with

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. She is a

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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

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. She stood as a Liberal Democrat in parliamentary elections for Eccles in 2005,

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in 2010, 2015 and 2017, and a by-election in

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in 2015. Brophy is a

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who specialises in the management of

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, and she has worked for the

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(NHS). She is a member of the

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board. She has a degree in

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