Fiona Hall

Fiona Jane Hall MBE ( Cutts; born 15 July 1955 in Swinton, Lancashire) is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North East England. She served as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2004, and re-elected in 2009, coming in third behind Labour and Conservative candidates with 17% of the vote, the highest of any UK Liberal Democrat candidate.

Hall attended Worsley Wardley Grammar School and Eccles College. She went on to study at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and graduated with a degree in Modern languages. She worked part-time as a teacher after moving to Northumberland, where she campaigned against nuclear power in the early 1990s. She has been vice-president of the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources since 2008,

Hall was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours List for public and political service.