John Howarth

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Howarth
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 31, 1958(1958-10-31)
Age	66
Birthplace	Newcastle upon Tyne
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Newcastle upon Tyne
Horoscope	Capricorn

John Howarth Biography

John Howarth is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 31, 1958 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Howarth grew up on the Ellen Wilkinson Estate, a 1950s council housing development now part of Gateshead Borough. He attended Wardley Infant and Junior Schools and Highfield Comprehensive, a purpose-built comprehensive school that opened in 1970 upon the abolition of selection at 11 plus. The school would later be renamed Thomas Hepburn Community School and closed in 2019. He studied Economics at the University of Essex and after graduating gained a master’s degree in the History and Theory of 20th Century Art. His MA thesis was on work of the German Director, Werner Herzog.

In 1990 Howarth was elected Chair of Reading Labour Party which encompassed both of the town’s parliamentary constituencies and the Reading local government functions. He served as Chair until 1994 after which he became Press Officer, a role which he continued for the ten years. He also served as Vice-Chair of Berkshire County Labour Party, Thames Valley European Constituency, the South East Regional Board/Executive and the National Policy Forum.

In 2001 he was elected to Reading Borough Council, by now a unitary council, for Park Ward and was re-elected in 2004. Serving for a year as deputy lead on sport and cultural services, he became the cabinet member responsible for transport and strategic planning and was appointed to the South East England Regional Assembly. He became a member of the UK Government’s Regional Transport Board for the South East, the Joint Regional European Committee, the Regional Planning Committee, and the Berkshire Join Strategic Planning Committee. Howarth was also Chair of the Reading Station Project Board, which brought together stakeholders in the successful bid to attract funding for the expansion of the Great Western mainline facilities at Reading railway station. In 2007 he stood down from the Borough Council.

Howarth succeeded Anneliese Dodds who had represented the seat since the 2014 European Parliament election until she was elected as MP for Oxford East in the 2017 General Election, and he was re-elected at the 2019 European Parliament election.

In 1989 Howarth joined a company providing software and IT solutions, working on marketing communications and eventually becoming Director of Marketing and a partner. In 1995 he founded his own business providing marketing consulting services and later brand, design and business communications. He became a member of the Chartered Society of Designers and also worked in public affairs as a consultant for the international business communications firm, Instinctif Partners.

John Howarth Net Worth

John Howarth is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Howarth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Howarth (born 31 October 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2017 to 2020.

John Howarth became involved with the Labour Party during the February 1974 General Election when his father was on strike. He continued to be involved with Labour election campaigns in October 1974 and the Newcastle Central By- election of 1976 before university. In student politics he became National Secretary of Labour Students. On leaving the student world in 1982 Howarth became a Labour Party constituency organiser in Basingstoke and Secretary of the Hampshire County Labour Party. Having progressed to Labour’s Southern Regional Office (covering what is now the South East Region) Howarth left Labour’s staff in 1988 to work in the private sector and settled in Reading.

In 1993 he contested Redlands Division on Berkshire County Council, winning the seat comfortably. On the county council he served as chair of the Transport Committee and later as vice-chair of the Environment Committee as part of the Labour-Liberal Democrat administration. Howarth was a strong advocate of the abolition of Berkshire County Council and its replacement with Unitary local government. He served five years on the county council until it was dissolved in April 1998.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. John Howarth celebrates birthday on October 31 of every year.