Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Catherine Zena Bearder (born 14 January 1949) is a Liberal Democrat politician and MEP for South East England. She was the second placed Liberal Democrat candidate for the European Parliament in the South East region of England. Replacing Emma Nicholson MEP, she was placed behind Sharon Bowles MEP on the party list for the 2009 European elections. Bearder was elected to the European Parliament on 4 June 2009, and took her seat on 14 July.A former Lib Dem councillor in Cherwell and on Oxfordshire County Council, twice European candidate and parliamentary candidate for Banbury in 1997 and Henley in 2001, Catherine has been an active Liberal Democrat for many years. She is also vice-chair of the Lib Dem European Group and vice-president of the Green Liberal Democrats.The MEP is married to Professor Simon Bearder, a zoologist at Oxford Brookes University. The couple have three sons, Timothy, Ian and Peter.. }
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- Catherine_Bearder abstract "Catherine Zena Bearder (born 14 January 1949) is a Liberal Democrat politician and MEP for South East England. She was the second placed Liberal Democrat candidate for the European Parliament in the South East region of England. Replacing Emma Nicholson MEP, she was placed behind Sharon Bowles MEP on the party list for the 2009 European elections. Bearder was elected to the European Parliament on 4 June 2009, and took her seat on 14 July.A former Lib Dem councillor in Cherwell and on Oxfordshire County Council, twice European candidate and parliamentary candidate for Banbury in 1997 and Henley in 2001, Catherine has been an active Liberal Democrat for many years. She is also vice-chair of the Lib Dem European Group and vice-president of the Green Liberal Democrats.The MEP is married to Professor Simon Bearder, a zoologist at Oxford Brookes University. The couple have three sons, Timothy, Ian and Peter.".