Mel Read should not be confused with Mel Reid.
| Mel Read | |
| Constituency Mp: | East Midlands |
| Parliament: | European |
| Term Start: | 10 June 1999 |
| Term End: | 10 June 2004 |
| Predecessor: | New constituency |
| Successor: | Derek Clark |
| Constituency Mp1: | Nottingham and Leicestershire North West |
| Parliament1: | European |
| Term Start1: | 9 June 1994 |
| Term End1: | 10 June 1999 |
| Predecessor1: | Ken Coates |
| Successor1: | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency Mp2: | Leicester |
| Parliament2: | European |
| Term Start2: | 15 June 1989 |
| Term End2: | 9 June 1994 |
| Predecessor2: | Fred Tuckman |
| Successor2: | Susan Waddington |
| Birthname: | Imelda Mary Read |
| Alma Mater: | University of Leeds |
| Party: | Labour Party |
Imelda Mary Read (born 8 January 1939), known as Mel Read, is a British politician who served in the European Parliament.
Read was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, before becoming a laboratory technician, then an employment officer, and a lecturer. At the 1979 general election, she stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in Melton, and at the 1983 general election, she was unsuccessful in North West Leicestershire.[1]
Read became an MEP in 1989, representing first Leicester and then Nottingham and Leicestershire North West until 1999. She served as a quaestor for part of this period. From 1999, she represented the enlarged seat of the East Midlands.
She stood down at the 2004 European election, at which time she was elected as President of the European Cervical Cancer Association.[2] Read then resigned from the role in 2008 [3]