Claude Moraes

Claude Moraes OBE
Member of the European Parliament for London
In office 15 July 1999 – 31 January 2020
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1965-10-22) 22 October 1965 (age 58) Aden, South Arabia (now Aden, Yemen)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Dundee Birkbeck, University of London LSE

Claude Ajit Moraes OBE (born 22 October 1965) is a British Labour Party politician and campaigner,^[1] who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London between 1999 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.^[2] He was Chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party and Vice-President of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament.^[3]