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Gibson was a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England between 2019 and the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU.[2]Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Political career[edit]Personal life[edit]Electoral history[edit]2019 European Parliament election[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Gibson was born in Oklahoma City in 1962 and moved to the United Kingdom in 2002.[3]Gibson earned a PhD in Intercultural Communication and has lectured on this topic in the context of global business for universities and business schools in the UK and across Europe, including Birkbeck, University of London.[4]Political career[edit]Gibson was elected to Hertfordshire County Council in 2017,[5] winning her seat from the Conservatives who had held it since 2009.Gibson was elected to the European Parliament at the 2019 European Parliamentary election. She was placed first on the party list in the East of England constituency, and was elected alongside Lucy Nethsingha, who was placed second.She was a member of the Committee on International Trade where she played a key role in deciding whether the EU should lower tariffs or harmonise regulations between countries outside of the EU.[6] Gibson was also a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly as well a Substitute[7] on three other EU Parliamentary bodies: the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).With more than 25 years\u2019 experience as a business communication professional, Gibson has worked with companies across the world; is a past international chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC); past-president of SIETAR UK (the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research); and a past International Group Chair of the CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations).Having come third in Stevenage at the 2017 general election, she was expected to stand as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Welwyn Hatfield in 2019 but she didn’t.[8]Personal life[edit]Gibson lives with her husband and two dogs in Welwyn, Hertfordshire.[3]Electoral history[edit]2019 European Parliament election[edit]European election 2019: East of England[10] (results)ListCandidatesVotes%\u00b1Brexit PartyRichard Tice (1)Michael Heaver (3)June Mummery (5)Paul Hearn, Priscilla Huby, Sean Lever, Edmund Fordham604,715(201,391.67)37.83N\/ALiberal DemocratsBarbara Gibson (2)Lucy Nethsingha (6)Fionna Tod, Stephen Robinson, Sandy Walkington, Marie Goldman, Jules Ewart361,563(180,751.5)22.6215.72GreenCatherine Rowett (4)Rupert Read, Martin Schmierer, Fiona Radic, Paul Jeater, Pallavi Devulapalli, Jeremy Caddick202,46012.674.17ConservativeGeoffrey Van Orden (7)John Flack, Joe Rich, Thomas McLaren, Joel Charles, Wazz Mughal, Thomas Smith163,83010.25-18.15LabourAlex Mayer, Chris Vince, Sharon Taylor, Alvin Shum, Anna Smith, Adam Scott, Javeria Hussain139,4908.73-8.57Change UKEmma Taylor, Neil Carmichael, Bhavna Joshi, Michelle de Vries, Amanda Gummer, Thomas Graham, Roger Casale58,2743.65N\/AUKIPStuart Agnew, Paul Oakley, Elizabeth Jones, William Ashpole, Alan Graves, John Wallace, John Whitby54,6763.42-31.08English DemocratRobin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, Bridget Vickers, Paul Wiffen10,2170.64-1.09IndependentAttila Csordas3,2300.20N\/ARejected ballots9,589Turnout1,603,01736.37%+0.4%References[edit]External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/barbara-gibson-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Barbara Gibson – Wikipedia"}}]}]