Veronica Hardstaff
Veronica Mary Tutt Hardstaff Billings (an haife ta ranar 23 ga watan Oktoban 1941) 'yar siyasa ce ta Biritaniya, wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin ‘yar majalisar birni a Sheffield kuma a matsayin memba na Majalisar Tarayyar Turai (MEP). 'Yar jam'iyyar Labour.

Ilimi da aiki 
Hardstaff ta halarci Jami'ar Manchester inda ta sami digiri a Jamusanci, sannan ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Cologne . Hardstaff ya yi aiki a matsayin malami na Jamusanci da Faransanci, na farko a Makarantar Grammar Girls na High Storrs da ke Sheffield, sannan a Makarantar Sakandare na Zamani ta St Peter.

A shekara 1971 an zabe ta a matsayin 'yar takarar Jam'iyyar Labour zuwa Majalisar Birnin Sheffield a gundumar Walkley, ta zama kansila ta cikakken lokaci; ta yi hidima na tsawon shekaru bakwai. A cikin 1977 ta koma aiki a makarantar sakandare ta Knottingley, ta koma cikin 1979 zuwa Makarantar Frecheville a Sheffield, kuma daga 1986 zuwa Makarantar Birley.

A zaben dukka gari na Birtaniya na 1992 ita ce 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Labour a mazabar Sheffield Hallam, amma ta zo na uku.

1994 Zaben Turai 
A zaben Majalisar Turai na 1994, Hardstaff ta kasance ‘yar takarar Jam'iyyar Labour a Lincolnshire da Humberside South. Wannan mazabar dai ta kunshi mazabu bakwai ne na majalisar dokokin Burtaniya, inda shida jam'iyyar Conservative ta gudanar da shi. Jam'iyyar Labour ta yi la'akari da lashe wannan zaben zai zama "wani kyauta Tory scalp". A ƙarshe, an zaɓi Hardstaff a matsayin ɗan Majalisar Tarayyar Turai da rinjayen 13,745.

Majalisar Turai 
Abokan aikinta ne suka zabe ta a matsayin shugabar jam'iyyar Labour ta Majalisar Tarayyar Turai . A watan Janairu 1995, ta kaurace wa sanya hannu kan wata sanarwa da ta nuna adawa da canji a Sashe na IV na kundin tsarin mulkin Jam’iyyar Labour, duk da MEPs na Labour 36 sun yi hakan. Tare da mazabar noma ta ɗauki al'amuran noma, inda ta yi kira da a samar da sabuwar hanyar ingancin abinci bayan abin kunya na BSE ciki har da tsauraran ƙa'idojin noma. Lokacin da aka kwatanta Lincolnshire a matsayin yanki mai wadata, ta rubuta wa ƙin yarda dangane da ƙarancin albashin da ake biyan wasu ma'aikatan gona.  Ta kuma kasance mataimakiyar shugabar kwamitin hadin gwiwa tsakanin majalisar Turai da Poland daga 1995.

Don zaben Majalisar Turai na 1999, an canza tsarin zaɓe zuwa wakilcin tsoron tushen. An sanya Hardstaff a matsayi na shida cikin bakwai a jerin yanki na Yorkshire da Humber, wurin da ya sa kusan ba zai yiwu a sake zaɓe ta ba; wannan kasan wurin da aka danganta ta da kawance da hagu.  A zaben dai jam'iyyar Labour ta lashe kujeru uku kacal a yankin.

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