{{Short description|British politician (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Roger Casale | honorific_suffix = | image = | constituency_MP = [[Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)|Wimbledon]] | parliament = | majority = | term_start = 1 May 1997 | term_end = 11 April 2005 | predecessor = [[Charles Goodson-Wickes]] | successor = [[Stephen Hammond]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|05|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] <small>(until 2017)</small> | other_party = [[Change UK]] (2019) | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = [[European Scrutiny Committee]] | portfolio = | signature = | website = }} '''Roger Mark Casale''' (born 22 May 1960) was the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)|Wimbledon]], England from 1997 to 2005.
In June 2013, Casale founded New Europeans, a pro-[[European Union|EU]] campaigning group.<ref name=":0" />
==Early life== He was educated at [[King's College School]], [[Hurstpierpoint College]], [[Brasenose College, Oxford]], and [[Johns Hopkins University]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
==Political career== He gained the [[Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)|Wimbledon]] seat at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], one of the surprise results of the Labour landslide as Wimbledon had only ever previously been won by the Labour Party at the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]]. Casale successfully retained the seat with a slightly increased majority at the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]] but lost it to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]].<ref name=electoral>{{cite web| url = https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/877/roger-casale | title = Roger Casale: Electoral history and profile | access-date = 2010-03-27 | publisher = [[guardian.co.uk]]}}</ref>
==After Parliament== Since losing his seat Casale has run his own parliamentary advisors company, Roger Casale Associates Ltd. In June 2013, Casale founded New Europeans, a pro-EU campaigning group.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2013/06/20/we-are-new-europeans/ |title=We are New Europeans | Politics @ Surrey |website=Blogs.surrey.ac.uk |date=2013-06-20 |access-date=2016-10-14}}</ref>
In May 2017, Casale resigned from Labour in order to contest the [[Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)|Vauxhall]] constituency, held by Kate Hoey, a pro-Brexit Labour MP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://europaunited.eu/2017/05/09/roger-casale-resigns-from-the-british-labour-party/|title=Roger Casale resigns from the British Labour Party|date=9 May 2017|work=Europa United|access-date=18 June 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/2017-general-election-list-of-candidates/|title=2017 General Election – List of Candidates {{!}} Coffee House|date=10 May 2017|work=Coffee House|access-date=18 June 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> For this purpose, Casale announced the creation of Yes2Europe as a new political party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressclub.be/event/roger-casale/|title=Roger Casale, former labour MP, announces the creation of the new pro European Party in UK Yes2Europe {{!}} Press Club Brussels Europe|website=www.pressclub.be|language=en-GB|access-date=18 June 2018}}</ref> Lambeth for Europe, the local pro-EU group, did not endorse Casale, instead opting for the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] candidate, George Turner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lambethlibdems.org.uk/george_turner_endorsed_by_lambeth_for_europe|title=George Turner endorsed by Lambeth For Europe|date=9 May 2017|work=Lambeth Lib Dems|access-date=18 June 2018|language=en}}</ref> In the end, Casale did not contest the constituency in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001008|title=Vauxhall parliamentary constituency - Election 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=18 June 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2019, Casale joined [[Change UK]] and became a candidate for the party in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament election]], contesting the seven-member constituency of [[East of England (European Parliament constituency)|East of England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/change-uk-candidates-for-european-elections-2019-who-is-standing-for-proremain-party-a4124081.html|title=Change UK candidates for European Elections 2019: Who is standing?|last=Speare-Cole|first=Rebecca|date=23 April 2019|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref> The party polled 3.7%; he was the last candidate on Change UK's party list for the constituency and was not elected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yourharlow.com/2019/05/26/big-vote-for-the-brexit-party-in-european-elections/|title=Harlow voters back The Brexit Party in European Elections|author=Staff Reporter|date=26 May 2019|website=Your Harlow|language=en-US|access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref>
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