# Roger Casale

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British politician (born 1960)

Roger Casale Member of Parliament for Wimbledon In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 Preceded by Charles Goodson-Wickes Succeeded by Stephen Hammond Personal details Born (1960-05-22) 22 May 1960 (age 66) Party Labour (until 2017) Other political affiliations Change UK (2019) Alma mater Brasenose College, Oxford Committees European Scrutiny Committee

**Roger Mark Casale** (born 22 May 1960) was the [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), England from 1997 to 2005.

In June 2013, Casale founded New Europeans, a pro-[EU](/source/European_Union) campaigning group.[1]

## Early life

He was educated at [King's College School](/source/King's_College_School), [Hurstpierpoint College](/source/Hurstpierpoint_College), [Brasenose College, Oxford](/source/Brasenose_College%2C_Oxford), and [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Political career

He gained the [Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) seat at the [1997 general election](/source/1997_United_Kingdom_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 general election](/source/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election). Casale successfully retained the seat with a slightly increased majority at the [2001 general election](/source/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election) but lost it to the [Conservatives](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) at the [2005 general election](/source/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election).[2]

## 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.[1]

In May 2017, Casale resigned from Labour in order to contest the [Vauxhall](/source/Vauxhall_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) constituency, held by Kate Hoey, a pro-Brexit Labour MP.[3][4] For this purpose, Casale announced the creation of Yes2Europe as a new political party.[5] Lambeth for Europe, the local pro-EU group, did not endorse Casale, instead opting for the [Liberal Democrat](/source/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)) candidate, George Turner.[6] In the end, Casale did not contest the constituency in the [2017 general election](/source/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election).[7]

In 2019, Casale joined [Change UK](/source/Change_UK) and became a candidate for the party in the [2019 European Parliament election](/source/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom), contesting the seven-member constituency of [East of England](/source/East_of_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)).[8] The party polled 3.7%; he was the last candidate on Change UK's party list for the constituency and was not elected.[9]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) ["We are New Europeans | Politics @ Surrey"](https://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2013/06/20/we-are-new-europeans/). *Blogs.surrey.ac.uk*. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-electoral_2-0)** ["Roger Casale: Electoral history and profile"](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/877/roger-casale). [guardian.co.uk](/source/Guardian.co.uk). Retrieved 27 March 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Roger Casale resigns from the British Labour Party"](https://europaunited.eu/2017/05/09/roger-casale-resigns-from-the-british-labour-party/). *Europa United*. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["2017 General Election – List of Candidates | Coffee House"](https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/2017-general-election-list-of-candidates/). *Coffee House*. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Roger Casale, former labour MP, announces the creation of the new pro European Party in UK Yes2Europe | Press Club Brussels Europe"](https://www.pressclub.be/event/roger-casale/). *www.pressclub.be*. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["George Turner endorsed by Lambeth For Europe"](http://www.lambethlibdems.org.uk/george_turner_endorsed_by_lambeth_for_europe). *Lambeth Lib Dems*. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Vauxhall parliamentary constituency - Election 2017"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001008). *BBC News*. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Speare-Cole, Rebecca (23 April 2019). ["Change UK candidates for European Elections 2019: Who is standing?"](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/change-uk-candidates-for-european-elections-2019-who-is-standing-for-proremain-party-a4124081.html). *Evening Standard*. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Staff Reporter (26 May 2019). ["Harlow voters back The Brexit Party in European Elections"](http://www.yourharlow.com/2019/05/26/big-vote-for-the-brexit-party-in-european-elections/). *Your Harlow*. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by Charles Goodson-Wickes Member of Parliament for Wimbledon 1997–2005 Succeeded by Stephen Hammond

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