Ben Patterson (politician)
British writer and Conservative Party politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Benjamin Patterson (born 21 April 1939) is a British writer and former Conservative Party politician.
Ben Patterson was born in Hemel Hempstead.[1] He was educated at Westminster School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.[2] His first job was as a tutor at Swinton Conservative College, lecturing on the Common Market.
From 1968 to 1971 he was a Councillor on the London Borough of Hammersmith. [3]
In 1979, at the first direct elections to the European Parliament, Patterson was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Kent West. He served as vice-chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy from January 1992 until he was defeated in the 1994 European elections.[1]