Roger Casale

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox officeholder Roger Mark Casale (born 22 May 1960) was the Labour Member of Parliament for Wimbledon, England from 1997 to 2005.

In June 2013, Casale founded New Europeans, a pro-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.Template:Citation needed

Political career

He gained the Wimbledon seat at the 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 general election. Casale successfully retained the seat with a slightly increased majority at the 2001 general election but lost it to the Conservatives at the 2005 general election.<ref name=electoral>Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref>

In May 2017, Casale resigned from Labour in order to contest the Vauxhall constituency, held by Kate Hoey, a pro-Brexit Labour MP.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For this purpose, Casale announced the creation of Yes2Europe as a new political party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lambeth for Europe, the local pro-EU group, did not endorse Casale, instead opting for the Liberal Democrat candidate, George Turner.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the end, Casale did not contest the constituency in the 2017 general election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2019, Casale joined Change UK and became a candidate for the party in the 2019 European Parliament election, contesting the seven-member constituency of East of England.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>