Derek Vaughan CBE is a Welsh Labour politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales between 2009 and 2019.

Vaughan was born in Merthyr Tydfil, first studying at Afon Taf High School before working locally as an engineering apprentice and later for the Valuation Office Agency.

He then went on to study Politics and History at Swansea University after which he returned to the Valuation Agency and then full-time as a trades union official for the Public and Commercial Services Union, a role he held until 2004.

He stood successfully for re-election in the European Election 2014.

[6] Vaughan was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.