Stephen Skipsey Hughes (born 19 August 1952, in Sunderland, County Durham) is a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 2014.
Hughes attended St Bede's School in Lanchester, County Durham, and then Newcastle Polytechnic.
In 1994 he appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest majority in an English election.
Hughes was deputy leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1989 until 1991, and was also the Social Group spokesperson on health and safety and on the working environment.
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