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.

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.

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

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. The party polled 3.7%; he was the last candidate on Change UK's party list for the constituency and was not elected.

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