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The 8th European Parliament was elected across the European Union in the late days of May 2014 for the 2014–2019 session. The United Kingdom was apportioned to send 73 out of the 751 Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) that are listed below.
Contribution of UK political parties within European Parliament political groups
The UK had representation with 73 of the 751 seats of the European Parliament with party contributions within political groups as follows at time of dissolution:
National party | MEPs | Political group | Governance |
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Labour Party | 19 / 185 | S&D | Commission majority |
Conservative Party | 18 / 77 | ECR | Opposition and non-aligned |
UKIP | 2 / 36 | ENF | Opposition and non-aligned |
UKIP | 1 / 20 | NI | Opposition and non-aligned |
Green Party | 3 / 52 | Greens/EFA | Opposition and non-aligned |
Scottish National Party | 2 / 52 | Greens/EFA | Opposition and non-aligned |
Ulster Unionist Party | 1 / 77 | ECR | Opposition and non-aligned |
Liberal Democrats | 1 / 69 | ALDE | Commission majority |
Sinn Féin | 1 / 52 | GUE/NGL | Opposition and non-aligned |
Plaid Cymru | 1 / 52 | Greens/EFA | Opposition and non-aligned |
Democratic Unionist Party | 1 / 20 | Non-Inscrits | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent | 2 / 216 | EPP | Commission majority |
SDP | 1 / 42 | EFDD | Opposition and non-aligned |
Brexit Party | 14 / 42 | EFDD | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent | 1 / 36 | ENF | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent | 3 / 42 | EFDD | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent politician | 1 / 20 | Non-Inscrits | Opposition and non-aligned |
vacant | 2 / 21 | n/a | n/a |
Members at dissolution
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Name | Constituency | National Party | EP Group |
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Stuart Agnew | East of England | UKIP | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 15 January 2019) |
Tim Aker | East of England | UKIP (until 5 December 2018) Thurrock Independents (until 11 February 2019) Brexit Party[a] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Lucy Anderson | London | Labour Party | S&D |
Martina Anderson | Northern Ireland | Sinn Féin | EUL-NGL |
Jonathan Arnott | North East England | UKIP (until 18 January 2018) Independent (until 16 April 2019) Brexit Party[b] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Richard Ashworth | South East England | Conservative Party (until 31 March 2019) | ECR (until 27 February 2018) |
Janice Atkinson | South East England | UKIP (until 1 October 2015) Independent[d] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 15 June 2019) |
Amjad Bashir | Yorkshire and the Humber | UKIP (until 28 January 2015) Conservative Party[e] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 22 January 2015) |
Gerard Batten | London | UKIP | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 7 December 2018) NI (until 15 January 2019) |
Catherine Bearder | South East England | Liberal Democrats | ALDE |
Louise Bours | North West England | UKIP (until 22 November 2018) Independent[f] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Paul Brannen | North East England | Labour Party | S&D |
Jonathan Bullock | East Midlands | UKIP (until 9 December 2018) Independent (until 12 February 2019) Brexit Party[g] | EFDD |
David Campbell Bannerman | East of England | Conservative Party | ECR |
James Carver | West Midlands | UKIP (until 27 May 2018) Independent[h] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 27 May 2018) NI (until 9 January 2019) |
David Coburn | Scotland | UKIP (until 8 January 2019) Independent (until 11 February 2019) Brexit Party[i] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Jane Collins | Yorkshire and the Humber | UKIP (until 15 April 2019) Brexit Party[j] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 15 January 2019) ENF (until 16 April 2019) EFDD[k] |
Richard Corbett | Yorkshire and the Humber | Labour Party | S&D |
Seb Dance | London | Labour Party | S&D |
Daniel Dalton | West Midlands | Conservative Party | ECR |
The Earl of Dartmouth | South West England | UKIP (until 27 November 2018) Independent[l] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Nirj Deva | South East England | Conservative Party | ECR |
Diane Dodds | Northern Ireland | Democratic Unionist Party | NI |
Bill Etheridge | West Midlands | UKIP (until 1 October 2018) Thurrock Independents (until 7 October 2018) Libertarian Party (until 12 February 2019) Brexit Party[m] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Jill Evans | Wales | Plaid Cymru | Greens–EFA |
Nigel Farage | South East England | UKIP (until 4 December 2018) Independent (until 11 February 2019) Brexit Party[n] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
John Flack | East of England | Conservative Party | ECR |
Ray Finch | South East England | UKIP (until 16 April 2019) Brexit Party[o] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Jacqueline Foster | North West England | Conservative Party | ECR |
Ashley Fox | South West England | Conservative Party | ECR |
Nathan Gill | Wales | UKIP (until 6 December 2018) Independent (until 11 February 2019) Brexit Party[p] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Neena Gill | West Midlands | Labour Party | S&D |
Julie Girling | South West England | Conservative Party Independent[q] | ECR (until 27 February 2018) |
Theresa Griffin | North West England | Labour Party | S&D |
Daniel Hannan | South East England | Conservative Party | ECR |
Mary Honeyball | London | Labour Party | S&D |
Mike Hookem | Yorkshire and the Humber | UKIP | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 16 January 2019) |
John Howarth | South East England | Labour Party | S&D |
Ian Hudghton | Scotland | Scottish National Party | Greens–EFA |
Diane James | South East England | UKIP (until 19 November 2016) Independent (until 4 February 2019) Brexit Party[r] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 19 November 2016) NI (until 12 December 2018) |
Syed Kamall | London | Conservative Party | ECR |
Saj Karim | North West England | Conservative Party | ECR |
Wajid Khan | North West England | Labour Party | S&D |
Jude Kirton-Darling | North East England | Labour Party | S&D |
Jean Lambert | London | Green Party (England and Wales) | Greens–EFA |
David Martin | Scotland | Labour Party | S&D |
Rupert Matthews | East Midlands | Conservative Party | ECR |
Alex Mayer | East of England | Labour Party | S&D |
Linda McAvan [s] | Yorkshire and the Humber | Labour Party | S&D |
Emma McClarkin | East Midlands | Conservative Party | ECR |
Anthea McIntyre | West Midlands | Conservative Party | ECR |
Nosheena Mobarik | Scotland | Conservative Party | ECR |
Clare Moody | South West England | Labour Party | S&D |
Claude Moraes | London | Labour Party | S&D |
Jim Nicholson | Northern Ireland | Ulster Unionist Party | ECR |
Paul Nuttall | North West England | UKIP (until 8 December 2018) Independent (until 14 February 2019) Brexit Party [t] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Patrick O'Flynn | East of England | UKIP (until 26 November 2018) SDP[u] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Rory Palmer | East Midlands | Labour Party | S&D |
Margot Parker | East Midlands | UKIP (until 14 April 2019) Brexit Party[v] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
John Michael Procter | Yorkshire and the Humber | Conservative Party | ECR |
Julia Reid | South West England | UKIP (until 7 December 2018) Independent (until 11 February 2019) Brexit Party[w] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Molly Scott Cato | South West England | Green Party (England and Wales) | Greens–EFA |
Jill Seymour | West Midlands | UKIP (until 14 April 2019) Brexit Party[x] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) |
Siôn Simon | West Midlands | Labour Party | S&D |
Alyn Smith | Scotland | Scottish National Party | Greens–EFA |
Kay Swinburne | Wales | Conservative Party | ECR |
Charles Tannock | London | Conservative Party | ECR |
Keith Taylor | South East England | Green Party (England and Wales) | Greens–EFA |
Geoffrey Van Orden | East of England | Conservative Party | ECR |
Derek Vaughan | Wales | Labour Party | S&D |
Julie Ward | North West England | Labour Party | S&D |
Steven Woolfe | North West England | UKIP (until 17 October 2016) Independent[y] | EFDD (until 15 October 2014) NI (until 19 October 2014) EFDD (until 23 October 2016) |
Former members
Name | Region | Party | Date | Reason for departure |
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Philip Bradbourn | West Midlands | Conservative Party | 19 December 2014 | Died in office |
Anneliese Dodds | South East England | Labour Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Ian Duncan | Scotland | Conservative Party | 22 June 2017 | Resigned after being created life peer |
Vicky Ford | East of England | Conservative Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Afzal Khan | North West England | Labour Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Timothy Kirkhope | Yorkshire and the Humber | Conservative Party | 5 October 2016 | Resigned after being created life peer |
Andrew Lewer | East Midlands | Conservative Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Roger Helmer | East Midlands | UKIP | 31 July 2017 | Resigned citing age and health status as reasons, but amid allegations of misuse of public funds[18] |
Richard Howitt | East of England | Labour Party | 2 November 2016 | Resigned after taking up chief executive position at International Integrated Reporting Council |
Glenis Willmott | East Midlands | Labour Party | 2 October 2017 | Retired |
Catherine Stihler | Scotland | Labour Party | 31 January 2019 | Retired to take up chief executive post at Open Knowledge International |
Notes
- ^ Aker was originally elected for UKIP but joined the Thurrock Independents by 9 December 2018 and then the Brexit Party in February 2019[1]
- ^ Arnott was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in January 2018, and joined The Brexit Party in April 2019[2]
- ^ Ashworth was originally elected for the Conservative Party but was expelled from the party in September 2018.[3] He sat (with fellow Conservatives) in the ECR group until February 2018 when he joined the EPP group
- ^ Atkinson was elected for UKIP but was expelled from the party in 2015. She joined ENF in June 2015
- ^ Bashir was originally elected for UKIP but joined the Conservative Party in January 2015
- ^ Bours was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in November 2018
- ^ Bullock was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018. In February 2019, he joined the Brexit Party.
- ^ Carver was elected for UKIP but left the party in May 2018
- ^ Coburn was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018
- ^ Collins was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in April 2019[citation needed]
- ^ Collins left EFDD to join ENF in January 2019, but rejoined EFDD in April 2019[4]
- ^ The Earl of Dartmouth was originally elected for UKIP but resigned from the party in September 2018
- ^ Etheridge was originally elected for UKIP but resigned from the party in October 2018, before joining the Libertarian Party and stating he would continue to be a member of EFDD[5]
- ^ Farage was originally elected for UKIP but resigned from the party in December 2018
- ^ Finch was originally elected for UKIP but joined The Brexit Party in April 2019[6]
- ^ Gill was originally elected for UKIP but resigned from the party in December 2018[7]
- ^ Girling was originally elected for the Conservative Party but was expelled from the party in September 2018.[8][9] She sat in the ECR group until February 2018 when she joined the EPP group.
- ^ James was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in November 2016, and joined The Brexit Party in February 2019[10][11]
- ^ McAvan resigned as an MEP on 18 April 2019 [12]
- ^ Nuttall was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018[13] and joined the Brexit Party in February 2019 [14][15]
- ^ O'Flynn was originally elected for UKIP but joined the SDP in November 2018
- ^ Parker was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in April 2019[citation needed]
- ^ Reid was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018[16] and joined the Brexit Party in February 2019
- ^ Seymour was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in April 2019[citation needed]
- ^ Woolfe was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in October 2016[17]
References
- ^ "Tim AKER". European Parliament. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "8th parliamentary term | Jonathan ARNOTT | MEPs | European Parliament".
- ^ "ASHWORTH REACTS TO EXPULSION FROM CONSERVATIVE PARTY". richardashworth.org. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Jane Collins". European Parliament. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Former UKIP leadership candidate Bill Etheridge resigns". BBC News. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "8th parliamentary term | Raymond FINCH | MEPs | European Parliament".
- ^ Williamson, David (6 December 2018). "Welsh MEP Nathan Gill quits Ukip in protest at Tommy Robinson link-up". Wales Online. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Rankin, Jennifer (1 October 2018). "'I am not allowed not to agree': Julie Girling on being a remain Tory MEP". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Last week the MEP for South West England and Gibraltar learned she had been expelled from the party, after clashing with the leadership over Brexit.
- ^ Banks, Martin (2 October 2018). "MEP highlights party "intolerance" after Brexit ousting". The Parliament Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
Girling, a conservative party member for more than 40 years, fell out with party hierarchy over the UK's impending divorce from the EU, and her dismissal was confirmed in a letter last week. The letter, dated 25 September, was signed by party chairman Brandon Lewis and cites Girling's recent decision to join the European Parliament centre-right EPP group as the reason for her exile.
- ^ Swinford, Steven (21 November 2016). "Nigel Farage accuses Diane James of 'irrational selfishness' after she quits Ukip over 'difficult' relationships". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "8th parliamentary term | Diane JAMES | MEPs | European Parliament".
- ^ "8th parliamentary term | Linda McAVAN | MEPs | European Parliament".
- ^ "Ex-UKIP leader Paul Nuttall quits party over Tommy Robinson role". Sky News. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "BREXIT BOOST: Nigel Farage to POACH senior Tories from UNDER May's NOSE for Brexit Party". 23 February 2019.
- ^ "8th parliamentary term | Paul NUTTALL | MEPs | European Parliament".
- ^ Phillips, Alison (10 December 2018). "South West MEP quits UKIP over appointment of Tommy Robinson". Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Merrick, Rob (17 October 2016). "Steven Woolfe quits Ukip calling party 'ungovernable'". The Independent. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Rankin, Jennifer (13 June 2017). "Ukip MEP resigns amid investigation into alleged misuse of funds". The Guardian.
See also
- 2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
- 2014 European Parliament election
- Parliamentary Groups
External links
- European elections: UK results