Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 1979-1984

Name	Party	Constituency
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Gordon Adam Gordon Adam Dr Gordon Johnston Adam is a British mining engineer and Labour Party politician. With one brief interruption, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for 25 years.-Training and career:...	Lab	Northumbria Northumbria (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Richard Balfe Richard Balfe -Early life:Born in Barton Mills, Mildenhall, Suffolk, Balfe spent time in a children's home in Sheffield. He began working in a bakery in 1960 and joined USDAW...	Lab	London South Inner London South Inner (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Neil Balfour Neil Balfour Neil Roxburgh Balfour is a British merchant banker and financier who had a second career as a politician.-Education:Balfour was educated at Ampleforth College, the leading British public school for Roman Catholics. He went on to University college, Oxford University, and then read for the Bar...	Con	Yorkshire North Yorkshire North (European Parliament constituency) Yorkshire North was a European Parliament constituency covering much of North Yorkshire and part of Humberside in England.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Robert Battersby Robert Battersby Robert Battersby, KSG, CBE was British soldier, linguist, diplomat and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the constituency of Humberside between 1979 and 1989...	Con	Humberside Humberside (European Parliament constituency) Humberside was a European Parliament constituency, covering most of the Humberside district of England.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Peter Beazley Peter Beazley Peter George Beazley CBE was a British businessman and politician, who worked for Imperial Chemical Industries for over thirty years...	Con	Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire South (European Parliament constituency) Bedfordshire South was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system...
Lord Bethell	Con	London North West London North West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Roland Boyes Roland Boyes Roland Boyes was a British Labour Party politician, amateur photographer and, in retirement, a fundraiser for research into Alzheimer's disease.- Early years :...	Lab	Durham Durham (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Beata Brookes Beata Brookes Beata Ann Brookes, CBE is a retired British social worker, company secretary and Conservative Party politician. She served ten years as Member of the European Parliament for North Wales, and made several attempts to obtain election to the House of Commons. She has sometimes been nicknamed the...	Con	Wales North North Wales (European Parliament constituency) North Wales was a European Parliament constituency which roughly covered the unofficial region of North Wales, from 1979 until 1999. It was held by the Conservative Party from 1979 until 1989, during which time it was their only seat in Wales....
Janey Buchan Janey Buchan Janey O'Neil Buchan , was a Scottish Labour Member of the European Parliament for the Glasgow constituency from 1979 to 1994 when she retired from the post aged 67....	Lab	Glasgow Glasgow (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Richard Caborn Richard Caborn Richard George Caborn PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central from 1983 to 2010...	Lab	Sheffield Sheffield (European Parliament constituency) Sheffield was a European Parliament constituency covering the City of Sheffield and parts of Derbyshire in England.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Barbara Castle Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn , PC, GCOT was a British Labour Party politician....	Lab	Greater Manchester North Greater Manchester North (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Frederick Catherwood Fred Catherwood Sir Henry Frederick Ross Catherwood was a UK politician and writer....	Con	Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (1979-1984) (European Parliament constituency) Cambridgeshire was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system...
Ann Clwyd Ann Clwyd Ann Clwyd Roberts is a Welsh Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Cynon Valley since 1984.-Early life:Ann Clwyd is the daughter of Gwilym Henri Lewis and Elizabeth Ann Lewis...	Lab	Wales Mid & West Mid and West Wales (European Parliament constituency) Mid and West Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south western Wales.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Kenneth Collins	Lab	Strathclyde East Strathclyde East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Richard Cottrell	Con	Bristol Bristol (European Parliament constituency) Bristol was a European Parliament constituency centred on Bristol in England, but covering much of Avon. Until 1984, it included parts of southern Gloucestershire and northwestern Wiltshire....
David Curry David Curry David Maurice Curry is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010.-Early life:...	Con	Essex North East Essex North East (European Parliament constituency) Essex North East was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system...
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Ian Dalziel Ian Dalziel Ian Martin Dalziel is a British businessman and politician who served one term as a Conservative Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984....	Con	Lothians Lothians (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
John de Courcy Ling John de Courcy Ling John de Courcy Ling CBE was a British diplomat, farmer, politician and writer. His Roman Catholic faith contributed to making him a strong internationalist who believed in overseas aid.-Family and personal life:...	Con	Midlands Central Midlands Central (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Basil de Ferranti Basil de Ferranti Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti was a British businessman and a Conservative Party politician. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was the grandson of the electrical engineer and inventor Sebastian de Ferranti.He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1955 general...	Con	Hampshire West Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Marquess of Douro Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, Grandee of Spain, OBE , is the son and heir of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and his wife, Diana McConnel. He was born as Earl of Mornington in 1945, at Princess Christian Nursing Home, Windsor, Berkshire...	Con	Surrey Surrey (1979-1984) (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Baroness Elles Diana Elles, Baroness Elles Diana Louie Elles, Baroness Elles was a barrister and United Nations representative from the United Kingdom. She was a delegate to the European Parliament for over a decade.-Early years:...	Con	Thames Valley Thames Valley (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Derek Enright Derek Enright Derek Anthony Enright was a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, he attended the St Michael's College on St John's Road in Leeds , then a grammar school...	Lab	Leeds Leeds (European Parliament constituency) Leeds was a European Parliament constituency, centred on Leeds in the West Yorkshire area of England.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Winifred Ewing	SNP	Highlands and Islands Highlands and Islands (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Adam Fergusson Adam Fergusson (MEP) Adam Dugdale Fergusson is a British journalist, author and Conservative Party politician who served one term in the European Parliament. He has remained involved in the field of European Union affairs since, as a Special Adviser to Conservative governments and as a business consultant...	Con	Strathclyde West Strathclyde West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Norvela Forster Norvela Forster Norvela Felicia Forster was a United Kingdom businesswoman, exporter and politician.-Education:Born in Gillingham, Kent, Forster attended South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, Salisbury, and Bedford College, University of London where she was President of the Union Society and obtained a Bachelor...	Con	Birmingham South Birmingham South (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Eric Forth Eric Forth Eric Forth was a British politician. He was the Conservative Member of the European Parliament for Birmingham North, then Member of Parliament for Mid Worcestershire and finally Bromley and Chislehurst at his death. He served as a junior minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John...	Con	Birmingham North Birmingham North (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Michael Gallagher Michael Gallagher (British politician) Michael Gallagher is a British miner, politician and software development company executive. He was the only Member of the European Parliament to have been a member of the Social Democratic Party, when he left the Labour Party in 1984....	Lab (SDP)	Nottingham Nottingham (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Win Griffiths Win Griffiths Winston James Griffiths, known as Win Griffiths, is a politician in the United Kingdom, and ex-member of Parliament for Bridgend for the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1987, having previously been a member of the European Parliament. He stood down from Parliament in 2005. He is now...	Lab	Wales South South Wales (European Parliament constituency) South Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south central Wales, including the city of Cardiff.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Lord Harmar-Nicholls Harmar Nicholls Harmar Harmar-Nicholls, Baron Harmar-Nicholls , known as Sir Harmar Nicholls, 1st Baronet, from 1960 to 1975, was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life and career:...	Con	Greater Manchester South Greater Manchester South (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
David Harris David Harris (politician) David Anthony Harris is a British Conservative politician.Harris was Member of Parliament for St. Ives from 1983 until he stood down on March 20, 1997, and also Member of the European Parliament for Cornwall and Plymouth from 1979 to 1984...	Con	Cornwall & Plymouth Cornwall and Plymouth (European Parliament constituency) Cornwall and Plymouth was a European Parliament constituency covering Cornwall and Plymouth in England.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Gloria Hooper	Con	Liverpool Liverpool (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
William Hopper William Hopper (politician) William Joseph Hopper, sometimes known as Will Hopper is a British investment banker who also became involved in the political field. He was one of the founders of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a non-partisan research institute which offers comment on the economic impact of political proposals...	Con	Greater Manchester West Greater Manchester West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Brian Hord Brian Hord Brian Howard Hord CBE is a British chartered surveyor and politician. He served for one term as a Member of the European Parliament and has maintained his involvement in the Conservative Party and in public life; he was Chairman of a health authority for six years.-Professional career:Hord was...	Con	London West London West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Paul Howell Paul Howell Paul Frederick Howell was a British politician who served as a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament for Norfolk from 1979 to 1994.-Biography:...	Con	Norfolk Norfolk (European Parliament constituency) Norfolk was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of...
John Hume John Hume John Hume is a former Irish politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble....	SDLP	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency) Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects three MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote, the only United Kingdom constituency to do so.- Members of the European Parliament :- 2009 :...
Alasdair Hutton Alasdair Hutton Alasdair Henry Hutton OBE was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Member of the European Parliament for the South of Scotland Constituency between 1979 and 1989.-External links:*...	Con	South of Scotland South of Scotland (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Christopher Jackson Christopher Jackson Christopher Jackson is a British politician and businessman and Honorary Member of the European Parliament.After a National Service Commission in the RAF as a pilot, Jackson read physics at Magdalen College, Oxford of which he was an Open Exhibitioner. Whilst there he founded the Magnates Club...	Con	Kent East Kent East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Robert V. Jackson Robert V. Jackson Robert Victor Jackson is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984 and Member of Parliament for Wantage from 1983 to 2005, having been elected as a Conservative; however, he joined the Labour Party in 2005.-Early life:He was raised in...	Con	Upper Thames Upper Thames (European Parliament constituency) Upper Thames was a United Kingdom European Parliament constituency, electing one member under the first-past-the-post system. It came into being for the European Parliament election of 1979 and ceased to exist in 1984, due to boundary reorganization....
Stanley Johnson	Con	Wight & Hampshire East Wight and Hampshire East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Edward Kellett-Bowman Edward Kellett-Bowman Edward Thomas Kellett-Bowman JP is a British business and management consultant. He has also had a political career as a local councillor and as a Member of the European Parliament for the Conservative Party...	Con	Lancashire East Lancashire East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Elaine Kellett-Bowman Elaine Kellett-Bowman Dame Mary Elaine Kellett-Bowman, DBE is a British Conservative politician.Born Mary Elaine Kay, she was educated at The Mount School, York, St Anne's College, Oxford and Barnett House, Oxford, and became a barrister, called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1964...	Con	Cumbria Cumbria (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Brian Key	Lab	Yorkshire South Yorkshire South (European Parliament constituency) Yorkshire South was a European Parliament constituency covering most of South Yorkshire in England.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Alfred Lomas	Lab	London North East London North East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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John Marshall John Leslie Marshall John Leslie Marshall is a British Conservative politician. He was MEP for London North from 1979 to 1989. He lost to Michael Portillo in the selection for the Enfield Southgate byelection in 1984, but was later selected for Hendon South in the London Borough of Barnet and became Member of...	Con	London North London North (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Tom Megahy	Lab	Yorkshire South West Yorkshire South West (European Parliament constituency) Yorkshire South West was a European Parliament constituency covering the southern parts West Yorkshire in England and, at times, part of South Yorkshire....
James Moorhouse James Moorhouse (politician) Cecil James Olaf Moorhouse is a British politician and former Member of the European Parliament.He was educated at St Paul's School, London, King's College London and Imperial College London where here took a diploma in advanced aeronautics...	Con	London South London South (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Robert Moreland Robert Moreland Robert John Moreland is a British management consultant and politician. After a single term as a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament, he served on the Economic and Social Committee of the European Union for twelve years and was elected to two local authorities...	Con	Staffordshire East Staffordshire East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Bill Newton Dunn Bill Newton Dunn William "Bill" Newton Dunn is a British politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands for the Liberal Democrats.-Early life:...	Con	Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Sir David Nicolson David Nicolson Sir David Lancaster Nicolson, FCGI, FIMechE, FIProdE, FIMgt, FRSA was a British business executive and politician who played a key role in setting up British Airways and served for five years in the European Parliament....	Con	London Central London Central (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Tom Normanton Tom Normanton Tom Normanton was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University, and joined the family textile business. He served in the army in the Second World War, reaching the rank of Major...	Con	Cheshire East Cheshire East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Lord O'Hagan	Con	Devon Devon (European Parliament constituency) Devon was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Devon in England, with the exception of the city of Plymouth.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Ian Paisley Ian Paisley Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007.In addition to co-founding...	DUP	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency) Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects three MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote, the only United Kingdom constituency to do so.- Members of the European Parliament :- 2009 :...
Ben Patterson Ben Patterson Ben Patterson is an American musician, an artist and one of the founders of the Fluxus movement.-Biography:Born in Pittsburgh May 29, 1934. From 1956 to 1960, he worked as a double bassist at the Halifax Symphony Orchestra , the US Army 7th Army Symphony Orchestra and the Ottawa Philharmonic...	Con	Kent West Kent West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Andrew Pearce	Con	Cheshire West Cheshire West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Henry Plumb	Con	Cotswolds Cotswolds (European Parliament constituency) Before uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in Great Britain...
Derek Prag Derek Prag Derek Prag is a former British Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire. He represented the European People's Party....	Con	Hertfordshire Hertfordshire (European Parliament constituency) Hertfordshire was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1979 for the first elections to the European Parliament, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of...
Peter Price Peter Price (politician) Peter Nicholas Price is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1979-1994.He was educated at RGS Worcester, Aberdare Boys' Grammar School, the University of Southampton and at King's College London. He served as Conservative MEP for Lancashire West from...	Con	Lancashire West Lancashire West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Christopher Prout	Con	Salop and Stafford Salop and Stafford (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
James Provan James Provan James Lyal Clark Provan is a British farmer, businessman and politician who served four terms as a Member of the European Parliament...	Con	North East Scotland North East Scotland (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
John Purvis John Purvis John Purvis is a British Conservative Party politician, who was a Member of the European Parliament for Scotland.His first session in the European Parliament was from 1979 to 1984, for the Mid Scotland and Fife seat...	Con	Mid Scotland and Fife Mid Scotland and Fife (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Joyce Quin Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin, PC is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Quin was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School, University of Newcastle and the London School of Economics...	Lab	Tyne South and Wear Tyne South and Wear (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Brandon Rhys-Williams Brandon Rhys-Williams Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative politician.Rhys-Williams was elected a Member of Parliament in the Kensington South by-election, 1968, representing that seat until 1974, then for Kensington from 1974 until his death in 1988 aged 60...	Con	London South East London South East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Shelagh Roberts	Con	London South West London South West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Allan Rogers Allan Rogers Allan Ralph Rogers is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Rhondda in Wales from 1983 to 2001 when he stepped down.- External links :...	Lab	Wales South East South East Wales (European Parliament constituency) South East Wales was a European Parliament constituency covering south eastern Wales, including Gwent and parts of Mid Glamorgan.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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James Scott-Hopkins James Scott-Hopkins Sir James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Born in Croydon, Scott-Hopkins was educated at Eton College and Oxford University. He joined the British Army in 1939...	Con	Hereford & Worcester Hereford and Worcester (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Barry Seal Barry Seal (politician) Barry Seal is a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament for the single-member seat of Yorkshire West from 1979 to 1999...	Lab	Yorkshire West Yorkshire West (European Parliament constituency) Yorkshire West was a European Parliament constituency covering the western parts West Yorkshire in England, including Bradford and Halifax.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England,...
Madron Seligman Madron Seligman Madron Seligman was born in Leatherhead, Surrey. He spent most of his career in industry, where he came to understand and support the European Economic Community and was latterly a Member of the European Parliament , winning the West Sussex seat in 1979 by a record margin of 95,484 votes, which...	Con	Sussex West Sussex West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Dr. Alexander Sherlock	Con	Essex South West Essex South West (European Parliament constituency) Essex South West was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system...
Richard Simmonds	Con	Midlands West Midlands West (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Anthony Simpson Anthony Simpson Anthony Simpson is a former Member of the European Parliament.He served as Conservative MEP for Northamptonshire from 1979 until 1994.-References:...	Con	Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Tom Spencer Tom Spencer (politician) Thomas Newnham Bayley Spencer is a British Conservative politician and former Member of the European Parliament.Spencer was educated at Pangbourne Nautical College and the University of Southampton. He served as Conservative MEP for Derbyshire from 1979–1984, Conservative MEP for Surrey West from...	Con	Derbyshire Derbyshire (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
James Spicer James Spicer Sir James Wilton Spicer, known as Jim Spicer, is a British Conservative politician.Spicer was Member of Parliament for West Dorset from February 1974 until he retired at the 1997 general election, when he was succeeded by Oliver Letwin...	Con	Wessex Wessex (European Parliament constituency) Wessex was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Dorset in England, plus parts of western Hampshire and southern Wiltshire. It was named after the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex....
Jack Stewart-Clark Jack Stewart-Clark Sir Jack Stewart-Clark was a British Member of the European Parliament . He represented the Conservative and Unionist Party in the Group of the European People's Party ....	Con	Sussex East Sussex East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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John Taylor John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC , is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and a life peer. He was deputy leader of the UUP from 1995 to 2001, and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.-Career and family:...	OUP	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency) Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects three MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote, the only United Kingdom constituency to do so.- Members of the European Parliament :- 2009 :...
John Taylor John Mark Taylor John Mark Taylor is a solicitor and former politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Solihull from 1983 to 2005, before losing his seat to Lorely Burt of the Liberal Democrats by a margin of 279 votes in the 2005 general election...	Con	Midlands East Midlands East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Frederick Tuckman Frederick Tuckman Frederick Augustus Tuckman is a former Member of the European Parliament.He served as Conservative MEP for Leicester from 1979 until 1989.He also served as president of the Anglo-Jewish Association.-References:...	Con	Leicester Leicester (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Amédée Turner Amédée Turner Amédée Edward Turner QC is a British barrister and politician, who served for fifteen years as a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament. As an English patent lawyer he worked both in New York and in London...	Con	Suffolk Suffolk (European Parliament constituency) Suffolk was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system...
Alan Tyrrell	Con	London East London East (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Peter Vanneck Peter Vanneck Air Commodore Sir Peter Beckford Rutgers Vanneck, GBE, CB, AFC, AE, DL was a British Royal Navy officer, jet pilot, engineer, stockbroker and politician...	Con	Cleveland Cleveland (European Parliament constituency) Cleveland was a European Parliament constituency covering Cleveland and parts of North Yorkshire in England.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
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Frederick Warner Frederick Warner (diplomat) Sir Frederick Archibald Warner, GCVO, KCMG was British diplomat and businessman who at the end of his career was elected to the European Parliament.-Education:...	Con	Somerset Somerset (European Parliament constituency) Somerset was a European Parliament constituency covering all of Somerset in England, and southern Avon.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...
Michael Welsh Michael Welsh (Conservative politician) Michael John Welsh is a British politician. After three terms in the European Parliament, he is currently serving on Lancashire County Council as Leader of the Conservative Party group.-Early life:...	Con	Lancashire Central Lancashire Central (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales...

1979

September 20: London, South West—The Home Secretary announced on July 11, 1979 that Shelagh Roberts was disqualified from election due to her membership of the Occupational Pensions Board, which was an 'office of profit under the Crown'. She resigned from the board and was re-elected at the by-election.

Change of allegiance

Michael Gallagher
Michael Gallagher (British politician)
Michael Gallagher is a British miner, politician and software development company executive. He was the only Member of the European Parliament to have been a member of the Social Democratic Party, when he left the Labour Party in 1984....

announced on January 5, 1984 that he had joined the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (UK)
The Social Democratic Party was a political party in the United Kingdom that was created on 26 March 1981 and existed until 1988. It was founded by four senior Labour Party 'moderates', dubbed the 'Gang of Four': Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams...

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Change of allegiance