Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 1984-1989
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Name | Party | Constituency |
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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 |
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 Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
Humberside |
Christopher Beazley Christopher Beazley Christopher John Pridham Beazley is a British politician for the Conservative Party, who served as a Member of the European Parliament 1984–1994 and 1999–2009.-Background:... |
Con | Cornwall & Plymouth |
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 |
Lord Bethell | Con | London North West |
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 |
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 |
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Bryan Cassidy | Con | Dorset East & Hampshire West |
Barbara Castle Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn , PC, GCOT was a British Labour Party politician.... |
Lab | Greater Manchester West |
Fred Catherwood Fred Catherwood Sir Henry Frederick Ross Catherwood was a UK politician and writer.... |
Con | Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire North |
Kenneth Collins | Lab | Strathclyde East |
Richard Cottrell | Con | Bristol |
Christine Crawley | Lab | Birmingham East |
Bob Cryer Bob Cryer George Robert Cryer, known as Bob Cryer was a politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Salt High School, Shipley, and the University of Hull... |
Lab | Sheffield |
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 |
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Margaret Daly Margaret Daly Margaret Daly was a British Conservative Party politician who represented Somerset and West Dorset in the European Parliament from 1984 to 1994.Daly was a member of various committees including:* Women's Rights Committees... |
Con | Somerset & Dorset West |
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 |
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 Central |
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 West |
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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 |
Hon. James Elles James Elles James Edmund Moncrieff Elles is a British politician, and Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament for the South East England.... |
Con | Oxford & Buckinghamshire |
Michael Elliott | Lab | London West |
Winifred Ewing Winnie Ewing Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewing is a Scottish nationalist, lawyer and prominent SNP politician who was formerly a Member of Parliament , Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Scottish Parliament... |
SNP Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.... |
Highlands and Islands |
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Sheila Faith Sheila Faith Sheila Faith is a British politician and dental surgeon. She served one term each in the House of Commons and European Parliament as a Conservative... |
Con | Cumbria & Lancashire North |
Alex Falconer Alex Falconer Alex C. Falconer is a Labour Party politician in Scotland. He was the Member of the European Parliament for Mid Scotland & Fife from 1984 to 1999.- References :... |
Lab | Scotland Mid & Fife |
Glyn Ford Glyn Ford Glyn Ford was a member of the European Parliament initially for Greater Manchester East, until 1999 and then South West England for the Labour Party and Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party.... |
Lab | Greater Manchester East |
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Michael Hindley | Lab | Lancashire East |
Geoff Hoon Geoff Hoon Geoffrey "Geoff" William Hoon is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Ashfield from 1992 to 2010... |
Lab | Derbyshire |
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 |
Les Huckfield Les Huckfield Leslie John Huckfield is a British Labour politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1967 to 1983 and as an MEP from 1984 to 1989.... |
Lab | Merseyside East |
Stephen Hughes Stephen Hughes (politician) Stephen Skipsey Hughes is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for the North East England. Representing the Durham constituency between 1984 and 1999, Hughes was elected to its successor constituency in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009... |
Lab | Durham |
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 |
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 | Scotland South |
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Caroline Jackson Caroline Jackson Caroline Jackson is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was a Member of the European Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1984 to 2009.... |
Con | Wiltshire |
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 |
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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 |
David Martin David Martin (Scottish politician) David Martin is a British Labour Party politician, and member of the European Parliament for Scotland.He was educated outside of Edinburgh at Liberton High School. He was first elected as a councillor in 1982, and won the Lothians seat in the 1984 European Parliament elections... |
Lab | Lothians |
Michael McGowan Michael McGowan (politician) Michael McGowan is a British journalist and a former Member of the European Parliament, with a special interest in international affairs, European politics, Africa, peace, development, and human rights... |
Lab | Leeds |
Hugh McMahon Hugh McMahon Hugh McMahon was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool, Doncaster Rovers, Stoke City and Wrexham.-Blackpool:... |
Lab | Strathclyde West |
Edward McMillan-Scott Edward McMillan-Scott Edward Hugh Christian McMillan-Scott is a British Member of the European Parliament and one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament... |
Con | York |
Tom Megahy | Lab | Yorkshire South West |
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 & Surrey East |
David Morris | Lab | Wales Mid & West |
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Stanley Newens Stanley Newens Arthur Stanley Newens, known as Stan Newens, is a former British Labour Co-operative politician. He is a former Member of Parliament and Member of the European Parliament .... |
Lab | London Central |
Edward Newman | Lab | Greater Manchester Central |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
Andrew Pearce | Con | Cheshire West |
Terry Pitt Terry Pitt Terence John Pitt was a British political researcher and adviser. He became well known behind the scenes as the long-serving head of the Labour Party's research department, and worked for other bodies... |
Lab | Midlands West |
Henry Plumb | Con | Cotswolds |
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 |
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 | London South East |
Christopher Prout | Con | Shropshire & Stafford |
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 | Scotland North East |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Dr. Alexander Sherlock | Con | Essex South West |
Richard Simmonds | Con | Wight & Hampshire East |
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 |
Llewellyn Smith | Lab | Wales South East |
George Stevenson | Lab | Staffordshire East |
Kenneth Stewart Kenneth Stewart Kenneth Stewart , was a Member of the European Parliament for Merseyside West. He represented the seat, for the Labour Party.-Background:... |
Lab | Merseyside West |
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 |
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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 |
John Tomlinson John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson John Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He is currently a life peer in the House of Lords, and was previously a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and an Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999.Born in London, Tomlinson was educated... |
Lab | Birmingham West |
Carole Tongue Carole Tongue Carole Tongue, FRSA is a former Member of the European Parliament for London East, , and Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, .... |
Lab | London East |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
Norman West | Lab | Yorkshire South |
1987
- March 5: Midlands, West--John Bird (Lab), replacing deceased Terry PittTerry PittTerence John Pitt was a British political researcher and adviser. He became well known behind the scenes as the long-serving head of the Labour Party's research department, and worked for other bodies...
1988
- December 15: Hampshire, Central--Edward Kellett-BowmanEdward Kellett-BowmanEdward 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), replacing deceased Basil de FerrantiBasil de FerrantiBasil 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...