Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 1994-1999
Encyclopedia
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 |
Roger Barton Roger Barton (politician) Roger Barton is a British engineer and politician, who served for ten years as a Member of the European Parliament . He was a leading member of the Labour Party in Sheffield and served on the City Council... |
Lab | Sheffield |
Angela Billingham Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham JP is a British Labour politician.-Early life:Born Angela Theodora Case in Liverpool, she was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School, the Institute of Education and the Department of Education, Oxford University... |
Lab | Northamptonshire & Blaby |
David Bowe David Bowe (politician) David Robert Bowe was a Member of the European Parliament for Labour from 1989 to 2004. He represented the English constituencies of Cleveland & Yorkshire North , Cleveland & Richmond and Yorkshire and the Humber . Before this, he was a member of Middlesbrough borough council .-External links:*... |
Lab | Cleveland & Richmond |
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Bryan Cassidy | Con | Dorset & East Devon |
Giles Chichester Giles Chichester Giles Chichester is a British Conservative Party politician, and a Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar. He was elected as a temporary Vice President of the European Parliament on 6 July 2011 to replace Silvana Koch-Mehrin who had resigned over plagiarism... |
Con | Devon & East Plymouth |
Ken Coates Ken Coates Kenneth Sidney Coates was a British politician and writer. He chaired the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and edited The Spokesman, the BRPF magazine launched in March 1970. He was a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999... |
Lab | Nottinghamshire North & Chesterfield |
Kenneth Collins | Lab | Strathclyde East |
John Corrie John Corrie John Alexander Corrie is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician and chief of Clan Corrie. He describes himself in Who's Who as a "consultant on African affairs and financial adviser to developing countries".... |
Con | Worcestershire & South Warwickshire |
Peter Crampton Peter Crampton Peter Crampton was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 representing the Humberside constituency. He was also the father of Times journalist Robert Crampton.... |
Lab | Humberside |
Christine Crawley | Lab | Birmingham East |
Tony Cunningham Tony Cunningham Thomas Anthony 'Tony' Cunningham is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Workington since 2001... |
Lab | Cumbria & Lancashire North |
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Wayne David Wayne David Wayne David is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Caerphilly since 2001. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office from 2008 to 2010... |
Lab | South Wales Central |
Alan Donnelly Alan Donnelly Alan Donnelly is a British politician from Jarrow who served as a Labour Member of the European Parliament and leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.... |
Lab | Tyne and Wear |
Brendan Donnelly Brendan Donnelly (politician) Brendan Patrick Donnelly is a pro-European Union British politician.Donnelly was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in Sussex South and Crawley at the European Parliament election, 1994 for the Conservative Party... |
Con (Ind) (PEC Pro-Euro Conservative Party The Pro-Euro Conservative Party was a British political party announced by John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly in February 1999, formed to contest the 1999 European Parliament Elections. The founders were Members of the European Parliament who had resigned from the UK Conservative Party in protest at... ) |
Sussex South & Crawley |
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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 | Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire East |
Michael Elliott | Lab | London West |
Robert Evans Robert Evans (politician) Robert John Emlyn Evans was a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour and Co-operative Parties, representing London from 1994–2009... |
Lab | London North West |
Winnie 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 | Highlands and Islands |
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Alexander 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 | Mid Scotland & 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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David Hallam David Hallam David Hallam is a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament for the Herefordshire and Shropshire constituency in England, in the 1994-1999 European Parliament.... |
Lab | Herefordshire & Shropshire |
Veronica Hardstaff Veronica Hardstaff Veronica Mary Hardstaff is a British politician, who has served as a City councillor in Sheffield and in the European Parliament... |
Lab | Lincolnshire & Humberside South |
Lyndon Harrison | Lab | Cheshire West & Wirral |
Mark Hendrick Mark Hendrick Mark Phillip Hendrick is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Preston since winning a by-election in 2000.-Biography:Hendrick, who is half Somali, was born in Salford, Lancashire... |
Lab | Lancashire Central |
Michael Hindley | Lab | Lancashire South |
Richard Howitt Richard Howitt Richard Howitt is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for the East of England. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 1994.-Background:... |
Lab | Essex South |
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 |
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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 | Itchen, Test and Avon |
Hugh Kerr Hugh Kerr Hugh Kerr is a Scottish politician and a former lecturer in social policy at the University of East London... |
Lab (Ind) (SSP Scottish Socialist Party The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence.... ) |
Essex West & Hertfordshire East |
Glenys Kinnock Glenys Kinnock Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock and Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead is a British politician.... |
Lab | South Wales East |
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Allan Macartney Allan Macartney Dr Allan Macartney was a Scottish National Party MEP for the North East Scotland constituency between the 1994 European Parliament election and his sudden death from a heart attack in 1998.Born in Africa, the son of a Church of Scotland minister, his family soon returned to Scotland and he was... |
SNP | North East Scotland |
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 |
Graham Mather | Con | Hampshire North & Oxford |
Arlene McCarthy Arlene McCarthy Arlene McCarthy is a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party.-Biography:... |
Lab | Peak District |
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 |
Anne McIntosh Anne McIntosh Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is the Member of Parliament for the Thirsk and Malton constituency, having previously been MP for Vale of York from 1997 to 2010, and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999.-Early... |
Con | Essex North & Suffolk South |
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 | North Yorkshire |
Eryl McNally Eryl McNally Eryl Margaret McNally, , is a former Labour Member of the European Parliament from the East of England United Kingdom.-Personal life:... |
Lab | Bedfordshire & Milton Keynes |
Thomas Megahy Thomas Megahy Thomas Megahy MBE was British teacher and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the constituency of Yorkshire South West between 1979 and 1999. He was a prominent member of the Labour Party.... |
Lab | Yorkshire South West |
Bill Miller Bill Miller (Scotland) Bill Miller , is a former Labour MEP representing Scotland.-Personal life:Miller was brought up in Gartocharn and was educated at Paisley Technical College and Kingston Polytechnic... |
Lab | Glasgow |
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 (L Dem) | London South & Surrey East |
Eluned Morgan | Lab | Mid and West Wales |
David Morris | Lab | South Wales West |
Simon Murphy Simon Murphy Simon Francis Murphy was a Labour Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2004.On leaving the European Parliament he was Chief Executive and Company Secretary of Birmingham Forward from 2004 to 2006. He then became Director of the Birmingham, Coventry and Black Country City Region from... |
Lab | Midlands West |
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Clive Needle Clive Needle Clive Needle, , is a former Labour Party Member of the European Parliament , having represented Norfolk, in the United Kingdom from 1994 to 1999.-Political life:... |
Lab | Norfolk |
Stan Newens | Lab | London Central |
Edward Newman | Lab | Greater Manchester Central |
Jim Nicholson Jim Nicholson (UK politician) James Frederick "Jim" Nicholson is a Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party politician, who is currently a Member of the European Parliament .-Career:... |
UUP | Northern Ireland |
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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 |
Roy Perry Roy Perry Roy Perry is a British politician.Perry graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Government and Politics and was formerly a senior lecturer in Politics before entering the profession himself as a member of Test Valley Borough Council from 1979 to 1994. He was leader between 1985... |
Con | Wight & Hampshire South |
Lord Plumb | Con | The Cotswolds |
Anita Pollack | Lab | London South West |
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 | South Downs West |
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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 |
Brian Simpson Brian Simpson Brian Simpson is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for North West England.He was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999 representing Cheshire East and from 1999 until 2004 representing the North West Region, when European Elections switched from First Past... |
Lab | Cheshire East |
Peter Skinner Peter Skinner Peter Skinner is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for South East England. Educated at St. Josephs R.C. Secondary Modern School in Orpington, Kent, he attended Bradford University between 1979 and 1982 where he attained a BSc in Economics and Politics... |
Lab | Kent West |
Alex Smith | Lab | South Of Scotland |
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 (Ind) | Surrey |
Shaun Spiers Shaun Spiers Shaun Mark Spiers is the Chief Executive of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and a former Member of the European Parliament.... |
Lab | London South East |
John Stevens John Stevens (politician) John Christopher Courtenay Stevens is an English politician. A Conservative Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999, he contested the Buckingham constituency in the 2010 general election as an independent, against Commons speaker John Bercow.-Background:Stevens was educated at... |
Con (Ind) (PEC) | Thames Valley |
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 | East Sussex & Kent South |
Robert Sturdy Robert Sturdy Robert Sturdy is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the East of England constituency for the Conservative Party. He has held the seat since 1999... |
Con | Cambridgeshire |
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Michael Tappin Michael Tappin -Education:Tappin graduated a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Essex, he has also been educated at Strathclyde University and the London School of Economics.-Career:... |
Lab | Staffordshire West & Congleton |
Robin Teverson Robin Teverson, Baron Teverson Robin Teverson, Baron Teverson is a Liberal Democrat Whip and currently Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change .The son of Crofton Teverson, he was educated at Exeter University... |
Lib Dem | Cornwall & West Plymouth |
David Thomas David Thomas (UK politician) David Thomas is a British Labour politician and former Member of the European Parliament.He was educated at Cefn Hengoed Comprehensive School, Swansea, and at the University of East Anglia where he took a BA in English. In 2010 he went back to the University of East Anglia to take a Graduate... |
Lab | Suffolk & South West Norfolk |
Gary Titley Gary Titley Gary Titley is a British politician and Labour Party Member of the European Parliament for the North West of England.... |
Lab | Greater Manchester West |
John Tomlinson | 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 |
Peter Truscott Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott Peter Derek Truscott, Baron Truscott is a British petroleum and mining consultant, independent member of the House of Lords and writer. He was a Labour Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999 and was elevated to the peerage in 2004... |
Lab | Hertfordshire |
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Susan Waddington Susan Waddington Sue Waddington is president of the European Association for the Education of Adults and is a former Member of the European Parliament.She served as Labour MEP for Leicester from 1994 until 1999.-References:... |
Lab | Leicester |
Graham Watson Graham Watson Sir Graham Robert Watson is a European politician from the United Kingdom. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament for South West England since 1994 and was leader of the liberal group in Parliament for seven years between 2002 and 2009.-Early life:Graham Watson was born in Rothesay... |
Lib Dem | Somerset & North Devon |
Mark Watts | Lab | Kent East |
Norman West | Lab | Yorkshire South |
Ian White Ian White (politician) Ian White born April 8, 1945 was a Member of the European Parliament for Bristol, UK for the Labour Party. White was born in South Bristol, and trained as a solicitor. Prior to becoming an MEP he stood for Parliament in the Wansdyke constituency... |
Lab | Bristol |
Phillip Whitehead Phillip Whitehead Phillip Whitehead, was a British Labour politician, television producer and writer.Born in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, he was adopted by a local family, and attended Lady Manners School in Bakewell and Exeter College at Oxford University, where he obtained his BA .Whitehead apparently went to... |
Lab | Staffordshire East & Derby |
Joe Wilson | Lab | North Wales |
Terry Wynn Terry Wynn Terence ‘Terry’ Wynn was a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party. He was a member of the European Parliament between 1989 and 1994 for Merseyside East and between 1994 and 1999 for Merseyside East and Wigan... |
Lab | Merseyside East & Wigan |
1996
- December 12: Merseyside, West--Richard CorbettRichard CorbettRichard Corbett was a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for Yorkshire and the Humber, serving between 1996 and 2009...
(Lab), replacing deceased Kenneth StewartKenneth StewartKenneth Stewart , was a Member of the European Parliament for Merseyside West. He represented the seat, for the Labour Party.-Background:...
1998
- May 7: Yorkshire, South--Linda McAvanLinda McAvanLinda McAvan is a British Labour Party politician, who is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for Yorkshire and the Humber...
(Lab), replacing resigned Norman West - May 7: Scotland, North East--Ian HudghtonIan HudghtonIan Stewart Hudghton is a Scottish politician, and has been a Scottish National Party Member of the European Parliament for Scotland since 1998, when he won his seat in a rare European Parliamentary by-election, after the death of sitting SNP MEP Allan Macartney.Since the 2004 European elections,...
(SNP), replacing deceased Allan MacartneyAllan MacartneyDr Allan Macartney was a Scottish National Party MEP for the North East Scotland constituency between the 1994 European Parliament election and his sudden death from a heart attack in 1998.Born in Africa, the son of a Church of Scotland minister, his family soon returned to Scotland and he was...
Changes of Allegiance
- Ken CoatesKen CoatesKenneth Sidney Coates was a British politician and writer. He chaired the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and edited The Spokesman, the BRPF magazine launched in March 1970. He was a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999...
and Hugh KerrHugh KerrHugh Kerr is a Scottish politician and a former lecturer in social policy at the University of East London...
had the Labour whip suspended in January 1998 when they joined the Green group in the European Parliament; Kerr subsequently joined the Scottish Socialist PartyScottish Socialist PartyThe Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence....
. - James MoorhouseJames MoorhouseJames Moorhouse was an Anglican bishop of Melbourne and of Manchester.-Early life and career:Moorhouse was born in Sheffield, England, the only son of James Moorhouse, a book-lover and master-cutler, and his wife Jane Frances née Bowman...
changed from Conservative to Liberal Democrat on October 8, 1998. - Brendan DonnellyBrendan Donnelly (politician)Brendan Patrick Donnelly is a pro-European Union British politician.Donnelly was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in Sussex South and Crawley at the European Parliament election, 1994 for the Conservative Party...
and John StevensJohn Stevens (politician)John Christopher Courtenay Stevens is an English politician. A Conservative Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999, he contested the Buckingham constituency in the 2010 general election as an independent, against Commons speaker John Bercow.-Background:Stevens was educated at...
resigned from the Conservative Party in January 1999 and subsequently established the Pro-Euro Conservative PartyPro-Euro Conservative PartyThe Pro-Euro Conservative Party was a British political party announced by John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly in February 1999, formed to contest the 1999 European Parliament Elections. The founders were Members of the European Parliament who had resigned from the UK Conservative Party in protest at...
. - Tom SpencerTom 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...
had the Conservative whip suspended on January 31, 1999.