Sir Graham Robert Watson is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 1994 to 2014. Watson was the chairman of the Parliament's committee on citizens rights,justice and home affairs (1999–2002). He then served for seven and a half years as leader of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament,first as leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group (2002–2004) and then as leader of the new Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group (2004–2009). From 2011 until 2015,he was the president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. From 2015 to 2020,he was a UK Member on the European Economic and Social Committee. He is currently an adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
William Francis Newton Dunn is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1979 to 1994,1999 to 2014 and again from 2019 until the UK's withdrawal from the EU in 2020. He resigned from the Conservative Party in 2000 in protest of its euroscepticism and joined the Liberal Democrats.
Jean-Louis Bourlanges is a French politician who has represented the 12th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the National Assembly since 2017. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem),he has presided over the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly since 2021.
Elmar Peter Brok is a German politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1980 until 2019. He was the chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1999-2007 and from 2012-2017. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany,which is part of the European People's Party.
Scotland was a constituency of the European Parliament created in 1999. It elected between eight and six MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation every five years from 1999 until 2020. The constituency was abolished after the United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
East Midlands was a constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom,established in 1999 with six members to replace single-member constituencies. Between 2009 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020 it returned five MEPs,elected using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
East of England was a constituency of the European Parliament that was coterminous with the East of England region. It returned 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation,until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
South East England was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
West Midlands was a constituency of the European Parliament. It was represented by seven MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. In 2009,the constituency was reduced to six seats,but also elected a "virtual MEP" who took her seat in the Parliament when the Treaty of Lisbon came into effect. The constituency was represented by seven MEPs prior to the 2009 election,until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Yorkshire and the Humber was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation,until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats is a liberal,federalist political party in Scotland,part of UK Liberal Democrats. The party holds 4 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 4 of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons It has 87 local councillors of 1,227..
The 2009 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2009 European Parliament election,the voting for which was held on Thursday 4 June 2009. The election was held concurrently with the 2009 local elections in England. In total,72 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation.
Robin Teverson,Baron Teverson is a Liberal Democrat politician,and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
This article lists the election results of the Green Party of England and Wales in the UK parliamentary,European parliamentary,London Assembly,and Senedd elections.
Andrey Kovatchev,is a Bulgarian politician,Member of the European Parliament,a federalist and Head of the Bulgarian Delegation in the EPP Group in the European Parliament. Dr. Andrey Kovatchev is a chairman of the Union of European Federalists in Bulgaria. Since 2011 he has also been its vice-president. In January 2012 he was elected vice-chair of AFET –Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament.
The Spinelli Group is an initiative founded with a view to reinvigorate the endeavour for federalisation of the European Union (EU),by creating a network of citizens,think tanks,NGOs,academics,writers and politicians who support the idea of a federal and united Europe. Among other goals,the Group aims to "find a federal majority [among members of the European Parliament] on important subjects." Founded on 15 September 2010 in the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels,the group is named after Altiero Spinelli (1907–1986),founder of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) and a founding father of the European integration.
Phillip Bennion is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2012 to 2014,and then from 2019 to 2020.
The 2014 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election,held on Thursday 22 May 2014,coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England and Northern Ireland. In total,73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England,Scotland and Wales use a closed-list party list system of PR,while Northern Ireland used the single transferable vote (STV).
The 2019 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2019 European Parliament election. It was held on Thursday 23 May 2019 and the results announced on Sunday 26 and Monday 27 May 2019,after all the other EU countries had voted. This was the United Kingdom's final participation in a European Parliament election before leaving the European Union on 31 January 2020,and was also the last election to be held under the provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 before its repeal under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and was the first European election in the United Kingdom to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections since 1999. This was the first of two national elections that would be held in the United Kingdom in 2019 with the 2019 general election being held six months later in December 2019.
This article lists the election results of Change UK in UK parliamentary elections and in elections to the European Parliament.
