List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (2014–2019)

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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.

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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 partyMEPs Political group Governance
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/an/a

Members at dissolution

This table can be sorted by constituency, party or party group: click the symbol at the top of the appropriate column.

NameConstituencyNational PartyEP Group
Stuart Agnew East of England   UKIP   EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 15 January 2019)

  ENF

Tim Aker East of England   UKIP (until 5 December 2018)

  Thurrock Independents (until 11 February 2019)

  Brexit Party [lower-alpha 1]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

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 [lower-alpha 2]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

Richard Ashworth South East England   Conservative Party (until 31 March 2019)

  Change UK – The Independent Group [lower-alpha 3]

  ECR (until 27 February 2018)

  EPP

Janice Atkinson South East England   UKIP (until 1 October 2015)

  Independent [lower-alpha 4]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 15 June 2019)

  ENF

Amjad Bashir Yorkshire and the Humber   UKIP (until 28 January 2015)

  Conservative Party [lower-alpha 5]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 22 January 2015)

  ECR

Gerard Batten London   UKIP   EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 7 December 2018)

  NI (until 15 January 2019)

  ENF

Catherine Bearder South East England   Liberal Democrats   ALDE
Louise Bours North West England   UKIP (until 22 November 2018)

  Independent [lower-alpha 6]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

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 [lower-alpha 7]

  EFDD
David Campbell Bannerman East of England   Conservative Party   ECR
James Carver West Midlands   UKIP (until 27 May 2018)

  Independent [lower-alpha 8]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 27 May 2018)

  NI (until 9 January 2019)

  ENF

David Coburn Scotland   UKIP (until 8 January 2019)

  Independent (until 11 February 2019)

  Brexit Party [lower-alpha 9]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

Jane Collins Yorkshire and the Humber   UKIP (until 15 April 2019)

  Brexit Party [lower-alpha 10]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 15 January 2019)

  ENF (until 16 April 2019)

  EFDD [lower-alpha 11]

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 [lower-alpha 12]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

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 [lower-alpha 13]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

Jill Evans Wales   Plaid Cymru   Greens–EFA
Nigel Farage South East England   UKIP (until 4 December 2018)

  Independent (until 11 February 2019)

  Brexit Party [lower-alpha 14]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

John Flack East of England   Conservative Party   ECR
Ray Finch South East England   UKIP (until 16 April 2019)

  Brexit Party [lower-alpha 15]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

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 [lower-alpha 16]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

Neena Gill West Midlands   Labour Party   S&D
Julie Girling South West England   Conservative Party

  Independent [lower-alpha 17]

  ECR (until 27 February 2018)

  EPP

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)

  NI

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 [lower-alpha 18]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 19 November 2016)

  NI (until 12 December 2018)

  EFDD

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 [lower-alpha 19] 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 [lower-alpha 20]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

Patrick O'Flynn East of England   UKIP (until 26 November 2018)

  SDP [lower-alpha 21]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

Rory Palmer East Midlands   Labour Party   S&D
Margot Parker East Midlands   UKIP (until 14 April 2019)

  Brexit Party [lower-alpha 22]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

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 [lower-alpha 23]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

Molly Scott Cato South West England   Green Party (England and Wales)   Greens–EFA
Jill Seymour West Midlands   UKIP (until 14 April 2019)

  Brexit Party [lower-alpha 24]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD

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 [lower-alpha 25]

  EFDD (until 15 October 2014)

  NI (until 19 October 2014)

  EFDD (until 23 October 2016)

  NI

Former members

NameRegionPartyDateReason for departure
Philip Bradbourn West Midlands   Conservative Party 19 December 2014Died in office
Anneliese Dodds South East England   Labour Party 8 June 2017Elected MP
Ian Duncan Scotland   Conservative Party 22 June 2017Resigned after being created life peer
Vicky Ford East of England   Conservative Party 8 June 2017Elected MP
Afzal Khan North West England   Labour Party 8 June 2017Elected MP
Timothy Kirkhope Yorkshire and the Humber   Conservative Party 5 October 2016Resigned after being created life peer
Andrew Lewer East Midlands   Conservative Party 8 June 2017Elected MP
Roger Helmer East Midlands   UKIP 31 July 2017Resigned 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 2016Resigned after taking up chief executive position at International Integrated Reporting Council
Glenis Willmott East Midlands   Labour Party 2 October 2017Retired
Catherine Stihler Scotland   Labour Party 31 January 2019Retired to take up chief executive post at Open Knowledge International

Notes

  1. Aker was originally elected for UKIP but joined the Thurrock Independents by 9 December 2018 and then the Brexit Party in February 2019 [1]
  2. Arnott was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in January 2018, and joined The Brexit Party in April 2019 [2]
  3. 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
  4. Atkinson was elected for UKIP but was expelled from the party in 2015. She joined ENF in June 2015
  5. Bashir was originally elected for UKIP but joined the Conservative Party in January 2015
  6. Bours was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in November 2018
  7. Bullock was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018. In February 2019, he joined the Brexit Party.
  8. Carver was elected for UKIP but left the party in May 2018
  9. Coburn was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018
  10. Collins was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in April 2019[ citation needed ]
  11. Collins left EFDD to join ENF in January 2019, but rejoined EFDD in April 2019 [4]
  12. The Earl of Dartmouth was originally elected for UKIP but resigned from the party in September 2018
  13. 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]
  14. Farage was originally elected for UKIP but resigned from the party in December 2018
  15. Finch was originally elected for UKIP but joined The Brexit Party in April 2019 [6]
  16. Gill was originally elected for UKIP but resigned from the party in December 2018 [7]
  17. 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.
  18. James was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in November 2016, and joined The Brexit Party in February 2019 [10] [11]
  19. McAvan resigned as an MEP on 18 April 2019 [12]
  20. Nuttall was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018 [13] and joined the Brexit Party in February 2019 [14] [15]
  21. O'Flynn was originally elected for UKIP but joined the SDP in November 2018
  22. Parker was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in April 2019[ citation needed ]
  23. Reid was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in December 2018 [16] and joined the Brexit Party in February 2019
  24. Seymour was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in April 2019[ citation needed ]
  25. Woolfe was originally elected for UKIP but left the party in October 2016 [17]

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