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 a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and a Visiting Scholar at Symbiosis University’s School of International Studies in Pune.
Arlene McCarthy OBE was a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party from 1994 to 2014.
Marian Harkin is an Irish Independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency since the 2020 general election,and previously from 2002 to 2007. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2019.
Charles Goerens is a Luxembourgish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. He is a member of the Democratic Party,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Sophia Helena "Sophie" in 't Veld is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 party. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2004,and reelected in 2009,2014 and 2019. She was her party's top candidate for the three elections and has been its leader in the European Parliament since her first election.
Frédérique Ries is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
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.
Cecilia Karin Maria Wikström,née Sundström,originally Nodbjörk is a Swedish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Sweden,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was the liberal–centrist political group of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019. It was made up of MEPs from two European political parties,the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and the European Democratic Party,which collectively form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Gesine Meißner is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Free Democratic Party,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Dominique Riquet is a French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2009 European election,representing the North-West constituency. From 2002 until 2012,he was also the mayor of Valenciennes.
Catherine Zena Bearder is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament between 2 July 2014 and 12 November 2019. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 4 June 2009 to 31 January 2020.
Sylvie Guillaume is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Socialist Party,part of the Party of European Socialists.
Jens Rohde is a Danish politician,who is a member of the Folketing for the Christian Democrats political party. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 until 2019,as a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He is currently a member of the Christian Democrats.
Jean-Paul Gauzès is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement,part of the European People's Party. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the North-West of France from 2004 to 2014.
Cornelia "Cora" van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She served as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2021,and briefly as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in 2021.
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).
Marlene Mizzi is a Maltese politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She currently serves as the Maltese ambassador to Sweden and Norway. She was a member of the Labour Party and sat within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. She served as an MEP between 2013 and 2019.
Angelika Rosa Mlinar is an Austrian and Slovenian politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 until 2019. She is a member of NEOS –The New Austria,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She belongs to the minority of Carinthian Slovenes. She is a distinguished fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations.
Ulrike Müller is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of Free Voters,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2014–2019) and the Renew Group.
