List of female members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of women who were members of the European Parliament representing the United Kingdom. As well as those elected at European elections, it includes members appointed as delegates between 1973 and 1979.

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyEntered officeLeft office Reason
[1] Delegate19751977Retired
[2] Delegate19751979Retired
[3] Delegate19741975Retired
[4] Delegate19751979Retired
[5] Thames Valley19791989Retired
Highlands and Islands19791999Retired
[6] Cumbria19791984Retired
North Wales19791989Defeated
Glasgow19791994Retired
[7] Greater Manchester19791989Retired
Mid and West Wales19791984Resigned[8]
Birmingham South19791984Defeated in Birmingham East
Liverpool19791984Defeated in Merseyside West
[9] Tyne South and Wear & Tyne and Wear19791989Retired
London South West19791989Defeated
[10] Birmingham East19841999Retired
Somerset and Dorset West19841994Defeated in Somerset and North Devon
Cumbria and Lancashire North19841989Retired
[11] Wiltshire, Wiltshire North and Bath & South West England19842009Retired
London East19841999Defeated in London
London North & London19892000Resigned
[12] Essex North East & Essex North and Suffolk South19891999Retired
Midlands Central19891999Resigned from Labour
19991999Defeated
London South West19891999Defeated in London
Essex South West19891994Defeated in Essex West and Hertfordshire East
Northamptonshire and Blaby19941999Defeated in East Midlands
Lincolnshire and Humberside South19941999Defeated in Yorkshire and the Humber
South Wales East & Wales19942009Retired
Mid and West Wales & Wales19942009Retired
Leicester19941999Defeated in Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber19982019Resigned
Scotland19992009Retired
Wales19992020UK exited the EU
North West England2004 & 2019Defeated & retired
West Midlands1999 & 20142009 & 2020Defeated & UK exited the EU
London19992019Retired
South East England19992010Resigned[13]
[14] London19992014Defeated
West Midlands19992012Resigned
[15] South East England19992009Retired
Scotland19992019Resigned
London19992005Resigned[16]
Yorkshire and the Humber19992012Resigned
London20002019Retired
Northern Ireland20042012Resigned
North East England20042014Retired
South East England20052014Retired
East Midlands20062017Resigned
South East England20092013Resigned from UKIP
20132014Defeated
South East England20092020UK exited the EU
Northern Ireland20092020UK exited the EU
East of England2017Resigned[17]
South West England20092018Resigned from the Conservative Party
20182019Retired
East Midlands2019Defeated
West Midlands20092011Expelled from UKIP
20112014Defeated
Wales2019Retired
London2014Defeated
West Midlands20112020UK exited the EU
Yorkshire and the Humber20122014Retired
Northern Ireland20122020UK exited the EU
London20142019Retired
South East England20142015Expelled from UKIP
20152019Retired
North West England20142018Resigned from UKIP
20182019Retired
South West England20142020UK exited the EU
Yorkshire and the Humber2014Resigned from UKIP
20192019Retired
South East England20142017Resigned[18]
North West England20142020UK exited the EU
South East England2014Resigned from UKIP
20182019Retired
North East England20142020UK exited the EU
South West England20142019Defeated
East Midlands2014Resigned from UKIP
20192019Retired
South West England20142019Resigned from UKIP
20192019Retired
West Midlands20142019Resigned from UKIP
20192019Retired
North West England20142020UK exited the EU
East of England20162019Defeated
[19] Scotland20172020UK exited the EU
Northern Ireland20192020UK exited the EU
North West England20192020UK exited the EU
South East England20192020UK exited the EU
West Midlands20192020UK exited the EU
North West England20192020UK exited the EU
North West England20192020UK exited the EU
East of England20192020UK exited the EU
Yorkshire and the Humber20192019Left the Brexit Party, became an independent
20192020 Joined the Conservatives
align=center colspan=22020UK exited the EU
Wales20192020UK exited the EU
South West England20192020UK exited the EU
South East England20192020UK exited the EU
Scotland20192020UK exited the EU
East of England20192020UK exited the EU
East of England20192020UK exited the EU
South East England20192020UK exited the EU
South East England20192020UK exited the EU
London20192020UK exited the EU
East Midlands20192019Left the Brexit Party, became an independent
20192020Joined the Conservatives
align=center colspan=22020UK exited the EU
Scotland20192020UK exited the EU
East of England20192020UK exited the EU
South West England20192020UK exited the EU
London20192020UK exited the EU
South West England20192020UK exited the EU
Scotlandalign=center colspan=22020UK exited the EU

Notes and References

  1. [Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]
  2. [Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]
  3. [Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]
  4. A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Fisher of Rednal from 1974.
  5. A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Elles from 1972. Mother of fellow MEP James Elles
  6. [Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]
  7. Wife of fellow MEP Edward Castle.
  8. Elected Member of Parliament for Cynon Valley in a by-election that year.
  9. [Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]
  10. A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Crawley from 1998.
  11. Wife of fellow MEP Robert V. Jackson.
  12. [Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]
  13. Elected Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion at the general election that year.
  14. A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Ludford from 1997.
  15. A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne from 1997.
  16. Elected Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet at the general election that year.
  17. Elected Member of Parliament for Chelmsford at the general election that year.
  18. Elected Member of Parliament for Oxford East at the general election that year.
  19. A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Mobarik from 2014.

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