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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.
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 party | MEPs | Political group | Governance |
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Labour Party | 19 / 185
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S&D | Commission majority |
Conservative Party | 18 / 77
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ECR | Opposition and non-aligned |
UKIP | 2 / 36
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ENF | Opposition and non-aligned |
UKIP | 1 / 20
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NI | Opposition and non-aligned |
Green Party | 3 / 52
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Greens/EFA | Opposition and non-aligned |
Scottish National Party | 2 / 52
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Greens/EFA | Opposition and non-aligned |
Ulster Unionist Party | 1 / 77
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ECR | Opposition and non-aligned |
Liberal Democrats | 1 / 69
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ALDE | Commission majority |
Sinn Féin | 1 / 52
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GUE/NGL | Opposition and non-aligned |
Plaid Cymru | 1 / 52
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Greens/EFA | Opposition and non-aligned |
Democratic Unionist Party | 1 / 20
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Non-Inscrits | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent | 2 / 216
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EPP | Commission majority |
SDP | 1 / 42
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EFDD | Opposition and non-aligned |
Brexit Party | 14 / 42
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EFDD | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent | 1 / 36
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ENF | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent | 3 / 42
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EFDD | Opposition and non-aligned |
Independent politician | 1 / 20
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Non-Inscrits | Opposition and non-aligned |
vacant | 2 / 21
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n/a | n/a |
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Name | Region | Party | Date | Reason for departure |
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Philip Bradbourn | West Midlands | Conservative Party | 19 December 2014 | Died in office |
Anneliese Dodds | South East England | Labour Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Ian Duncan | Scotland | Conservative Party | 22 June 2017 | Resigned after being created life peer |
Vicky Ford | East of England | Conservative Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Afzal Khan | North West England | Labour Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Timothy Kirkhope | Yorkshire and the Humber | Conservative Party | 5 October 2016 | Resigned after being created life peer |
Andrew Lewer | East Midlands | Conservative Party | 8 June 2017 | Elected MP |
Roger Helmer | East Midlands | UKIP | 31 July 2017 | Resigned 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 2016 | Resigned after taking up chief executive position at International Integrated Reporting Council |
Glenis Willmott | East Midlands | Labour Party | 2 October 2017 | Retired |
Catherine Stihler | Scotland | Labour Party | 31 January 2019 | Retired to take up chief executive post at Open Knowledge International |
Last week the MEP for South West England and Gibraltar learned she had been expelled from the party, after clashing with the leadership over Brexit.
Girling, a conservative party member for more than 40 years, fell out with party hierarchy over the UK's impending divorce from the EU, and her dismissal was confirmed in a letter last week. The letter, dated 25 September, was signed by party chairman Brandon Lewis and cites Girling's recent decision to join the European Parliament centre-right EPP group as the reason for her exile.