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FORMER UK WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Table 1 on this page lists all former British
women members of the European Parliament since direct elections were first
held in 1979. Between 1957 and 1979 the Parliamentary Assembly or Parliament
(as it was called from 1962) was constituted of delegates from national
parliaments chosen by each party. The UK had thirty-six seats in the European
Parliament between 1973 and 1979, and seven women were among these delegates.
In addition to those who continued to serve after 1979 and are listed
below, the others were Betty
Boothroyd (1975-77), Gwyneth
Dunwoody (1975-79), Peggy
Fenner (1974-75), and Baroness
Fisher of Rednal (1975-79). Table 2 gives a
gender breakdown of each party's complement of MEPs after each election,
while Table 3 gives a gender breakdown of the each
election's overall result.
Table 1: Former UK Women MEPs (as at 25 October 2010)
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Dates
|
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Baroness
Elles
|
Conservative
|
Thames
Valley (1979-)
|
1973-75, 1979-89
|
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Winifred
Ewing
|
SNP
|
Highlands
& Islands (1979-)
|
1975-99
|
|
Elaine
Kellett-Bowman
|
Conservative
|
Cumbria
& Lancashire North (1979-)
|
1975-84
|
|
Beata
Brookes
|
Conservative
|
Wales
North
|
1979-89
|
|
Janey
Buchan
|
Labour
|
Glasgow
|
1979-94
|
|
Barbara
Castle
|
Labour
|
Greater
Manchester North, Greater Manchester West (1984-)
|
1979-89
|
|
Ann
Clwyd
|
Labour
|
Mid
& West Wales
|
1979-84
|
|
Norvela
Forster
|
Conservative
|
Birmingham
South
|
1979-84
|
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Gloria
Hooper
|
Conservative
|
Liverpool
Central
|
1979-84
|
|
Joyce
Quin
|
Labour
|
Tyne
& Wear South
|
1979-89
|
|
Shelagh
Roberts
|
Conservative
|
London
South West
|
1979, 1979-89
|
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Christine
Crawley
|
Labour
|
Birmingham
East
|
1984-99
|
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Margaret
Daly
|
Conservative
|
Somerset
& Dorset West
|
1984-94
|
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Sheila
Faith
|
Conservative
|
Cumbria
& Lancashire North
|
1984-89
|
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Carole
Tongue
|
Labour
|
London
East
|
1984-99
|
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Pauline
Green
|
Labour
|
London
North
|
1989-2000
|
|
Anne
McIntosh
|
Conservative
|
Essex
North East, Essex North & Suffolk South (1994-)
|
1989-99
|
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Christine
Oddy
|
Labour
|
Midlands
Central, Coventry & Warwickshire North (1994-)
|
1989-99
|
|
Anita
Pollack
|
Labour
|
London
South West
|
1989-1999
|
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Patricia
Rawlings
|
Conservative
|
Essex
South West
|
1989-1994
|
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Angela
Billingham
|
Labour
|
Northamptonshire
& Blaby
|
1994-1999
|
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Veronica
Hardstaff
|
Labour
|
Lincolnshire
& Humberside
|
1994-1999
|
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Susan
Waddington
|
Labour
|
Leicester
|
1994-1999
|
| Caroline Jackson |
Conservative |
South West |
1984-2009
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| Glenys Kinnock |
Labour |
Wales |
1994-2009
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| Eluned Morgan* |
Labour |
Wales |
1994-2008
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| Theresa Villiers |
Conservative |
London |
199-2005
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| Neena Gill |
Labour |
West Midlands |
199-2009
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| Elspeth Attwooll |
Liberal Democrat |
Scotland |
1999-2009
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| Baroness Nicholson |
Liberal Democrat |
South East |
199-2009
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*
Eluned
Morgan announced in 2008 she would step down from her post as MEP at the
2009 election, citing the pressures of combining work and family life. In
an interview in October 2008 she stated, 'Clearly I want women to be involved
in politics, but here are some very practical difficulties'. Morgan was
the youngest MEP at 27 when she was elected in 1994
Table 2: UK European election results
by gender and party, 1979 to 2009
|
Date
|
Women
|
Men
|
%
Women
|
|
Conservative
|
|
1979
|
6
|
57
|
10
|
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1984
|
6
|
39
|
13
|
|
1989
|
4
|
28
|
13
|
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1994
|
3
|
15
|
17
|
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1999
|
3
|
33
|
..8
|
|
2004
|
2
|
25
|
7
|
|
2009
|
6
|
18
|
..25
|
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Labour
|
|
1979
|
4
|
10
|
29
|
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1984
|
5
|
27
|
16
|
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1989
|
7
|
38
|
20
|
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1994
|
12..
|
50
|
19
|
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1999
|
10..
|
18
|
36
|
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2004
|
7..
|
12
|
37
|
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2009
|
5..
|
8
|
38
|
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Others
|
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1979
|
1
|
3
|
33
|
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1984
|
1
|
3
|
33
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1989
|
1
|
3
|
33
|
|
1994
|
1
|
6
|
14
|
|
1999
|
8
|
15..
|
35
|
|
2004
|
10
|
22..
|
29
|
|
2009
|
14
|
21..
|
40
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Table 3: UK European election results
by gender, 1979 to 2009
|
Date
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Women
|
Men
|
%
Women
|
|
1979
|
11
|
70
|
14
|
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1984
|
12
|
69
|
15
|
|
1989
|
12
|
69
|
15
|
|
1994
|
16
|
71
|
18
|
|
1999
|
21
|
67
|
24
|
|
2004
|
19
|
59
|
24
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2009
|
25
|
47
|
35
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