Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 1973–1979

Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom
Delegation	(1973)
1st Term	(1979)
2nd Term	(1984)
3rd Term	(1989)
4th Term	(1994)
5th Term	(1999)
6th Term	(2004)
7th Term	(2009)

In this period, Members of the European Parliament were not directly elected, but were chosen by the House of Commons and House of Lords as delegates. The total size of the United Kingdom delegation was 36 but the Labour Party refused to name its delegates because of the party's then policy of opposing British membership of the European Communities. After the 1975 referendum, Labour decided to take its seats.

Name	Party	Dates
A
Lord Ardwick	Labour	July 3, 1975 – 1979
B
Guy Barnett	Labour	July 1, 1975 – May 24, 1976
Sir Tufton Beamish	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – July 24, 1974
Earl of Bessborough	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – 1979
Lord Bethell	Conservative	March 10, 1975 – 1979
Betty Boothroyd	Labour	July 1, 1975 – March 1, 1977
Lord Brecon	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – October 24, 1973
John Brewis	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – February 28, 1975
Lord Brimelow	Labour	February 28, 1977 – June 30, 1978
Ronald Brown	Labour	March 1, 1977 – 1979
Lord Bruce of Donington	Labour	July 3, 1975 – 1979
C
Lord Castle	Labour	July 3, 1975 – 1979
John Corrie	Conservative	February 28, 1975 – December 18, 1975; March 1, 1977 – 1979
George Cunningham	Labour	March 13, 1978 – 1979
D
Tam Dalyell	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
Sir Geoffrey de Freitas	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – February 28, 1975
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
Hugh Dykes	Conservative	July 24, 1974 – March 1, 1977
E
Robert Edwards	Labour	March 1, 1977 – 1979
Baroness Elles	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – July 3, 1975
Tom Ellis	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
John Evans	Labour	July 1, 1975 – March 13, 1978
Winnie Ewing	SNP	July 7, 1975 – 1979
F
Peggy Fenner	Conservative	July 24, 1974 – February 28, 1975
Baroness Fisher of Rednal	Labour	July 3, 1975 – 1979
Alan Fitch	Labour	March 13, 1978 – 1979
Alex Fletcher	Conservative	December 18, 1975 – March 1, 1977
Charles Fletcher-Cooke	Conservative	March 1, 1977 – 1979
G
Lord Gladwyn	Liberal	January 1, 1973 – July 3, 1975; July 8, 1975 – October 1, 1976
Lord Gordon-Walker	Labour	July 3, 1975 – October 20, 1976
H
Willie Hamilton	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
James Hill	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – February 28, 1975
John Hill	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – July 24, 1974
Ralph Howell	Conservative	July 24, 1974 – 1979
Mark Hughes	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
J
Russell Johnston	Liberal	January 1, 1973 – July 7, 1975; October 1, 1976 – 1979
K
Elaine Kellett-Bowman	Conservative	February 28, 1975 – 1979
Lord Kennet	Labour	February 28, 1978 – 1979
Peter Kirk	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – April 17, 1977
L
Marquess of Lothian	Conservative	October 24, 1973 – July 3, 1975
M
Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – March 10, 1975
Bob Mitchell	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
William Molloy	Labour	May 24, 1976 – March 1, 1977
Lord Murray of Gravesend	Labour	October 20, 1976 – February 28, 1978; June 30, 1978 – 1979
N
Tom Normanton	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – 1979
O
Lord O'Hagan	Cross-bencher	January 1, 1973 – July 3, 1975
John Osborn	Conservative	February 28, 1975 – 1979
P
John Peel	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – July 24, 1974
Rafton Pounder	Ulster Unionist	January 1, 1973 – July 24, 1974
John Prescott	Labour	July 1, 1975 – 1979
Christopher Price	Labour	March 1, 1977 – March 13, 1978
R
Lord Reay	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – 1979
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, Bt.	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – 1979
Geoffrey Rippon	Conservative	May 6, 1977 – 1979
S
Lord St Oswald	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – 1979
James Scott-Hopkins	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – 1979
Michael Shaw	Conservative	July 24, 1974 – 1979
James Spicer	Conservative	February 28, 1975 – 1979
Michael Stewart	Labour	July 1, 1975 – November 19, 1976
T
Dick Taverne	Democratic Labour	April 4, 1973 – October 10, 1974
Frank Tomney	Labour	November 19, 1976 – March 1, 1977
W
Sir Derek Walker-Smith	Conservative	January 1, 1973 – 1979
Lord Walston	Labour	July 3, 1975 – February 28, 1977

See also

• Members of the European Parliament