List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (2004–2009)
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This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name.
See European Parliament Election, 2004 (UK) for a list ordered by constituency.
Members
This table can be sorted by constituency, party or party group: click the symbol at the top of the appropriate column.
Changes
| Name | Region | Party | Date | Reason for departure |
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| Chris Huhne | South East England | LibDem | 11 May 2005 | Resigned on election to the House of Commons |
| Theresa Villiers | London | Conservative | 11 May 2005 | Resigned on election to the House of Commons |
| Phillip Whitehead | East Midlands | Labour | 31 December 2005 | Deceased |
| Terry Wynn | North West England | Labour | 27 August 2006 | Resigned after reaching 60th birthday |
| Graham Booth | South West England | UKIP | 1 October 2008 | Retired |
Notes
- ^ Jim Allister was elected as a member of the Democratic Unionist Party, but resigned the party whip on 27 March 2007 in protest over the party's decision to form a power-sharing executive in the Northern Ireland Assembly with Sinn Féin.
- ^ Sharon Bowles replaced Chris Huhne on 12 May 2005.
- ^ Graham Booth resigned on 30 September 2008, and was replaced by Trevor Colman on 1 October 2008.
- ^ Daniel Hannan was expelled from the EPP-ED group on 19 February 2008.
- ^ Roger Helmer had the Conservative whip suspended from 26 May 2005 to 13 September 2006 after he voted to censure the European Commission. Simultaneously, his membership of the EPP-ED group was withdrawn, and it has not been restored.
- ^ Syed Kamall replaced Theresa Villiers on 12 May 2005.
- ^ Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat, Saj Karim joined the Conservative Party on 26 November 2007.
- ^ Robert Kilroy-Silk was elected as a member of UKIP, and sat in the Independence and Democracy group. He resigned the UKIP whip on 27 October 2004 and founded Veritas on 2 February 2005.
- ^ Ashley Mote was elected as a member of UKIP, and would have sat with the Independence and Democracy group, had he not been suspended from UKIP on 16 July 2004. Instead, he sat as a Non-inscrit member until becoming a founder member of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in January 2007. ITS ceased to exist in November that year.
- ^ Terry Wynn resigned on 27 August 2006 and was replaced by Brian Simpson.
- ^ Phillip Whitehead died on 31 December 2005, and was replaced by Glenis Willmott on 1 January 2006.
