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

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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.

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

	Name	Constituency	Entered office	Left office	Reason
Labour	Betty Boothroyd^{[note 1]}	Delegate	1975	1977	Retired
Labour	Gwyneth Dunwoody^{[note 2]}	Delegate	1975	1979	Retired
Conservative	Peggy Fenner^{[note 3]}	Delegate	1974	1975	Retired
Labour	Doris Fisher^{[note 4]}	Delegate	1975	1979	Retired
Conservative	Diana Elles^{[note 5]}	Thames Valley	1979	1989	Retired
SNP	Winnie Ewing	Highlands and Islands	1979	1999	Retired
Conservative	Elaine Kellett-Bowman^{[note 6]}	Cumbria	1979	1984	Retired
Conservative	Beata Brookes	North Wales	1979	1989	Defeated
Labour	Janey Buchan	Glasgow	1979	1994	Retired
Labour	Barbara Castle^{[note 7]}	Greater Manchester	1979	1989	Retired
Labour	Ann Clwyd	Mid and West Wales	1979	1984	Resigned^{[note 8]}
Conservative	Norvela Forster	Birmingham South	1979	1984	Defeated in Birmingham East
Conservative	Gloria Hooper	Liverpool	1979	1984	Defeated in Merseyside West
Labour	Joyce Quin^{[note 9]}	Tyne South and Wear & Tyne and Wear	1979	1989	Retired
Conservative	Shelagh Roberts	London South West	1979	1989	Defeated
Labour	Christine Crawley^{[note 10]}	Birmingham East	1984	1999	Retired
Conservative	Margaret Daly	Somerset and Dorset West	1984	1994	Defeated in Somerset and North Devon
Conservative	Sheila Faith	Cumbria and Lancashire North	1984	1989	Retired
Conservative	Caroline Jackson^{[note 11]}	Wiltshire, Wiltshire North and Bath & South West England	1984	2009	Retired
Labour	Carole Tongue	London East	1984	1999	Defeated in London
Labour	Pauline Green	London North & London	1989	2000	Resigned
Conservative	Anne McIntosh^{[note 12]}	Essex North East & Essex North and Suffolk South	1989	1999	Retired
Labour	Christine Oddy	Midlands Central	1989	1999	Resigned from Labour
Independent	Christine Oddy	Midlands Central	1999	1999	Defeated
Labour	Anita Pollack	London South West	1989	1999	Defeated in London
Conservative	Patricia Rawlings	Essex South West	1989	1994	Defeated in Essex West and Hertfordshire East
Labour	Angela Billingham	Northamptonshire and Blaby	1994	1999	Defeated in East Midlands
Labour	Veronica Hardstaff	Lincolnshire and Humberside South	1994	1999	Defeated in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Glenys Kinnock	South Wales East & Wales	1994	2009	Retired
Labour	Eluned Morgan	Mid and West Wales & Wales	1994	2009	Retired
Labour	Susan Waddington	Leicester	1994	1999	Defeated in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Linda McAvan	Yorkshire and the Humber	1998	2019	Resigned
Liberal Democrats	Elspeth Attwooll	Scotland	1999	2009	Retired
Plaid Cymru	Jill Evans	Wales	1999	2020	UK exited the EU
Conservative	Jacqueline Foster	North West England	1999 & 2009	2004 & 2019	Defeated & retired
Labour	Neena Gill	West Midlands	1999 & 2014	2009 & 2020	Defeated & UK exited the EU
Green	Jean Lambert	London	1999	2019	Retired
Green	Caroline Lucas	South East England	1999	2010	Resigned^{[note 13]}
Liberal Democrats	Sarah Ludford^{[note 14]}	London	1999	2014	Defeated
Liberal Democrats	Liz Lynne	West Midlands	1999	2012	Resigned
Liberal Democrats	Emma Nicholson^{[note 15]}	South East England	1999	2009	Retired
Labour	Catherine Stihler	Scotland	1999	2019	Resigned
Conservative	Theresa Villiers	London	1999	2005	Resigned^{[note 16]}
Liberal Democrats	Diana Wallis	Yorkshire and the Humber	1999	2012	Resigned
Labour	Mary Honeyball	London	2000	2019	Retired
Sinn Féin	Bairbre de Brún	Northern Ireland	2004	2012	Resigned
Liberal Democrats	Fiona Hall	North East England	2004	2014	Retired
Liberal Democrats	Sharon Bowles	South East England	2005	2014	Retired
Labour	Glenis Willmott	East Midlands	2006	2017	Resigned
UKIP	Marta Andreasen	South East England	2009	2013	Resigned from UKIP
Conservative	Marta Andreasen	South East England	2013	2014	Defeated
Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bearder	South East England	2009	2020	UK exited the EU
DUP	Diane Dodds	Northern Ireland	2009	2020	UK exited the EU
Conservative	Vicky Ford	East of England	2009	2017	Resigned^{[note 17]}
Conservative	Julie Girling	South West England	2009	2018	Resigned from the Conservative Party
Independent	Julie Girling	South West England	2018	2019	Retired
Conservative	Emma McClarkin	East Midlands	2009	2019	Defeated
UKIP	Nikki Sinclaire	West Midlands	2009	2011	Expelled from UKIP
Independent	Nikki Sinclaire	West Midlands	2011	2014	Defeated
Conservative	Kay Swinburne	Wales	2009	2019	Retired
Conservative	Marina Yannakoudakis	London	2009	2014	Defeated
Conservative	Anthea McIntyre	West Midlands	2011	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Taylor	Yorkshire and the Humber	2012	2014	Retired
Sinn Féin	Martina Anderson	Northern Ireland	2012	2020	UK exited the EU
Labour	Lucy Anderson	London	2014	2019	Retired
UKIP	Janice Atkinson	South East England	2014	2015	Expelled from UKIP
Independent	Janice Atkinson	South East England	2015	2019	Retired
UKIP	Louise Bours	North West England	2014	2018	Resigned from UKIP
Independent	Louise Bours	North West England	2018	2019	Retired
Green	Molly Scott Cato	South West England	2014	2020	UK exited the EU
UKIP	Jane Collins	Yorkshire and the Humber	2014	2019	Resigned from UKIP
Brexit Party	Jane Collins	Yorkshire and the Humber	2019	2019	Retired
Labour	Anneliese Dodds	South East England	2014	2017	Resigned^{[note 18]}
Labour	Theresa Griffin	North West England	2014	2020	UK exited the EU
UKIP	Diane James	South East England	2014	2018	Resigned from UKIP
Brexit Party	Diane James	South East England	2018	2019	Retired
Labour	Judith Kirton-Darling	North East England	2014	2020	UK exited the EU
Labour	Clare Moody	South West England	2014	2019	Defeated
UKIP	Margot Parker	East Midlands	2014	2019	Resigned from UKIP
Brexit Party	Margot Parker	East Midlands	2019	2019	Retired
UKIP	Julia Reid	South West England	2014	2019	Resigned from UKIP
Brexit Party	Julia Reid	South West England	2019	2019	Retired
UKIP	Jill Seymour	West Midlands	2014	2019	Resigned from UKIP
Brexit Party	Jill Seymour	West Midlands	2019	2019	Retired
Labour	Julie Ward	North West England	2014	2020	UK exited the EU
Labour	Alex Mayer	East of England	2016	2019	Defeated
Conservative	Nosheena Mobarik^{[note 19]}	Scotland	2017	2020	UK exited the EU
Alliance	Naomi Long	Northern Ireland	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Jane Brophy	North West England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Judith Bunting	South East England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Green	Ellie Chowns	West Midlands	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Green	Gina Dowding	North West England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	Claire Fox	North West England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Barbara Gibson	East of England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	Lucy Harris	Yorkshire and the Humber	2019	2019	Left the Brexit Party, became an independent
Independent			2019	2020	Joined the Conservatives
Conservative			2020		UK exited the EU
Labour	Jackie Jones	Wales	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	Christina Jordan	South West England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	Belinda De Camborne Lucy	South East England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
SNP	Aileen McLeod	Scotland	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	June Mummery	East of England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Lucy Nethsingha	East of England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Green	Alex Phillips	South East England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	Alex Phillips	South East England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Luisa Porritt	London	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	Annunziata Rees-Mogg	East Midlands	2019	2019	Left the Brexit Party, became an independent
Independent			2019	2020	Joined the Conservatives
Conservative			2020		UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Sheila Ritchie	Scotland	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Green	Catherine Rowett	East of England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Caroline Voaden	South West England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Liberal Democrats	Irina von Wiese	London	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
Brexit Party	Ann Widdecombe	South West England	2019	2020	UK exited the EU
SNP	Heather Anderson	Scotland	2020		UK exited the EU

Notes

^ Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West 1974-2000.
^ Member of Parliament for Crewe 1974-1983.
^ Member of Parliament for Rochester and Chatham until October 1974.
^ A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Fisher of Rednal from 1974.
^ A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Elles from 1972. Mother of fellow MEP James Elles
^ Member of Parliament for Lancaster 1970-1997. Wife of fellow MEP Edward Kellett-Bowman.
^ Wife of fellow MEP Edward Castle.
^ Elected Member of Parliament for Cynon Valley in a by-election that year.
^ Member of Parliament for Gateshead East from 1987.
^ A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Crawley from 1998.
^ Wife of fellow MEP Robert V. Jackson.
^ Member of Parliament for Vale of York from 1997.
^ Elected Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion at the general election that year.
^ A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Ludford from 1997.
^ A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne from 1997.
^ Elected Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet at the general election that year.
^ Elected Member of Parliament for Chelmsford at the general election that year.
^ Elected Member of Parliament for Oxford East at the general election that year.
^ A life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Mobarik from 2014.

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v t e Elections to the European Parliament in the United Kingdom (1979–2019)
Elections in the United Kingdom
Legislation	European Assembly Elections Act 1978 European Parliamentary Elections Act 1993 European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002
Elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 (Gibraltar) 2009 (Gibraltar) 2014 (Gibraltar) 2019 (Gibraltar Results)
Members	1973–79 1979–84 1984–89 1989–94 1994–99 1999–2004 2004–09 2009–14 2014–19 2019–20 Women
Constituencies (1999–2020)	East Midlands East of England London North East England Northern Ireland North West England Scotland South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber Wales
Voting systems	D'Hondt (Great Britain, 1999–2019) Single Transferable Vote (STV) (Northern Ireland, 1979–2019) First-past-the-post (FPTP) (Great Britain, 1979–1994)
Repealing legislation	European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
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