Conservative / EPP-ED MEP Martin Callanan responded in that paper the following day:

In 2009, the Conservatives won 26 seats in the European Parliament, which increased to 27 in 2011 due to defection by a UK Independence Party MEP, reducing back down to 26 when a Conservative moved to UKIP.

Currently, Scotland returns two Labour MEPs, two Conservative MEPs, two SNP MEPs and one Liberal Democrat MEP, to the European Parliament.

The local MP is the Conservative Geoffrey Cox and the MEP local aristocrat Tory Giles Chichester.

Scotland returned two Labour MEPs, two SNP MEPs, one Conservative and Unionist MEP and one Liberal Democrat MEP, to the European Parliament.

The party received an endorsement in The Independent from writer A. N. Wilson, as well as support from Paul Howell, who was a speech writer for Margaret Thatcher and Edward Heath and a Conservative MEP, and Anthony Meyer, the " stalking horse " candidate against Margaret Thatcher in 1990.

The CDA fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference in October 2002 was addressed by Roger Knapman, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party ; Ashley Mote, prominent UKIP MEP and author of " Overcrowded Britain-Our Immigration Crisis Exposed " ( 2004 ); John Gouriet, a founder with Norris McWhirter of the Freedom Association alongside Derek Turner, editor of Right Now!

He was a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) from 1979 to 1984 and Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Wantage from 1983 to 2005, having been elected as a Conservative ; however, he joined the Labour Party in 2005.

Currently, Scotland returns two Labour MEPs, two Conservative and Unionist MEPs, two SNP MEPs and one Liberal Democrat MEP, to the European Parliament.

He was the Conservative Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) for Birmingham North, then Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Mid Worcestershire and finally Bromley and Chislehurst at his death.

An Oxford branch was set up ( under Roland Smith ) with links to Oxford University's growing Eurosceptic movement led by student activist and future Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan.

Bercow was re-elected, and in second place with 10, 331 votes was John Stevens, a former Conservative MEP who campaigned as an independent accompanied by " Flipper the Dolphin " ( a reference to MPs flipping second homes ).

A Conservative MEP, Roger Helmer, was expelled from his group, the European People's Party-European Democrats ( EPP-ED ) in the middle of the debate by that group's leader Hans-Gert Poettering as a result of his support for Farage's motion.

William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood MEP DL, usually called Richard Inglewood ( born 31 July 1951 ) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

The region is currently represented by Labour MEP, Stephen Hughes, Conservative MEP, Martin Callanan and Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall.

She was criticised by Daniel Hannan, a British Conservative MEP, saying that she had " no background in trade issues at a time when the EU is engaged in critical negotiations with Canada, Korea and the WTO ".

James Glyn Ford MEP went even further by announcing at the 1993 Labour Party Conference: " The Tories have a far-Right tendency .... I have passed details of the Revolutionary Conservative Caucus to Special Branch ".

He was a Conservative MEP for Wight & Hampshire East from 1979 to 1984 and is former employee of the World Bank and the European Commission.

He was a Conservative Party MEP from 1979 to 1994 for Lincolnshire.

After a spell out of the Parliament, he was re-elected a Conservative MEP for the East Midlands in 1999.

He was elected to the European Parliament in 1999 as a Conservative Party MEP, and re-elected in 2004 and 2009.

Timothy Eric " Tim " Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho ( born 2 December 1942 ) is an English Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Daventry from 1987 until he retired at the 2010 general election.

His younger brothers are Simon and Timothy, former Conservative Minister of Trade ; David Sainsbury, former Labour Minister for Science, is a cousin.

Timothy Paul Loughton ( born 30 May 1962 ) is a British Conservative Party politician, and has been Member of Parliament ( MP ) for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election.

He was elected as the chairman of the Leeds West Constituency Labour Party in 1987, and he contested Leeds North East at the 1992 General Election but was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Timothy Kirkhope by 4, 244 votes, gaining a 5. 9 % swing from the Conservative Party to Labour.

Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, PC ( born 28 May 1932 ), is a British Conservative Party politician.

The ward is served by three councillors, all of whom are Conservative ; Bill Evans, Nigel Dawkins and Timothy Huxtable.

He was suspended from the Conservative Party whip on 26 May 2005 after voting against party instructions on a motion to censure the European Commission and openly criticising his delegation leader, Timothy Kirkhope, in a parliamentary debate ; the Conservative party whip was restored on 13 September 2006, but he remained Non-Inscrit.

Dr Timothy Charles Ayrton Tannock ( born in Aldershot, Hampshire ) is a British politician, psychiatrist, and Member of the European Parliament for London for the Conservative Party.

Timothy John Robert Kirkhope ( born 29 April 1945 ) is a British lawyer and politician, currently serving as Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party.

Members of the European Parliament ( MEPs ) for Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency since the European Parliament election, 2009, are Godfrey Bloom ( UK Independence Party ), Andrew Brons ( BNP ), Timothy Kirkhope ( Conservative ), Linda McAvan ( Labour ), Edward McMillan-Scott ( Liberal Democrat ), and Diana Wallis ( Liberal Democrat ).

* Timothy Kirkhope ( Conservative )

Timothy Patrick " Tim " Hudak ( born November 1, 1967 ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ( PC Party ).

It is represented by Cllrs Roger Steel and Timothy Spencer ( Conservative ) and Lee Jeffrey ( Labour ).

In December 2004, Kirkhope was elected Leader of the Conservative Delegation in the European Parliament.

At the 1950 general election, Foot defended the formerly Liberal seat of North Cornwall, following the defection of its member Tom Horabin to Labour in 1947, but he lost to Harold Roper ( Conservative ).

Conservative writers and lawmakers including Hugh Hewitt, BigGovernment. com's Rich Muny, and Senator James Inhofe ( R-OK ) immediately defended both Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement, crediting them with gains in both the House and the Senate.

He was a member of the Conservative Party, and defended the rights of landowners against growing demands by tenant farmers for land reform.

Baird defended another Conservative government decision to cut funds for climate science research, arguing that further studies are largely superfluous in light of recent United Nations reports.

In the October 1974 general election the former Conservative MP Enoch Powell defended the seat for the UUP, representing a coup for them as they gained the support of a high profile English politician, offering them a spokesperson to the United Kingdom as a whole.

Smith defended the use of Video Lottery Terminals as a source of government revenue, and rejected a 2003 proposal from Progressive Conservative MLA John Loewen to phase out most terminals from the province.

He defended the paper against a number of high-profile defamation suits, including from the Police Federation and the Conservative MPs, Neil Hamilton and Jonathan Aitken.

Hambro's actions were defended by the Norwegian parliamentary opposition, including the Conservative Party.

He was also an influential figure in the Conservative Party, and frequently defended the coalition against other Tories who saw it as detrimental to party interests.

He was a co-founder and lifelong member of the Mexican Conservative Party, and he consistently defended the centralist organization of Mexico.

During the Suez Crisis, he defended the Conservative Government against opposition " carping criticisms ".