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List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (2014–2019)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ16965735 ↗
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The 8th European Parliament was elected across the European Union in the late days of May 2014 for the 2014–2019 session. The United Kingdom was apportioned to send 73 out of the 751 Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) that are listed below.

Contribution of UK political parties within European Parliament political groups

The UK had representation with 73 of the 751 seats of the European Parliament with party contributions within political groups as follows at time of dissolution:

Members at dissolution

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This entry incorporates text from “List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom (2014–2019)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.