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Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
The leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament was the most senior Conservative member of the European Parliament. The post was last held by Geoffrey Van Orden, who succeeded Ashley Fox in 2019. His term ended after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Leaders of Conservative MEPs (1973 to 2020) Edit
| Leader | Portrait | Constituency | Took office | Left office | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Peter Kirk | Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden | 1 January 1973[1] | 17 April 1977[2] | 4 years and 107 days | |
| Geoffrey Rippon[3] | Member of Parliament for Hexham | 17 April 1977 | 7 July 1979 | 2 years and 82 days | |
| James Scott-Hopkins[4] | Hereford and Worcester | 7 July 1979 | 9 February 1982 | 2 years and 218 days | |
| Henry Plumb | Cotswold | 9 February 1982 | 7 July 1987 | 5 years and 149 days | |
| Christopher Prout[5] | Shropshire and Stafford | 7 July 1987 | 16 June 1994 | 6 years and 345 days | |
| Tom Spencer[6] | Surrey | 16 June 1994 | 16 September 1997 | 3 years and 93 days | |
| Edward McMillan-Scott | Yorkshire and the Humber | 16 September 1997 | 14 December 2001 | 4 years and 90 days | |
| Jonathan Evans | Wales | 14 December 2001[7] | 14 December 2004 | 3 years and 1 day | |
| Timothy Kirkhope | Yorkshire and the Humber | 14 December 2004[8] | 28 November 2007 | 2 years and 350 days | |
| Giles Chichester | South West England and Gibraltar | 28 November 2007[9] | 5 June 2008 | 190 days | |
| Philip Bushill-Matthews | West Midlands | 5 June 2008[10] | 18 November 2008 | 167 days | |
| Timothy Kirkhope | Yorkshire and the Humber | 18 November 2008[11] | 23 November 2010 | 2 years and 5 days | |
| Martin Callanan | North East England | 23 November 2010[12] | 1 March 2012 | 1 year and 99 days | |
| Richard Ashworth | South East England | 14 March 2012[13] | 19 November 2013 | 1 year and 250 days | |
| Syed Kamall | London | 19 November 2013[14] | 25 November 2014 | 1 year and 6 days | |
| Ashley Fox | South West England and Gibraltar | 25 November 2014[15] | 11 June 2019 | 4 years and 198 days | |
| Geoffrey Van Orden | East of England | 11 June 2019 | 31 January 2020 | 234 days |
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