Timothy Kirkhope MEP

Timothy Kirkhope MEP

Yorkshire and Humber

  • Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
  • Transport, Tourism and Local Government Spokesman
  • Transport, Tourism and Local Government Spokesman
  • Parliamentary Committees:
    • Constitutional Affairs (Vice-Chairman)
    • Transport and Tourism
  • Parliamentary Delegations:
    • People's Republic of China
    • Afghanistan
    • Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (Chairman)
  • Parliamentary activities - click here

Contact Details

Email: timothy.kirkhope@europarl.europa.eu

Website: http://www.kirkhope.org.uk

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Press

26 Conservatives elected to European Parliament

Posted,08/06/2009 15:00:00

The results of the European elections were announced on Sunday 7th June. 26 Conservatives were successfully elected to represent the British people in the European Parliament until July 2014.

Working Time Directive opt-out safe - for now

Posted,15/05/2009 17:00:00

But socialists and Labour MEPs put Britain on notice - they will attempt to scrap it again

Conservative response to European Commission's Interim Economic forecasts

Posted,04/05/2009 10:00:00

Responding to the European Commission's Spring economic forecasts, which predict UK growth will be just 0.1% next year compared to the 1.25% predicted by the Budget, Timothy Kirkhope MEP, Conservative leader in Brussels, said:

Kirkhope on job losses: "clearly Labour isn't working again"

Posted,30/04/2009 13:00:00

Commenting on a report by EU body Eurofound, which showed the UK has suffered the largest "announced" job losses of any EU country, Timothy Kirkhope MEP, Conservative leader in the European Parliament, said:

Kirkhope welcomes EC's airline investigations

Posted,20/04/2009 16:00:00

Balance between cooperation and collusion should be probed

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This MEP in the News

The choice for Europe

The European elections have been dominated by other issues. No party has made a convincing case for the purpose of the EU but the Conservative Party is the only viable choice

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British Airways tie-up threatened by EU anti-trust investigation

The European commission is to investigate whether airline alliances violate competition laws – placing another obstacle in the way of Britsh Airways' deal with American Airlines and Iberia

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Kirkhope returns as Tory leader in EU parliament

The British Tory delegation in parliament has elected a new leader. Timothy Kirkhope has been elected to lead the group - the largest British delegation in parliament - and immediately pledged to pursue party leader David Cameron's "vision" of the EU

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'Sovereignty threat' after European parliament adopts flag and anthem

The European parliament has officially adopted an anthem and flag which were left out of the Lisbon treaty for fears they appeared federalist.

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EU to introduce 'virtual strip searches' at airports by 2010

Digital body scanners which leave little to the imagination will be used by airport security on passengers travelling across the European Union within two years.

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