John Stevens (English politician)

John Christopher Courtenay Stevens (born 23 May 1955) is a British politician.A Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1999, he contested the Buckingham constituency in the 2010 general election as an independent, against Commons speaker John Bercow and came second with 10,331 votes (21.4%) compared to Bercow's 22,860 (47.3%).Stevens was educated at Winchester, where he won the Boxing Cup, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, taking a third class honours degree in law.[1] He was the Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Thames Valley from 1989 to 1999, before leaving the party in protest over its increasingly Eurosceptic positioning.He then co-founded, along with Brendan Donnelly, the Pro-Euro Conservative Party (PECP) in that year.
John Stevens (MP for Hythe)Member of the European ParliamentThames ValleyDiana EllesBritishRejoin EUConservativePro-Euro ConservativeLiberal DemocratsIndependentAlma materMagdalen College, OxfordpoliticianBuckingham constituency2010 general electionCommons speakerJohn BercowWinchesterMorgan GrenfellEuroscepticBrendan DonnellyPro-Euro Conservative Party1999 Kensington and Chelsea by-electionUK Independence PartyNigel FarageBuckinghamRejoin EU party2021 London Assembly electionEuropean ParliamentBaroness EllesMember of the European Parliament from the United Kingdom