NICHOLAS BETHELL MEP
Conservative Party

Born 1938.
Nominated Conservative MEP 1975-1979; MEP for London North West, 1979-94; MEP for London Region 1999-2003.
President, Friends of Gibraltar's Heritage, 1992-2001; Friends of Cyprus, 2001- (Chairman, 1981-2001). Commander, Order of Merit (Poland), 1991.
Member of the House of Lords, 1967-99. Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, 1970-71. Consultant to Police Federation of England and Wales, 1989-2000. President, Uxbridge Conservative Association, 1995-99. President, Brent East Conservative Association, 1988-95. Vice-President, Brill CC, 1997-.
Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA 1965, PhD 1987).
Publications:
- Gomulka: his Poland and his Communism, 1969
- The War Hitler Won, 1972
- The Last Secret, 1974
- The Palestine Triangle, 1979
- The Great Betrayal, 1984
- Spies and other Secrets,1994.
Translations including Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

In the European Parliament, Member in the Committees: Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.