July 2012, he was the only British MEP to vote in favour of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Only 38 MEPs voted with him, while 478 voted against the treaty; this was the biggest defeat in the history of the European Union. He stood for re-election in the 2014 election but was defeated. Newton Dunn was Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate in Hayes and Harlington in the June 2017 general election. In May 2018, he was elected to Richmond London Borough Council as a councillor for the South Richmond ward. In the 2019 European Parliament election, Newton Dunn was first on the Liberal Democrat list for the East Midlands and was elected. At the beginning of the Ninth European Parliament, he was the longest serving MEP (discounting periods outside Parliament) and the only MEP from the First European Parliament in 1979 (40 years previously) still holding a seat. Personal life In 1970, Newton Dunn married Anna Terez Árki; they have two children: Tom Newton Dunn, former political editor of The Sun newspaper and Daisy Newton Dunn, a TV producer for the BBC. He and his wife divide their time between homes in Navenby, Lincolnshire and Richmond, South West London. Newton Dunn is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Haberdashers' Company. References External links Bill Newton Dunn MEP official site Liberal Democrat MEPs Bill Newton Dunn profile at the site of the Liberal Democrats East Midlands Liberal Democrats site for his constituency party 1941 births Living people People from Hart District People from North Kesteven District People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge INSEAD alumni Conservative Party (UK) MEPs Liberal Democrats (UK) MEPs Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors MEPs for England 1979–1984 MEPs for England 1984–1989 MEPs for England 1989–1994 MEPs for England 1999–2004 MEPs for England 2004–2009 MEPs for England 2009–2014 MEPs for England 2019–2020 Councillors in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Politics of Lincolnshire