 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Watkinson wa ni apa ọtun ọtun ti ẹgbẹ oṣiṣẹ, ṣugbọn o jẹ eyiti o jẹ alailẹgbẹ fun ọmọ ẹgbẹ ti ẹgbẹ yẹn ni didan fun yiyọ kuro ti Ilu Gẹẹsi lati European Economic Community EEC lakoko idibo lori ọmọ ẹgbẹ : ní ọdún 1975. O di ọmọ ẹgbẹ Social Democratic Party SDP ni Oṣu Kẹwa ọdun 1981, o si dije Gloucestershire West labẹ awọn awọ tuntun rẹ ni ọdun 1983 ati 1987. 