 This was partly a result of his having right-wing views on homesexuality, race and capital punishment which one party official described as being closer to the policies of the National Front.Tomney took an interest in European and international affairs, and was a delegate to the Council of Europe and the Western European Union on a number of occasions between 1963 and 1979.In 1968 he was leader of the United Kingdom delegation to the United Nations, and from 1976-77 was a Member of the European Parliament.