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North East England
European Parliament constituencyLocation amongst the 2007 constituencies Shown within England Created 1999 MEP(s) 4 (1999 - 2004)
3 (2004 - present)Member State United Kingdom Source(s) [1][2] North East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 3 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to the North East England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.
History
The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Durham, Northumbria, Tyne and Wear, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond.
MEPs for former North East England constituencies, 1979 – 1999 Election 1979 – 1984 1984 – 1989 1989 – 1994 1994 – 1999 Cleveland (1979 – 1984)
Cleveland and Yorkshire North (1984 – 1994)
Cleveland and Richmond (1994 – 1999)Peter Vanneck
ConservativeDavid Bowe
LabourDurham Roland Boyes
LabourStephen Hughes
LabourNorthumbria Gordon Adam
LabourTyne South and Wear (1979 – 1984)
Tyne and Wear (1984 – 1999)Joyce Quin
LabourAlan Donnelly
LabourReturned members
MEPs for North East England, 1999 onwards Election 1999 (5th parliament) 2004 (6th parliament) 2009 (7th parliament) MEP
PartyMartin Callanan
ConservativeMEP
PartyAlan Donnelly
Labour
until December 1999Gordon Adam
Labour
from December 1999Fiona Hall
Liberal DemocratMEP
PartyStephen Hughes
LabourMEP
PartyMo O'Toole
LabourSeat abolished Key to European parties (UK)[3] (v.d.e) British party Seats/72 EP group Seats/736 Conservative 24 Conservatives & Reformists 55 Labour 13 Socialists & Democrats 183 Liberal Democrat 12 Liberals & Democrats 84 UKIP 10 Freedom & Democracy 28 British National 2 None Green 2 Greens & Free Alliance 55 Scottish National 2 Greens & Free Alliance 55 Democratic Unionist 1 None Plaid Cymru 1 Greens & Free Alliance 55 Sinn Féin 1 EUL-NGL 35 UCUNF 1 Conservatives & Reformists 55 None (Ex-UKIP) 3 None Election results
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Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
European Election 2009: North East England[1][2] List Candidates Votes % ±% Labour Stephen Hughes
Fay Tinnon, Nick Wallis[3]147,338 25.0 −9.1 Conservative Martin Callanan
Barbara Musgrave, Richard Bell[4]116,911 19.8 +1.2 Liberal Democrat Fiona Hall
Chris Foote-Wood, Neil Bradbury[5]103,644 17.6 −0.2 UKIP Gordon Parkin, Sandra Allison, John Tennant[6] 90,700 15.4 +3.2 BNP Adam Walker, Peter Mailer, Ken Booth[7] 52,700 8.9 +2.5 Green Shirley Ford, Iris Ryder, Nic Best[8] 34,081 5.8 +1.0 English Democrats Frank Roseman, Allan White, Garham Robinson 13,007 2.2 N/A Socialist Labour Michael York, John Taylor, James Dodsworth 10,238 1.7 N/A NO2EU Martin Levy, Hannah Walter, Peter Pinkney 8,066 1.4 N/A Christian Don Botham, Daniel Parker, Coral Thompson 7,263 1.2 N/A Libertas Ken Rollings, Alasdair Macleod, William Tremlett 3,010 0.5 N/A Jury Team Ahmed Khan, Jackie Riley[9] 2,904 0.5 N/A Turnout 589,862 30.4 −10.4 European Election 2004: North East England[10] List Candidates Votes % ±% Labour Stephen Hughes
Mo O'Toole, Joanne Thompson266,057 34.1 −8.1 Conservative Martin Callanan
Jeremy Middleton, Amanda Vigar144,969 18.6 −8.8 Liberal Democrat Fiona Hall
Chris Wood, Gregory Stone138,791 17.8 +4.3 UKIP Piers Merchant, Charlotte Bull, Val Cowell 94,887 12.2 +3.3 BNP Alan Patterson, Andrew Harris, Jenny Agnew[11] 50,249 6.4 +5.5 Independent Neil Herron 39,658 5.1 N/A Green Pam Woolner, Nic Best, Judith Brennan 37,247 4.8 +0.1 Respect Yvonne Ridley, Yunus Bakhsh, David Stewart 8,633 1.1 N/A Turnout 780,491 40.8 +21.3 European Election 1999: North East England[12] List Candidates Votes % ±% Labour Alan Donnelly, Stephen Hughes, Mo O'Toole
Gordon Adam162,573
(54,191)42.2 N/A Conservative Martin Callanan
Aidan Ruff, Brendan Murphy, Neil Macgregor105,573 27.4 N/A Liberal Democrat Chris Foote Wood, Fiona Hall, Peter Maughan, Jane Harvey 52,070 13.5 N/A UKIP Rodney Atkinson, William Brown, Martin Rouse, Graeme Oswald 34,063 8.8 N/A Green Nicolas Best, Ruth Whiteside, Bridget Speight, Michael Greveson 18,184 4.7 N/A Socialist Labour Brian Gibson, Gordon Potts, James Fitzpatrick, Kenneth Hall 4,511 1.2 N/A BNP Alan Gould, John Bowles, Iain Wilson, Colin Smith[13] 3,505 0.9 N/A Pro-Euro Conservative Dominic Tilley, Marie Adams, Desmond Harney, John Meredith 2,926 0.8 N/A Socialist Alternative John Bisset, Steven Colborn, Stephen Davison, Andrew Pitts 1,510 0.4 N/A Natural Law Paul Kember, Richard Buswell, Richard Keyton, Christopher Adamson 826 0.2 N/A Turnout 385,741 19.5 N/A References
- ^ Sunderland City Council
- ^ "2009 election results". BBC News. 2009-04-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_33.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ Labour Party
- ^ Conservative Party
- ^ Liberal Democrats
- ^ UK Independence Party
- ^ British National Party
- ^ Green Party of England and Wales
- ^ Jury Team
- ^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20040603103752/www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/necand.html
- ^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ "BNP under the skin: Colin Smith". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/advisory/colin_smith.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Constituencies in North East England (29) Labour (25) Bishop Auckland · Blaydon · Blyth Valley · City of Durham · Darlington · Easington · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Houghton and Sunderland South · Jarrow · Middlesbrough · Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland · Newcastle upon Tyne Central · Newcastle upon Tyne East · Newcastle upon Tyne North · North Durham · North Tyneside · North West Durham · Sedgefield · South Shields · Stockton North · Sunderland Central · Tynemouth · Wansbeck · Washington and Sunderland West
Conservative (2) Liberal Democrats (2) North East England European constituency: Labour (1) · Conservative (1) · Liberal Democrats (1) 2004–2009 ← European Parliament constituencies 2009–2014 → 2014–2019 Belgium France East · Île-de-France · Massif-Centre · North-West · Overseas Territories · South-East · South-West · West
Ireland Dublin · East · North-West · South
Italy Central · Islands · North-East · North-West · Southern
Poland United Kingdom East Midlands · East of England · London · North East England · Northern Ireland · North West England · Scotland · South East England · South West England (including Gibraltar) · Wales · West Midlands · Yorkshire and the Humber
National Categories:- European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom
- Politics of North Yorkshire
- Politics of North East England
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