North West England (European Parliament constituency)


























North West England

European Parliament constituency

Map of the 2014 European Parliament constituencies with North West England highlighted in red
Location among the 2014 constituencies


North West England (European Parliament constituency).svg
Shown within the United Kingdom

Member state
United Kingdom
Created
1999
MEPs
10 (1999–2004)
9 (2004–2009)
8 (2009–2014)
Sources

[1][2]

North West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. From the 2009 elections it elects 8 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 History


  • 3 Returned members


  • 4 Election results


  • 5 External links


  • 6 References





Boundaries


The constituency corresponds to the North West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.



History


Following the passing of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, the North West of England forms one constituency from which candidates are elected using the d'Hondt method. In the election preceding that Act, MEPs were elected by the first-past-the-post method in single-member constituencies. The current constituency corresponds to the following former constituencies: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Wirral, Cumbria and Lancashire North, Greater Manchester Central, Greater Manchester East, Greater Manchester West, Lancashire Central, Lancashire South, Merseyside East and Wigan, Merseyside West, and parts of Staffordshire West and Congleton.



Returned members







































































































MEPs for North West England, 1999 onwards
Election


1999 (5th parliament)


2004 (6th parliament)


2009 (7th parliament)


2014 (8th parliament)




MEP
Party


Lord Inglewood
Conservative


John Whittaker
UKIP


Paul Nuttall
UKIP

MEP
Party


Den Dover
Conservative (1999–2008)
Independent (2008–2009)
[1]


Nick Griffin
BNP


Louise Bours
UKIP

MEP
Party


Sir Robert Atkins
Conservative


Steven Woolfe
UKIP (2014–2016)
Independent (2016–2018)[2]
Conservative (2018-)

MEP
Party


David Sumberg
Conservative


Jacqueline Foster
Conservative

MEP
Party


Jacqueline Foster
Conservative


Saj Karim
Liberal Democrat (2004–2007)
Conservative (2007–)
[3]

MEP
Party


Chris Davies
Liberal Democrat


Julie Ward
Labour

MEP
Party


Terry Wynn[4]
Labour


Brian Simpson[5]
Labour (2006–2014)


M. Afzal Khan
Labour (2014–2017)

Wajid Khan
Labour (2017–present)



MEP
Party


Arlene McCarthy
Labour


Theresa Griffin
Labour

MEP
Party


Gary Titley
Labour
Seat abolished
MEP
Party


Brian Simpson[5]
Labour
Seat abolished































































































Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)[6]



UK Independence Party
22
 

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy
46


Conservative Party
20


European Conservatives and Reformists
73


Ulster Unionist Party

1


Labour Party
20
 

Socialists and Democrats
189


Green Party of England and Wales
3


Greens–European Free Alliance
50


Scottish National Party
2


Plaid Cymru

1


Liberal Democrats

1
 

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
70


Sinn Féin

1
 

European United Left–Nordic Green Left
52


Independent

1
 

Europe of Nations and Freedom
38


Democratic Unionist Party

1
 

Non-Inscrits
16
No UK party is a member of the EPP Group
 

European People's Party
215
Total
73
Total
749


Election results
























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Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.


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European Election 2014: North West England (results)
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


Labour

Theresa Griffin, Afzal Khan, Julie Ward,
Wajid Khan, Angeliki Stogia, Steve Carter, Pascale Lamb, Nick Parnell [8]
594,063
(198,021)

33.9
+13.5


UKIP

Paul Nuttall, Louise Bours, Steven Woolfe,
Shneur Odze, Lee Slaughter, Simon Noble, Peter Harper, John Brian Stanyer
481,932
(160,644)

27.5
+11.7


Conservative

Jacqueline Foster, Sajjad Karim,
Kevin Beaty, Deborah Dunleavy, Joe Barker, Daniel Hamilton, Chris Whiteside, James Walsh
351,985
(175,993)

20.1
−5.5


Green

Peter Cranie, Gina Dowding, Laura Bannister, Jill Perry, John Knight, Ulrike Zeshan, Lewis Coyne, Jake Welsh
123,075
7.0
−0.7


Liberal Democrat

Chris Davies, Helen Foster-Grime, Jo Crotty, Qassim Afzal, Jane Brophy, Sue McGuire, Gordon Lishman, Neil Christian
105,487
6.0
−8.3


BNP

Nick Griffin, Dawn Charlton, Clive Jefferson, Eddy O'Sullivan, Simon Darby, Kay Pollitt, Derek Adams, David O'Loughlin
32,826
1.9
−6.1


An Independence from Europe

Helen Bashford, Gill Kearney, Pauline Penny, Kay Bashford, Faye Raw, Lorna Markovitch, Jennie Ransome, Jill Stockdale
26,731
1.5

N/A


English Democrat

Stephen Morris, Paul Rimmer, Derek Bullock, Paul Whitelegg, Steve McEllenborough, Laurence Depares, Valarie Morris, Anthony Backhouse
19,522
1.1
−1.3


Pirate

Maria Aretoulaki, George Walkden, Jack Allnutt
8,597
0.5

N/A


NO2EU

Roger Bannister, George Waterhouse, Jacqueline Grunsell, John Metcalfe, George Tapp, Mark Rowe, James Healy, Kevin Morrison
5,402
0.3
−1.1


Socialist Equality

Chris Marsden, Julie Hyland, Robert Skelton, Lucy Warren, Mark Dowson, Ajitha Gunaratne, Danny Dickinson, Joe Heffer
5,067
0.3

N/A

Turnout
1,754,687
33.5%
+1.8%

























































































































European Election 2009: North West England[9][10]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Sir Robert Atkins, Saj Karim, Jacqueline Foster
Alex Williams, Greg Morgan, Tony Samuels, Peter Wilding, Andrew Large[11]
423,174
(141,058)

25.6
+1.5


Labour

Arlene McCarthy, Brian Simpson
Theresa Griffin, Stephen Carter, Jane Clarke, Riaz Ahmed, Claire Reynolds, Brian Boag
336,831
(168,415.5)

20.4
−6.9


UKIP

Paul Nuttall
Michael McManus, Graham Cannon, Nigel Brown, Hilary Jones, Philip Griffiths, Fred McGlade, Terry Durrance
261,740
15.8
+3.7


Liberal Democrat

Chris Davies
Helen Foster-Grime, Sue McGuire, Qassim Afzal, Neil Corlett, Mark Clayton, Stephen Cooke, Peter Hirst
235,639
14.3
−1.6


BNP

Nick Griffin
Martin Wingfield, Steve Greenhalgh, Edward O'Sullivan, Jean Purdy, Michael Elliot, Derek Adams, Gary Aronsson
132,194
8.0
+1.6


Green

Peter Cranie, Maria Whitelegg, Ruth Bergan, Samir Chatterjee, Jill Perry, Justine Hall, Margaret Westbrook, Geoff Smith
127,133
7.7
+2.1


English Democrat

Ed Abrams, Stephen Morris, Robert Logan, Derek Grue, Anthony Justice, Maurice Brookes, Valerie Morris, Ken Walters
40,027
2.4
+0.8


Socialist Labour

Billy Kelly, Stephen Whatham, Kai Andersen, Ronald Waugh, Dot Kelly, Lynton Bennett, Dot Entwistle, Michael Perry
26,224
1.6

N/A


Christian

Hans-Christian Raabe, Jill McLachlan, John Manwell, Maria Overend, Clive Morrison, Bob Ralph, Carol Jules, David Lee Martin
25,999
1.6

N/A


NO2EU

Roger Bannister, Les Skarrot, Craig Johnston, Alec McFadden, Steve Radford, Lynn Worthington, John Metcalfe, Harry Smith
23,580
1.4

N/A


Jury Team

Krishnamurty Tayya, Graham Ross, Carl Birchall, William Brotherston, Mary Strickland, Michael Hale
8,783
0.5

N/A


Libertas

Benjamin Caraduc Tallis, Anthony Butcher, Paul Dabrowa, William Westall, Liam Hemmings, John Humberstone, Michael O'Reilly
6,980
0.4

N/A


Independent

Francis Apaloo
3,621
0.2

N/A

Turnout
1,651,825
31.7
−9.2

















































































































European Election 2004: North West England[12]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


Labour

Gary Titley, Arlene McCarthy, Terry Wynn
Brian Simpson, Theresa Griffin, Rosie Cooper, Albert Catterall, Rupa Huq, Ebrahim Adia
576,388
(192,129.33)
27.4
−7.1


Conservative

Den Dover, David Sumberg, Sir Robert Atkins
Jacqueline Foster, David Newns, Alfred Doran, Eveleigh Dutton, Leslie Byrom, James Mawdsley
509,446
(169,815.33)
24.2
−11.2


Liberal Democrat

Chris Davies, Saj Karim
Helen Flo Clucas, Qassim Afzal, Stan Collins, Allison Seabourne, Paula Keaveney, Neil Corlett, Alison Firth
335,063
(167,531.5)
15.9
+4.2


UKIP

John Whittaker
Gregg Beaman, John Browne, Gerald Kelley, Alan Weddell, Stephen Roxborough, Richard Buttrey, Graham Cannon, Roy Hopwood
257,158
11.7
+5.2


BNP

Nick Griffin, Martin Wingfield, Anthony Jones, Patricia Thomson, David Joines, Ralph Ellis, Richard Chadfield, Anita Corbett, Barry Birks[13]
134,959
6.4
+5.1


Green

John Whitelegg, Gina Dowding, Spencer Fitz-Gibbon, Kay Roney, Peter Cranie, Vernon Marshall, Vanessa Hall, Kenneth McIver, James Craig
117,393
5.6
+0.0


Liberal

Steve Radford, David Green, Hazel Williams, Philip Burke, Christopher Lenton, Christopher Barnes, Michael Butler, Robin Radnell, Daniel Wood
96,325
4.6
+2.4


English Democrat

Christine Constable, Mark Wheatley, Julia Howman, Stephen Pipe, Lauren Spratt, Phillip Evans, Robert Abrams
34,110
1.6

N/A


Respect

Michael Lavalette, Ahmed Hadi, Sabiha Vorajee, Alexander McFadden, Stephen Metcalfe, Madeline Heneghan, Richard Searle, Edna Greenwood, Susan Mary Bond
24,636
1.2

N/A


Countryside Party

Rodney Black, Richard Malbon, Richard Ormrod, Kevin Tomkinson
11,283
0.5

N/A


ProLife Alliance

Fiona Pinto, Julia Millington, Kathleen Delarmi, Rosanne Allen, Fiona Daly
10,084
0.5

N/A


Independent

Ronald Alan Neal
8,318
0.4

N/A

Turnout
2,115,163
40.9
+21.2

























































































































European Election 1999: North West England[14]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Lord Inglewood, Sir Robert Atkins, David Sumberg, Den Dover, Jacqueline Foster
David Newns, Andrew Reid, Leslie Byrom, Christopher Lynch, Paul Brierley
360,027
(72,005.4)
35.4

N/A


Labour

Arlene McCarthy, Gary Titley, Terry Wynn, Brian Simpson
Tony Cunningham, Mark Hendrick, Ruth Turner, Claire Nangle, Michael Ward, Theresa Griffin
350,511
(87,627.75)
34.5

N/A


Liberal Democrat

Chris Davies
Flo Clucas, Tim Farron, Patsy Calton, Roger Putnam, Yasmin Zalzala, Kiron Reid, Kate Fletcher, Mark Clayton, Jackie Pearcey
119,376
11.7

N/A


UKIP

John Whittaker, Gerald Kelley, Roger Bullock, Gordon Black, Mona McNee, Mark Adams, Valerie Cowell, Graham Cannon, Alan Weddell, John Tomlin
66,779
6.6

N/A


Green

John Whitelegg, Spencer Fitz-Gibbon, Chris Busby, Robin Field, Lance Crookes, Gina Dowding, Julian Parry, Geoffrey Nicholls, Jenny Jones, Joy Hogg
56,828
5.6

N/A


Liberal

Michael Meadowcroft, Steve Radford, David Green, Philip Burke, Gary Copeland, Colin Paisley, Hazel Williams, Susan Ashton, Alison Micklem, Paul Woodruff
22,640
2.2

N/A


BNP

Christian Jackson, Roger Wood, David Blezard, Michael Cope, Mark Dodd, Lee Barnes, Anthony Hodson, William Hitches, Brian Winn, Geoffrey Barnes
13,587
1.3

N/A


Socialist Labour

William Kelly, Gias Choudhury, Alec McFadden, Lynne Lowe, Ali Mehmood, James Hackett, Steven Wynn, Jim Dooher, Michael Perry, Terence Cullen
11,338
1.1

N/A


Pro-Euro Conservative

Andrew Pearce, Janet Terras, Paul Bennetts, Andrew Zsigmund, Edward Pearce, Jane Baines, Tim Coppinger, Graham Perkins, Linda Callaghan, Barry Hardcastle
9,816
1.0

N/A

Anti-Corruption Pro-Family Christian Alliance

David Braid
2,251
0.2

N/A


Natural Law

John Collins, Dinah Grice, Peter Leadbetter, Deborah Wright, William Hite, Bryan Irving, Bibette Leadbetter, Simon Cohen, Geoffrey Gay, Anne Marie Scott
2,114
0.2

N/A

English Independent Humanist Party

Douglas Firkin-Flood
1,049
0.1

N/A


Weekly Worker

John Pearson, Roger Harper, Philip Watson, Stephen Riley, Edward Rowlands, Thomas May, Daniel Hammill, Daniel Bowles
878
0.1

N/A

Turnout
1,017,194
19.7

N/A


External links



  • European Election 2009 – Results Breakdown for the North West (by district)


  • "Your MEPs: North West". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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References





  1. ^ Expelled from Conservatives on 13 November 2008


  2. ^ Left UKIP on 17 October 2016


  3. ^ Defected to the Conservatives on 26 November 2007


  4. ^ Resigned on 27 August 2006


  5. ^ ab Appointed in 2006 to replace Terry Wynn


  6. ^ "MEPs by Member State and political group, 8th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 11 June 2016.


  7. ^ Bernstein, Sir Howard (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Retrieved 3 May 2014.


  8. ^ http://www.labour.org.uk/labour-party-european-election-candidate-selection-results,2014-01-21[permanent dead link]


  9. ^ "UK – European election candidates: North West".


  10. ^ "European Election 2009 – UK Results – North West".


  11. ^ Conservative Party[permanent dead link]


  12. ^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.


  13. ^ "nwcand". 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.


  14. ^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.











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