Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

























Yorkshire and the Humber

European Parliament constituency

Map of the 2014 European Parliament constituencies with Yorkshire and the Humber highlighted in red
Location among the 2014 constituencies


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Shown within England

Member state
United Kingdom
Created
1999
MEPs
7 (1999–2004)
6 (2004–present)
Sources

[1][2]

Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It elects six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 History


  • 3 Returned members


  • 4 Election results


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Boundaries


The constituency corresponds to the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.



History


It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Humberside, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Sheffield, Yorkshire South, Yorkshire South West, Yorkshire West, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond and Lincolnshire and Humberside South.
























































































MEPs for former Yorkshire and the Humber 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
Conservative


David Bowe
Labour


Humberside


Robert Battersby
Conservative


Peter Crampton
Labour


Leeds


Derek Enright
Labour


Michael McGowan
Labour


Lincolnshire (1979–1994)
Lincolnshire and Humberside South (1994–1999)


Bill Newton Dunn
Conservative


Veronica Hardstaff
Labour


Sheffield


Richard Caborn
Labour


Bob Cryer
Labour


Roger Barton
Labour


Yorkshire North (1979–1984)
York (1984–1994)
North Yorkshire (1994–1999)


Neil Balfour
Conservative


Edward McMillan-Scott
Conservative


Yorkshire South


Brian Key
Labour/Co-operative


Norman West
Labour
to 1998


Linda McAvan
Labour
from 1998


Yorkshire South West


Thomas Megahy
Labour


Yorkshire West


Barry Seal
Labour



Returned members










































































MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, 1999 onwards
Election


1999 (5th parliament)


2004 (6th parliament)


2009 (7th parliament)


2014 (8th parliament)

MEP
Party


Diana Wallis1
Liberal Democrat


Rebecca Taylor
Liberal Democrat


Mike Hookem
UKIP

MEP
Party


Edward McMillan-Scott
Conservative (1999–2009)
Liberal Democrat (2010–2014)



Jane Collins
UKIP

MEP
Party


Robert Goodwill
Conservative


Godfrey Bloom
UKIP (2004–2013)
Independent (2013–2014)


Amjad Bashir
UKIP (2014–2015)
Conservative (2015–)


MEP
Party


Timothy Kirkhope2
Conservative


John Procter
Conservative

MEP
Party


Richard Corbett
Labour


Andrew Brons
British National Party (2009–2012)
Independent (2012)[3]
British Democratic Party (2013–2014) [4][5]


Richard Corbett
Labour

MEP
Party


Linda McAvan
Labour

MEP
Party


David Bowe
Labour
Seat abolished

1Diana Wallis resigned in January 2012.[6]2Timothy Kirkhope was appointed to the House of Lords in 2016 and as a result was required to resign.[7]
































































































Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)[8]



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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European election 2014: Yorkshire and The Humber
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


UKIP

Jane Collins, Amjad Bashir, Mike Hookem,
Gary Shores, Jason Smith, Anne Murgatroyd[9][10]
403,630
(134,543)

31.1
+13.7


Labour

Linda McAvan, Richard Corbett,
Eleanor Tunnicliffe, Asghar Khan, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Darren Hughes[10]
380,189
(190,095)

29.3
+10.6


Conservative

Timothy Kirkhope,
Alex Story, John Procter, Carolyn Abbott, Michael Naughton, Ryan Stephenson[10][11]
248,945
19.2
−5.3


Green

Andrew Cooper, Shan Oakes, Dr Vicky Dunn, Denise Craghill, Martin Hemingway, Kevin Warnes[10][12]
102,282
7.9
−0.6


Liberal Democrat

Edward McMillan-Scott, James Monaghan, Joe Otten, Chris Foote Wood, Jacqueline Bell, Aqila Choudhry[10][13]
81,108
6.25
−6.9


An Independence from Europe

Christopher Booth, Kerrie Oxenham, Malcolm Snelling, John Buchanan Martin, Paul Balderson Sootheran, Howard Roy Blake[10][14]
24,297
1.9

N/A


BNP

Marlene Guest, Adam Walker, Danny Cooke, Joanne Brown, Steven Richard Harrison, Stuart Henshaw[10][15]
20,138
1.6
−8.2


Yorkshire Party
Stewart Arnold, Richard Carter, Richard Honnoraty[10][16] 19,017
1.5

N/A


English Democrat

Chris Beverley, David Wildgoose, Ian Sutton, Colin Porter, Tom Redmood, David Allen[10][17]
13,288
1.0
−1.5


No2EU

Trevor Howard, Mary Jackson, Carrie Hedderwick, Adrian O’Malley, Steven John Andrew, Iain Alaistair Dalton[10]
3,807
0.29
−1.0

Turnout
1,296,701
33.5
+1.2

















































































































European election 2009: Yorkshire and The Humber[18][19]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Edward McMillan-Scott, Timothy Kirkhope
Fleur Butler, Matthew Bean, Nick Burrows, Glynis Frew

299,802
(149,901)

24.5
−0.2


Labour

Linda McAvan
Richard Corbett, Emma Hoddinott, David Bowe, Melanie Onn, Mahroof Hussain

230,009
18.8
−7.5


UKIP

Godfrey Bloom
Jonathan Arnott, Jason Smith, Toby Horton, David Daniel, Lynette Afshar

213,750
17.4
+2.9


Liberal Democrat

Diana Wallis
Stewart Arnold, Rebecca Taylor, James Monaghan, Nader Fekri, Neil Poole

161,552
13.2
−2.4


BNP

Andrew Brons
Nick Cass, Chris Beverley, Marlene Guest, Paul Harris, Trevor Brown

120,139
9.8
+1.8


Green
Martin Hemingway, Shan Oakes, Leslie Rowe, Lesley Hedges, Kevin Warnes, Steve Barnard,
104,456
8.5
+2.8


English Democrat
Michael Cassidy, Joanne Robinson, Peter Davies, David  Wildgoose, Paul McEnhill, Geoffery Crossman
31,287
2.6
+1.0


Socialist Labour
William Capstick, Linda Sheriden, Stephen Yoxall, Holly Jo Yoxall, Terence Robinson, Christopher Butler
19,380
1.6

N/A


Christian
Sid Cordle, Andrew McClintock, Angela MacDonald, John O'Brien, Samantha Cauldwell, Rebecca Jones
16,742
1.4

N/A


NO2EU
Keith Gibson, Celia Foote, Jackie Grunsell, Peter Marsh, Mike Davies, Juliet Marie Boddington
15,614
1.3

N/A


Jury Team
Barbara Hibbert, Anthony Hooper, Ben Saxton
7,181
0.6

N/A


Libertas
Antony Devoy, Edward Devoy, Stephen Clark, Diana MacLeod, Trevor Bending, Kathleen Harris
6,268
0.5

N/A

Turnout
1,226,180
32.3
−10.3

































































































European election 2004: Yorkshire and the Humber[20][21]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


Labour

Linda McAvan, Richard Corbett
David Bowe, Patricia Sutcliffe, Chris Naylor, Jo Coles

413,213
(206,606.5)

26.3
−5.0


Conservative

Timothy Kirkhope, Edward McMillan-Scott
Mohammed Riaz, Kenneth Irvine, Ian Bruce, Carolyn Abbott

387,369
(193,684.5)

24.6
−12.0


Liberal Democrat

Diana Wallis
Julia Gash, Stewart Arnold, Robert Adamson, Colin Ross, Zulfiqar Ali

244,607
15.6
+1.2


UKIP

Godfrey Bloom
Jonathan Arnott, John Nunn, John Walker, David Sewards, Ann Schwab

228,666
14.0
+6.9


BNP
Nicholas Cass, Christopher Beverley, John Brayshaw, John Aveyard, Paul Cromie, Dianne Carr
126,538
8.0
+6.8


Green
Mark Hill, Linda Duckenfield, John Phillips, Jonathan Dixon, John Norris, James Russell
90,337
5.7
0


Respect
Anas Altikriti, Mobeen Azhar, Sue Wild, Janet Alder, Kath Owen, Christopher Cheetham
29,865
1.9

N/A


English Democrat
Gary Cowd, Stephen Elliott, Derek Smith, Nicholas Booth
24,068
1.5

N/A


Independent
Robert Ellis
14,762
0.9

N/A


Alliance for Green Socialism
Mike Davies, Azar Iqbal, Juliet Boddington, Celia Foote, Jeannie Sutton, Steven Radford
13,776
0.9

N/A

Turnout
1,573,201
42.6
+23.0

































































































European election 1999: Yorkshire and the Humber [22][23]
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Edward McMillan-Scott, Timothy Kirkhope, Robert Goodwill
Christine Adamson, Earl of Dartmouth, David Nuttall, Raja Najabat Hussain
272,653
(90,884.33)
36.6

N/A


Labour

Linda McAvan, David Bowe, Richard Corbett
Roger Barton, Barry Seal, Veronica Hardstaff, Dominic Shellard
233,024
(77,674.67)
31.3

N/A


Liberal Democrat

Diana Wallis
Michael Pitts, Angela Harris, Colin Ross, Sylvia Anginotti, Robert Adamson, Madeleine Kirk
107,168
14.4

N/A


UKIP

Gordon Rogers, Richard North, Peter Davies, Judith Longman, Clive Fairclough, David Barley, Paul Godfrey
52,824
7.1

N/A


Green

Peg Alexander, Mark Hill, Vivienne Smith, Anthony Martin, Andy d'Agorne, Joseph Otten, Clive Lord
42,604
5.7

N/A


Leeds Left Alliance

Michael Davis, Celia Foote, Joseph Kenyon, Jean Sutton, Michelle Hanley, Anthony Fee, Malcolm Christie
9,554
1.3

N/A


BNP

Richard Mulhall, Adrian Marsden, Graham Cook, Christopher Ward, Paul Wilson, Ronald Smith, Jay Lee
8,911
1.2

N/A


Pro-Euro Conservative

Julia Gash, Andrew Mayer, Louise Rowntree, Alexander Goodman, Paul McIlroy, Angela Pullen, Keith Bennett
8,075
1.1

N/A


Socialist Labour

Linda Muir, Alan Brooke, Stephen Yoxall, Thomas Appleyard, Robert Morris, Frank Cave, Stewart Emms
7,650
1.0

N/A


Natural Law

Geoffrey Mead, Stuart Withers, Mark Gaskell, Diana Leighton, Roger Perry, Barry Franklin, Robert Thurston
1,604
0.2

N/A

Turnout
744,067
19.6

N/A


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External links




  • Biographies of Y&H candidates 2009 at Micandidate

  • Breakdown of 2009 election results by council areas (pdf)


  • "Your MEPs: Yorkshire and the Humber". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom.
    Includes photos, contact information, links to EU website profiles










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