North West England (European Parliament constituency)

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North West England European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies

Shown within the United Kingdom
Created	1999
MEP(s)	10 (1999 - 2004) 9 (2004 - 2009) 8 (2009 - 2014)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

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

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 formed one constituency from which candidates are elected using the d'Hondt formula. In the election preceding this Act, MEPs were elected from first-past-the-post constituencies. These were 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)
Election	1999 (5th parliament)					2009 (7th 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
MEP Party	Sir Robert Atkins Conservative
MEP Party	David Sumberg Conservative					Jacqueline Foster Conservative
MEP Party	Jacqueline Foster Conservative		Saj Karim Liberal Democrat (2004–2007) Conservative (2007 onwards)^[2]
MEP Party	Chris Davies Liberal Democrat
MEP Party	Terry Wynn^[3] Labour			Brian Simpson^[4] Labour
MEP Party	Arlene McCarthy Labour
MEP Party	Gary Titley Labour				Seat abolished
MEP Party	Brian Simpson^[5] Labour	Seat abolished

Key to European parties (UK)[3]					(v.d.e)
British party		Seats/73	EP group		Seats/754
	Conservative	26		Conservatives & Reformists	54
	Labour	13		Socialists & Democrats	189
	Liberal Democrat	12		Liberals & Democrats	85
	UKIP¹	10		Freedom & Democracy	35
	UKIP¹	1		None
	Green	2		Greens & Free Alliance	59
	Scottish National	2
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Sinn Féin	1		EUL-NGL	34
	UUP	1		Conservatives & Reformists	54
	British National	1		None
	Democratic Unionist	1
	British Democratic	1
	We Demand a Referendum	1

¹ UKIP have 11 MEPs in total, but only 10 are in the Freedom & Democracy group, with Trevor Colman as a Non-Inscrit.

Election results

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

European Election 2009: North West England^[6]^[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert Atkins, Saj Karim, Jacqueline Foster Alex Williams, Greg Morgan, Tony Samuels, Peter Wilding, Andrew Large^[8]	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 Democrats	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^[9]
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^[10]	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 Democrats	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^[11]
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, Teresa 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. Includes photos, contact information, links to EU website profiles

References

^ Expelled from Conservatives on 13 November 2008
^ Defected to the Conservatives on 26 November 2007
^ Resigned on 27 August 2006
^ Appointed in 2006 to replace Terry Wynn
^ Appointed in 2006 to replace Terry Wynn
^ BBC list
^ European Election 2009: North West
^ Conservative Party
^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ http://web.archive.org/web/20040603081051/www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/nwcand.html
^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

v t e Constituencies in North West England (75)

Labour (47)	Ashton-under-Lyne Barrow and Furness Birkenhead Blackburn Blackley and Broughton Blackpool South Bolton North East Bolton South East Bolton West Bootle Bury South Chorley Copeland Denton and Reddish Ellesmere Port and Neston Garston and Halewood Halton Heywood and Middleton Hyndburn Knowsley Leigh Liverpool Riverside Liverpool Walton Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool West Derby Makerfield Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham West and Royton Preston Rochdale St Helens North St Helens South and Whiston Salford and Eccles Sefton Central Stalybridge and Hyde Stockport Stretford and Urmston Wallasey Warrington North West Lancashire Wigan Wirral South Workington Worsley and Eccles South Wythenshawe and Sale East

Conservative (22)	Altrincham and Sale West Blackpool North and Cleveleys Bury North Carlisle City of Chester Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Eddisbury Fylde Lancaster and Fleetwood Macclesfield Morecambe and Lunesdale Pendle Penrith and The Border Ribble Valley Rossendale and Darwen South Ribble Tatton Warrington South Weaver Vale Wirral West Wyre and Preston North

Liberal Democrats (6)	Burnley Cheadle Hazel Grove Manchester Withington Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (2) UKIP (1) Liberal Democrats (1) BNP (1)

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