Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

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Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown within England
Created	1999
MEP(s)	7 (1999 - 2004) 6 (2004 - present)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of the European Parliament 3.1 1999 - 2004 3.2 2004 - 2009 3.3 2009 - 2014 4 Election results 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Lincolnshire and Humberside South.

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 1999 - 2004

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	David Bowe	Labour
	Richard Corbett	Labour
	Robert Goodwill	Conservative
	Timothy Kirkhope	Conservative
	Linda McAvan	Labour
	Edward McMillan-Scott	Conservative
	Diana Wallis	Liberal Democrat

[edit] 2004 - 2009

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Godfrey Bloom	UKIP
	Richard Corbett	Labour
	Timothy Kirkhope	Conservative
	Linda McAvan	Labour
	Edward McMillan-Scott	Conservative
	Diana Wallis	Liberal Democrat

[edit] 2009 - 2014

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Godfrey Bloom	UKIP
	Andrew Brons	British National
	Timothy Kirkhope	Conservative
	Linda McAvan	Labour
	Edward McMillan-Scott	Conservative
	Diana Wallis	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

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

European Election 2009: Yorkshire and The Humber[1][2]
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
	UK Independence	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
	British National	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, Rick Rolt, Kevin Warnes, Lesley Hedges	104,456	8.5	+2.8
	English Democrats	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 Party	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
	Pro:Democracy-Libertas.eu	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[3][4]
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
	UK Independence	Godfrey Bloom Jonathan Arnott, John Nunn, John Walker, David Sewards, Ann Schwab	228,666	14.0	+6.9
	British National	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 Democrats	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 [5][6]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward McMillan-Scott, Timothy Kirkhope, Robert Goodwill, Christine Adamson, William 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
	UK Independence	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
	Alternative Labour List Supporting Left Alliance	Michael Davis, Celia Foote, Joseph Kenyon, Jean Sutton, Michelle Hanley, Anthony Fee, Malcolm Christie	9,554	1.3	N/A
	British National	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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Biographies of Y&H candidates 2009 at Micandidate

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