| West Midlands European Parliament constituency |
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| Created | 1999 |
| MEP(s) | 8 (1999 - 2004) 7 (2004 - 2009) 6 (2009 - present) |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it will elect 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. The constituency will also elect a "virtual MEP" who will be able to sit in the Parliament if the Treaty of Lisbon comes into effect. The constituency was also previously represented by 7 MEPs prior to the 2009 election.
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Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to the West Midlands region of England, comprising the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
History
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Birmingham East, Birmingham West, Coventry and North Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire, Worcestershire and South Warwickshire, and parts of Peak District, Staffordshire East and Derby, and Staffordshire West and Congleton.
Members of the European Parliament
1999 - 2004
2004 - 2009
2009 - 2014
| MEP's Name | Political Party | |
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| Philip Bradbourn | Conservative | |
| Michael Cashman | Labour | |
| Malcolm Harbour | Conservative | |
| Liz Lynne | Liberal Democrat | |
| Mike Nattrass | UKIP | |
| Nikki Sinclaire | UKIP | |
| Anthea McIntyre (from December 1, 2009) | Conservative |
Election results
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Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
Anthea McIntyre will only become an MEP when the Treaty of Lisbon comes into effect on December 1, 2009.
| European Election 2009: West Midlands[1][2] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Philip Charles Bradbourn, Malcolm Harbour, Anthea McIntyre, Michael Burnett, Mark Spelman, Daniel Dalton | 396,847 (132,282.3) | 28.1 | +0.7 | |
| UKIP | Mike Nattrass, Nikki Sinclaire, Jill Seymour, Rustie Lee, Malcolm Hurst, Jonathan Oakton | 300,471 (150,235.5) | 21.3 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Michael Cashman, Neena Gill, Claire Edwards, Anthony Painter, Victoria Quinn, Mohammed Nazir | 240,201 | 17.0 | -6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Liz Lynne, Phil Bennion, Susan Juned, Colin Ross, Stephen Barber, William Powell | 170,246 | 12.0 | -1.7 | |
| BNP | Simon Darby, Alby Walker, Chris Turner, Ken Griffiths, Ellie Walker | 121,967 | 8.6 | +1.1 | |
| Green | Felicity Norman, Peter Tinsley, Chris Williams, Ian Davison, Vicky Dunn, Dave Wall | 88,244 | 6.2 | +1.1 | |
| English Democrats | David Lane, Frederick Bishop, John Lane, Graham Walker, Michael Ellis, Kim Gandy | 32,455 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Christian Party | David Booth, Samuel Nelson, Abiodun Akiwumi, Yeside Oguntoye, Ade Raji, Maxine Hargreaves | 18,784 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | John Tyrrell, Satbir Singh Johal, Rajinder Claire, Bhagwant Singh, Surinder Pal Virdee, Shangra Singh Bhatoe | 14,724 | |||
| NO2EU | David Nellist, Dyal Singh Bagri, Malcolm Gribbin, Jo Stevenson, Peter MacLaren, Andy Chaffer | 13,415 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Jury Team | Geoffery Coady, Graham Burton, Jeremy Spencer, David Bennett, Colin Thompson | 8,721 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Libertas | Jimmy Millard, Bridget Rose, Zigi Davenport, Andrew Bebbington, David Black, Matthew Lingard | 6,961 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,413,036 | 34.8 | -1.2 | ||
| European Election 2004: West Midlands[3] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Philip Bushill-Matthews, Philip Bradbourn, Malcolm Harbour, Andrew James Griffiths, Peter Butler, Michael John Burnett, Jeremy John Elton Lefroy | 392,937 (130,979) | 27.3 | −10.6 | |
| Labour | Michael Cashman, Neena Gill, Susan Mary Hayman, Anthony Paul Carroll, Claire Edwards, Mohammad Nazir, Jane Louise Heggie | 336,613 (168,306.5) | 23.4 | −4.6 | |
| UKIP | Michael Nattrass, Richard Bradford, Denis Vernon Brookes, Richard John Chamings, Christopher Rupert Kingsley, Greville James Guy Warwick, Andrew Moore | 251,366 | 17.5 | +11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Liz Lynne, Paul Calvin Tilsley, Roger Phillip Bennion, Martin Marshall Turner, Nicola Sian Davies, Lorely Jane Burt, Michael David Dixon | 197,479 | 13.7 | +2.4 | |
| BNP | Simon Darby, Simon Charles Smith, Martin David Roberts, Robert Purcell, Mark Andrew Payne, Michael Coleman, William Thomas Locke[4] | 107,794 | 7.5 | +5.8 | |
| Green | Chris Lennard, Felicity Mary Norman, David Wall, Barney Smith, Thomas Christopher Hellberg, Damon Leroy Hoppe, Rebecca Roseff | 73,991 | 5.1 | −0.6 | |
| Respect | John Rees, Salma Yaqoob, Cheryl Jacqueline Naomi Garvey, Mohammad Naseem, Winifred Olive Mary Whitehouse, Anil Seera, Penelope Hicks | 34,704 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Pensioners | Barry Hodgson | 33,501 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Common Good | Dick Rodgers | 8,650 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,437,035 | 36.0 | +15.0 | ||
| European Election 1999: West Midlands[5] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Corrie, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Malcolm Harbour, Philip Bradbourn, Richard Normington, Virginia Taylor, Mark Greenburgh, Michael Burnett | 321,719 (80,429.75) | 37.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Simon Murphy, Michael Cashman, Neena Gill, Mike Tappin, David Hallam, Phil Davis, Nuala O'Kane, Brenda Etchells | 237,671 (79,223.67) | 28.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Liz Lynne, Paul Tilsley, Susan Juned, Phillip Bennion, Joan Walmsley, Sardul Marwa, Jamie Calder, John Cordwell | 95,769 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Mike Nattrass, Paul Garratt, Jonathan Oakton, Richard Charnings, Douglas Hope, Ian Crompton, Richard Adams, Clive Easton | 49,621 | 5.8 | N/A | |
| Green | Felicity Norman, Guy Woodford, Paul Baptie, Hazel Clawley, Richard Mountford, Alan Clawley, Andrew Holtham, Elly Stanton | 49,440 | 5.8 | N/A | |
| Independent Labour | Christine Oddy | 36,849 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Michael Hyde, Robert Wheway, Colin Hallmark, Ann Winfield, Nicholas Brown, Anthony Bourko, David Hallmark, Joyce Millington | 14,954 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| BNP | Sharron Edwards, Simon Darby[6], Stephen Edwards, Jeffrey Astbury, Keith Axon, Stephen Batkin, Tommy Rogers, John Haycock | 14,344 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | Brendan Donnelly, Rob Coppinger, Tim Perkins, Diane Hazeldine, Andrew Notman, John Gretton, Steve Law, John Marshall | 11,144 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Dave Nellist, John Rothery, Lanne Hubbard, Salman Mirzo, Natasha Millward, Robert Hope, James Cessford, Peter McNally | 7,203 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Sonan Singh, Satbir Singh Johal, Judith Sambrook-Marshall, Surinder Pal Virdee, David Ayrton, Brenda Procter, Carlos Rule, Michael Atherton | 5,257 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| EDP English Freedom Party | Michael Gibbs | 3,066 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | Paul Davis, James Drewster, Huw Meads, Roger Gerrett, Mary Griffin, Roderic McCarthy, Brian Winstanley, Michael Twite | 1,647 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 848,684 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
References
- ^ West Midlands Region: Statement of Persons Nominated
- ^ European Election 2009: West Midlands
- ^ "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/20040603104613/www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/wmcand.html
- ^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/organisers/simon_darby.stm
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