South West England (European Parliament constituency)
| South West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the 2014 constituencies | |
 Shown in England, Gibraltar inset | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Electorate | 3,998,479[1] |
| Created | 1999 |
| Dissolved | 31 January 2020 |
| MEPs | 7 (1999–2009) 6 (2009–2020) |
| Sources | |
| EuroParl 2004 Election - EuroParl | |
South West was a combined constituency region of the European Parliament, comprising the South West of England and Gibraltar. Seven, later six, Members of the European Parliament using closed party-list proportional representation allocated using the D'Hondt method of distribution were elected. The constituency was abolished when Britain left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the South West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It also included the British overseas territory of Gibraltar from 2004.
History
The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Bristol, Cornwall and West Plymouth, Devon and East Plymouth, Dorset and East Devon, Somerset and North Devon, Wiltshire North and Bath, and parts of Cotswolds.
Before the 2004 election, it was expanded to include Gibraltar. This was the result of a 1999 European Court of Human Rights case, which argued that Gibraltar should be entitled to vote in European elections. Spain took a complaint about Gibraltar participating in European elections to the European Court of Justice, but their case was unsuccessful.[2]
The number of seats was reduced from seven to six for the 2009 election.[3]
Returned members
Election results
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See also: 2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar and 2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
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Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the order in which candidates were elected and number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.
| European Election 2019: South West England[7] | |||||
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| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Brexit Party | Ann Widdecombe (1) James Glancy (3) Christina Jordan (5) Ann Tarr, Roger Lane-Nott, Nicola Darke |
611,742 (203,914) |
36.84 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Voaden (2) Martin Horwood (6) Stephen Williams, Eleanor Rylance, David Chalmers, Luke Stagnetto |
385,095 (192,547.5) |
23.19 | +12.49 | |
| Green | Molly Scott Cato (4) Cleo Lake, Carla Denyer, Tom Scott, Martin Dimery, Karen La Borde |
302,364 | 18.21 | +7.11 | |
| Conservative | Ashley Fox, James Mustoe, Faye Purbrick, Claire Hiscott, James Taghdissian, Emmline Owens | 144,674 | 8.71 | –20.19 | |
| Labour | Clare Moody, Andrew Adonis, Jayne Kirkham, Neil Guild, Yvonne Atkinson, Sadik Al-Hassan | 108,100 | 6.51 | –7.24 | |
| UKIP | Lawrence Webb, Carl Benjamin, Anthony McIntyre, Lester Taylor, Stephen Lee, Alison Sheridan | 53,739 | 3.24 | –29.05 | |
| Change UK | Rachel Johnson, Jim Godfrey, Oliver Middleton, Matthew Hooberman, Elizabeth-Anne Sewell, Crispin Hunt | 46,612 | 2.81 | New | |
| English Democrat | Jenny Knight, Michael Blundell | 8,393 | 0.51 | –0.49 | |
| Independent | Neville Seed | 3,383 | New | ||
| Independent | Larch Maxey | 1,722 | New | ||
| Independent | Mothiur Rahman | 755 | New | ||
| Turnout | 1,676,173 | 40.45 | +3.45 | ||
| European Election 2014: South West England[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| UKIP | William Dartmouth, Julia Reid, Gawain Towler, Tony McIntyre, Robert Smith, Keith Crawford |
484,184 (242,092) |
32.29 | +10.2 | |
| Conservative | Ashley Fox, Julie Girling, James Cracknell, Georgina Butler, Sophia Swire, Melisa Maynard |
433,151 (216,575.5) |
28.9 | −1.36 | |
| Labour | Clare Moody, Glyn Ford, Ann Reeder, Hadleigh Roberts, Jude Robinson, Junab Ali |
206,124 | 13.75 | +6.1 | |
| Green | Molly Scott Cato, Emily McIvor, Ricky Knight, Audaye Elesedy, Judy Maciejowska, Mark Chivers |
166,447 | 11.1 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Watson, Kay Barnard, Brian Matthew, Andrew Wigley, Jay Risbridger, Lyana Armstrong-Emery[9] | 160,376 | 10.7 | −6.5 | |
| An Independence from Europe | David Smith, Helen Webster, Mike Camp, Andrew Edwards, Phil Dunn, John Taverner | 23,169 | 1.6 | New | |
| English Democrat | Alan England, Mike Blundell, Clive Lavelle, Barbara Wright, Stephen Wright, Raymond Carr | 15,081 | 1.0 | −0.6 | |
| BNP | Adrian Rommilly, Cliff Jones, Arnold Brindle, Wayne Tomlinson, Andrew Webster, Giuseppe De Santis | 10,910 | 0.7 | −3.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,503,174 | 37.0 | −1.8 | ||
| European election 2009: South West England[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Conservative | Giles Chichester, Julie Girling, Ashley Fox Mike Dolley, Don Collier, Zehra Zaidi |
468,742 (156,247.3) |
30.2 | −1.4 | |
| UKIP | Trevor Colman, William Dartmouth Gawain Towler, Julia Reid, Alan Wood, Stephanie McWilliam |
341,845 (170,922.5) |
22.1 | −0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Watson Kay Barnard, Justine McGuinness, Humphrey Temperley, Paul Massey, Jonathan Stagnetto |
266,253 | 17.2 | −1.1 | |
| Green | Ricky Knight, Roger Creagh-Osborne, Molly Scott Cato, Richard Lawson, Chloë Somers, David Taylor | 144,179 | 9.3 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Glyn Ford, Isabel Owen, Keir Dhillon, Dorothea Hodge, Dafydd Emlyn Williams, Eshter Pickup-Keller | 118,716 | 7.7 | −6.8 | |
| BNP | Jeremy Wotherspoon, Barry Bennett, Adrian Rommilly, Sean Twitchin, Lawrence West, Peryn Parsons | 60,889 | 3.9 | +0.9 | |
| Pensioners | Jonathan McQueen, Barry Hodgson, Derek Wharton, Roger Edwards, Stuart Baker, Barry Egerton | 37,785 | 2.4 | New | |
| English Democrat | Michael Turner, Sara Box, Keith Riley, Stephen Wright, Raymond Carr, Lee Pickering | 25,313 | 1.6 | New | |
| Christian | William Capstick, Katherine Mills, Diane Ofori, Larna Martin, Peter Vickers, Adenike Williams | 21,329 | 1.4 | New | |
| Mebyon Kernow | Dick Cole, Conan Jenkin, Loveday Jenkin, Simon Reed, Glenn Renshaw, Joanie Willett | 14,922 | 1.0 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Robert Hawkins, Brian Corbett, Alison Entwistle, David Marchesi, Robert Hawkins, James Bannister | 10,033 | 0.6 | New | |
| NO2EU | Alex Gordon, Roger Davey, Rachel Lynch, Nick Quirk, John Chambers, Paul Dyer | 9,741 | 0.6 | New | |
| Independent | Katie Hopkins | 8,971 | 0.6 | New | |
| Libertas | Robin Matthews, Peter Morgan-Barnes, Chloe Gwynne, Christopher Charnock, Nicholas Carlton, Nicholas Charlee | 7,292 | 0.5 | New | |
| Fair Pay Fair Trade | David Michael, Judy Foster | 7,151 | 0.5 | New | |
| Jury Team (UK) | Sally Smith, Martin Paley, Michael Clayton, Brian Underwood, Roger Whitfield, William Barnett | 5,758 | 0.4 | New | |
| Wai D Your Decision | Nicola Guagliardo, Joy Margareth Skey | 789 | 0.1 | New | |
| Turnout | 1,549,708 | 38.8 | +1.2 | ||
| European election 2004: South West England[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Conservative | Neil Parish, Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester Richard Graham, Earl of Stockton, Jack Lopresti, Julie Girling |
457,371 (152,457) |
31.6 | −10.1 | |
| UKIP | Graham Booth, Roger Knapman Trevor Colman, Elizabeth Burton, Matthew Jackson, Michael Faulkner, Andrew Reed |
326,784 (163,392) |
22.6 | +12.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Watson Anthony Welch, Kay Barnard, Simon Green, Christine Coleman, Katie Hall, Alistair Cameron |
265,619 | 18.3 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Glyn Ford Bernadette Hartley, Ian White, Clare Moody, Keir Dhillon, Julie Watts, David Roberts |
209,908 | 14.5 | −3.6 | |
| Green | David Taylor, Emily McIvor, Carol Kambites, Anthony Bown, Lyana Armstrong-Emery,[11][12] Katharine Chant, Paul Edwards | 103,821 | 7.2 | −1.1 | |
| BNP | Anthony North, Michaela Mackenzie, Barry Bennett, Edward Mullins, Robert Baggs, Bruce Cowd, Frederick Paynter[13] | 43,653 | 3.0 | +2.1 | |
| Countryside | Chris Thomas-Everard, Brian Crawford, Diana Scott, Ranulph Fiennes, Archibald Montgomery, John Yewdall | 30,824 | 2.1 | New | |
| Respect | Paulette North, Sami Velioglu, Hannah Packham, Ann Thomas, John Bampfylde, Bernard Parkes, Anthony Staunton | 10,437 | 0.7 | New | |
| Turnout | 1,448,417 | 37.6 | +10.0 | ||
| European election 1999: South West England[14] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Conservative | Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester, Earl of Stockton, Neil Parish David Martin, Bryan Cassidy, Paul Marland |
434,645 (108,661.25) |
41.7 | ||
| Labour | Glyn Ford Ian White, Sue Mallory, James Knight, Marion Dewar, John Shepherd, Elizabeth Lisgo |
188,362 | 18.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Watson Robin Teverson, Terrye Jones, Paula Yates, Alan Butt-Philip, Janice Beasley, Simon Green |
171,498 | 16.5 | ||
| UKIP | Michael Holmes Graham Booth, Michael Faulkner, Malcolm Wood, Ronald Dickinson, Robert Edwards, George Eustice |
111,012 | 10.6 | ||
| Green | David Taylor, Richard Lawson, Simon Pickering, Susan Proud, Hamish Soutar, Carol Kambites, Justin Quinnell | 86,630 | 8.3 | ||
| Liberal | Paul Holmes, David Morrish, Lomond Handley, Frederick Stephens, Geoffrey Halliwell, Jean Pollock, Roy Collins | 21,645 | 2.1 | ||
| Pro-Euro Conservative | Julian Ayer, Kenneth Daly, David McCrum, Denise Atkinson, Vilma Aris, Philip Taylor, Derek Palmer | 11,134 | 1.1 | ||
| BNP | Bruce Cowd,[15] Donald Stevens, Stephen Parnell, Terence Cavill,[16] Barbara Packer, Peter Hart, George Jeffrey | 9,752 | 0.9 | ||
| Socialist Labour | David White, Jean Ramshaw, Robert Hawkins, Paul Williams, Giles Shorter, Bernard Kennedy, Brian Corbett | 5,741 | 0.6 | ||
| Natural Law | Mark Griffiths, Francis Lyons, Nicholas Cresswell, Margot Hartley, Thomas Dyball, Lynn Royse, Henry Brighouse | 1,968 | 0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,042,387 | 27.6 | |||
Campaign for a dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall
The Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow campaigned for a separate European Parliament constituency for Cornwall.[17] Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth constituency.
See also
References
- ^ a b "European Election 2009: South West". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ "Case C-145/04 – Kingdom of Spain v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". EUR-Lex. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "European Parliament Elections 2009" (PDF). LGC Elections Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Resigned in 2002.
- ^ Appointed in 2002 to replace Michael Holmes, retired on 1 October 2008.
- ^ Appointed in 2008 to replace Graham Booth.
- ^ Farrant, Graham (23 May 2019). "Statement of parties and individual candidates nominated" (PDF). Exeter City Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Morris, Paul (22 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Poole Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Representing the Liberal Party of Gibraltar
- ^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ Representing the Gibraltar Reform Party
- ^ "Green Party – Whose freedom?". Green Party. 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Our European Election List for the South West Euro-Constituency". British National Party. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Euros 99 – South West". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP - Bruce Cowd". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 July 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ^ "Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP - Terry Cavill". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- ^ "Kernow and the European Union". Mebyon Kernow. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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