North East England (European Parliament constituency)

North East England
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown within England
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1999
MEPs	4 (1999 - 2004) 3 (2004 - present)
Sources
[1][2]

North East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 3 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the North East England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.

History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Durham, Northumbria, Tyne and Wear, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond.

MEPs for former North East England 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
Durham		Roland Boyes Labour		Stephen Hughes Labour
Northumbria		Gordon Adam Labour
Tyne South and Wear (1979 – 1984) Tyne and Wear (1984 – 1999)		Joyce Quin Labour				Alan Donnelly Labour

Returned members

MEPs for North East England, 1999 onwards
Election		1999 (5th parliament)				2004 (6th parliament)		2009 (7th parliament)		2014 (8th parliament)
MEP Party		Martin Callanan Conservative								Jonathan Arnott UKIP
MEP Party		Alan Donnelly Labour until December 1999		Gordon Adam Labour from December 1999		Fiona Hall Liberal Democrat				Paul Brannen Labour
MEP Party		Stephen Hughes Labour								Judith Kirton-Darling Labour
MEP Party		Mo O'Toole Labour			Seat abolished

Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)[3]
	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		The 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				European People's Party	215
Total		73	Total		749

Election results

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

2014

European Election 2014: North East England
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Judith Kirton-Darling, Paul Brannen, Jayne Shotton[4][5]	221,988 (110,994)	36.5	+11.5
	UKIP	Jonathan Arnott, Richard Elvin, Phillip Broughton[5][6]	177,660	29.2	+13.8
	Conservative	Martin Callanan, Ben Houchen, Andrew Lee[5][7]	107,733	17.7	−2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Angelika Schneider, Owen Temple, Christian Vassie[5][8]	36,093	5.9	−11.6
	Green	Shirley Ford, Alison Whalley, Caroline Robinson[5][9]	31,605	5.2	−0.6
	An Independence from Europe	Sherri Forbes, Nawal Hizan, Mary Forbes[5]	13,934	2.3	N/A
	BNP	Martin Vaughan, Lady Dorothy Brooks, Peter Foreman[5][10]	10,360	1.7	−7.2
	English Democrat	Kevin Riddiough, Sam Kelly, John Lewis[5][11]	9,279	1.5	−0.7
Turnout			608,652	30.9	+0.5

2009

European Election 2009: North East England[12][13]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hughes Fay Tinnon, Nick Wallis[14]	147,338	25.0	−9.1
	Conservative	Martin Callanan Barbara Musgrave, Richard Bell[15]	116,911	19.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Hall Chris Foote-Wood, Neil Bradbury[16]	103,644	17.6	−0.2
	UKIP	Gordon Parkin, Sandra Allison, John Tennant[17]	90,700	15.4	+3.2
	BNP	Adam Walker, Peter Mailer, Ken Booth[18]	52,700	8.9	+2.5
	Green	Shirley Ford, Iris Ryder, Nic Best[19]	34,081	5.8	+1.0
	English Democrat	Frank Roseman, Allan White, Garham Robinson	13,007	2.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Michael York, John Taylor, James Dodsworth	10,238	1.7	N/A
	NO2EU	Martin Levy, Hannah Walter, Peter Pinkney	8,066	1.4	N/A
	Christian	Don Botham, Daniel Parker, Coral Thompson	7,263	1.2	N/A
	Libertas	Ken Rollings, Alasdair Macleod, William Tremlett	3,010	0.5	N/A
	Jury Team	Ahmed Khan, Jackie Riley[20]	2,904	0.5	N/A
Turnout			589,862	30.4	−10.4

2004

European Election 2004: North East England[21]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Hughes Mo O'Toole, Joanne Thompson	266,057	34.1	−8.1
	Conservative	Martin Callanan Jeremy Middleton, Amanda Vigar	144,969	18.6	−8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Hall Chris Wood, Gregory Stone	138,791	17.8	+4.3
	UKIP	Piers Merchant, Charlotte Bull, Val Cowell	94,887	12.2	+3.3
	BNP	Alan Patterson, Andrew Harris, Jenny Agnew[22]	50,249	6.4	+5.5
	Independent	Neil Herron	39,658	5.1	N/A
	Green	Pam Woolner, Nic Best, Judith Brennan	37,247	4.8	+0.1
	Respect	Yvonne Ridley, Yunus Bakhsh, David Stewart	8,633	1.1	N/A
Turnout			780,491	40.8	+21.3

1999

European Election 1999: North East England[23]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Donnelly, Stephen Hughes, Mo O'Toole Gordon Adam	162,573 (54,191)	42.2	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Callanan Aidan Ruff, Brendan Murphy, Neil Macgregor	105,573	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Foote Wood, Fiona Hall, Peter Maughan, Jane Harvey	52,070	13.5	N/A
	UKIP	Rodney Atkinson, William Brown, Martin Rouse, Graeme Oswald	34,063	8.8	N/A
	Green	Nicolas Best, Ruth Whiteside, Bridget Speight, Michael Greveson	18,184	4.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Brian Gibson, Gordon Potts, James Fitzpatrick, Kenneth Hall	4,511	1.2	N/A
	BNP	Alan Gould, John Bowles, Iain Wilson, Colin Smith[24]	3,505	0.9	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Dominic Tilley, Marie Adams, Desmond Harney, John Meredith	2,926	0.8	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	John Bisset, Steven Colborn, Stephen Davison, Andrew Pitts	1,510	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Paul Kember, Richard Buswell, Richard Keyton, Christopher Adamson	826	0.2	N/A
Turnout			385,741	19.5	N/A

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