East of England (European Parliament constituency)

East of England European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies

Shown within England
Created	1999
MEP(s)	7 (2004)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

East of England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the East of England region of the United Kingdom.

European Parliament election 2009 — East England lists
	Party	Candidates
	Conservative Party	Geoffrey van Orden, Robert Sturdy, Vicky Ford, John Flack, Jonathan Morgan, Claire Strong, Clare Wheelan
	Labour Party	Richard Howitt, Beth Kelly, Nigel Gardner, Sherma Batson, James Valentine, Kate Curtis, Chris Ostrowski
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff, Linda Jack, Ian Mack, Peter Welch, Earnshaw Walsh, Andrew Houseley, Qurban Hussain, Nicholas Bromley
	UK Independence Party	David Campbell Bannerman, Stuart Agnew, Andrew Smith, Stuart Gulleford, Amy O'Boyle, Mick McGough, Stephen Scott-Fawcett, Michael Baker, Marion Mason
	Green Party	Rupert Read, Peter Lynn, James Abbott, Marc Scheimann, Angela Thomson, Andrew Stringer, Amy Drayson

European Election 2004: East of England
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey van Orden Robert Sturdy Christopher Beazley	465,526 (155,175.67)	30.8	−11.9
	UK Independence	Jeffrey Titford Tom Wise	296,160 (148,080)	19.6	+10.7
	Labour	Richard Howitt	244,929	16.2	−8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Duff	211,378	14.0	+2.1
	Independent Martin Bell	No	93,028	6.2	N/A
	Green	None	84,068	5.6	−0.6
	British National	None	65,557	4.3	+3.4
	English Democrats	None	26,807	1.8	N/A
	Respect	None	13,904	0.9	N/A
	Independent Jim Naisbitt	No	5,137	0.3	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	None	3,730	0.3	N/A
Turnout			1,519,759	36.7	+12.0

European Election 1999: East of England
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Sturdy Christopher Beazley Bashir Khanbhai Geoffrey van Orden	425,091 (106,272.75)	42.7	N/A
	Labour	Eryl McNally Richard Howitt	250,132 (125,066)	25.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Duff	118,822	11.9	N/A
	UK Independence	Jeffrey Titford	88,452	8.9	N/A
	Green	None	61,334	6.2	N/A
	Liberal	None	16,861	1.7	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	None	16,340	1.6	N/A
	British National	None	9,356	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	None	6,143	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	None	1,907	0.2	N/A
Turnout			994,438	24.7	N/A

Prior to the adoption of the regional list system of election, the East of England was divided into single-member constituencies. The MEPs were:

Constituency	Member	Party
Bedfordshire South	Peter Beazley	Conservative
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North	Fred Catherwood	Conservative
Essex North East	David Curry	Conservative
Essex South West	Dr Alexander Sherlock	Conservative
Hertfordshire	Derek Prag	Conservative
Norfolk	Paul Howell	Conservative
Suffolk	Amédée Turner	Conservative

Constituency	Member	Party
Bedfordshire South	Peter Beazley	Conservative
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North	Sir Fred Catherwood	Conservative
Essex North East	Anne McIntosh	Conservative
Essex South West	Patricia Rawlings	Conservative
Hertfordshire	Derek Prag	Conservative
Norfolk	Paul Howell	Conservative
Suffolk	Amédée Turner	Conservative

Constituency	Member	Party
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes	Eryl McNally	Labour
Cambridgeshire	Robert Sturdy	Conservative
Essex North and Suffolk South	Anne McIntosh	Conservative
Essex South	Richard Howitt	Labour
Essex West and Hertfordshire East	Hugh Kerr	Labour¹
Hertfordshire	Peter Truscott	Labour
Norfolk	Clive Needle	Labour
Suffolk and South West Norfolk	David Thomas	Labour

Note:

Kerr was expelled from the Labour Party in December 1997 and then joined the Scottish Socialist Party.