Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

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 elects six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

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.

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 Cleveland and Richmond and Lincolnshire and Humberside South.

MEPs for former Yorkshire and the Humber 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
Humberside		Robert Battersby Conservative				Peter Crampton Labour
Leeds		Derek Enright Labour		Michael McGowan Labour
Lincolnshire (1979 – 1994) Lincolnshire and Humberside South (1994 – 1999)		Bill Newton Dunn Conservative						Veronica Hardstaff Labour
Sheffield		Richard Caborn Labour		Bob Cryer Labour		Roger Barton Labour
Yorkshire North (1979 – 1984) York (1984 – 1994) North Yorkshire (1994 – 1999)		Neil Balfour Conservative		Edward McMillan-Scott Conservative
Yorkshire South		Brian Key Labour/Co-operative		Norman West Labour to 1998						Linda McAvan Labour from 1998
Yorkshire South West		Thomas Megahy Labour
Yorkshire West		Barry Seal Labour

Returned members

MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, 1999 onwards
Election		1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)		2009 (7th parliament)
MEP Party		Diana Wallis1 Liberal Democrat (1999–2012)						Rebecca Taylor Liberal Democrats (2012 onwards)
MEP Party		Edward McMillan-Scott Conservative (1999–2009) Liberal Democrat (2010 onwards)
MEP Party		Timothy Kirkhope Conservative
MEP Party		Robert Goodwill Conservative		Godfrey Bloom UKIP
MEP Party		Richard Corbett Labour				Andrew Brons British National (2009-2012) Independent (2012) British Democratic Party (2013-)
MEP Party		Linda McAvan Labour
MEP Party		David Bowe Labour	Seat abolished

¹Diana Wallis resigned in January 2012

Key to European parties (UK)[3]					(v.d.e)
British party		Seats/73	EP group		Seats/754
	Conservative	26		Conservatives & Reformists	54
	Labour	13		Socialists & Democrats	189
	Liberal Democrat	12		Liberals & Democrats	85
	UKIP1	10		Freedom & Democracy	35
		1		None
	Green	2		Greens & Free Alliance	59
	Scottish National	2
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Sinn Féin	1		EUL-NGL	34
	UUP	1		Conservatives & Reformists	54
	British National	1		None
	Democratic Unionist	1
	British Democratic	1
	We Demand a Referendum	1

¹ UKIP have 11 MEPs in total, but only 10 are in the Freedom & Democracy group, with Trevor Colman as a Non-Inscrit.

Election results

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

European Election 2014: Yorkshire and The Humber
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Edward McMillan-Scott, James Monaghan, Joe Otten, Chris Foote-Wood, Jacqueline Bell	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

European Election 2009: Yorkshire and The Humber
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
	UKIP	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
	BNP	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, Lesley Hedges, Kevin Warnes, Steve Barnard,	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	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
	Libertas	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
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
	UKIP	Godfrey Bloom Jonathan Arnott, John Nunn, John Walker, David Sewards, Ann Schwab	228,666	14.0	+6.9
	BNP	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
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward McMillan-Scott, Timothy Kirkhope, Robert Goodwill Christine Adamson, Earl of 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
	UKIP	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
	Leeds Left Alliance	Michael Davis, Celia Foote, Joseph Kenyon, Jean Sutton, Michelle Hanley, Anthony Fee, Malcolm Christie	9,554	1.3	N/A
	BNP	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

External links

• Biographies of Y&H candidates 2009 at Micandidate
• Breakdown of 2009 election results by council areas (pdf)
• "Your MEPs: Yorkshire and the Humber". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom.  Includes photos, contact information, links to EU website profiles