South East England (European Parliament constituency)
| South East England | |
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| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the 2014 constituencies | |
 Shown within England | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | [[1999 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|1999]] |
| MEPs | 10 (2004–present) 11 (1999–2004) |
| Sources | |
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South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to South East England, in the south east of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
History
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East, East Sussex and Kent South, Hampshire North and Oxford, Itchen, Test and Avon, Kent East, Kent West, South Downs West, Surrey, Sussex South and Crawley, Thames Valley, Wight and Hampshire South, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, Cotswolds, and London South and Surrey East.
Returned members
| Party | Faction in European Parliament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brexit Party | 29 | Non-Inscrits | 57 | |||
| DUP | 1 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | Renew Europe | 108 | ||
| Alliance | 1 | |||||
| Green | 7 | 11 | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 | ||
| SNP | 3 | |||||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | |||||
| Labour | 10 | Socialists and Democrats | 154 | |||
| Conservative | 4 | European Conservatives and Reformists Group | 62 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 1 | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 | |||
| Total | 73 | Total | 750 | |||
Election results
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
| European Election 2014: South East England[4] (results) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| UKIP | Nigel Farage, Janice Atkinson, Diane James, Ray Finch Donna Edmunds, Patricia Culligan, Nigel Jones, Alan Stevens, Simon Strutt, Barry Cooper[5][6] |
751,439 (187,860) |
32.14 | +13.29 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Hannan, Nirj Deva, Richard Ashworth Marta Andreasen, Richard Robinson, Graham Knight, Julie Marson, George Jeffrey, Rory Love, Adrian Pepper[6] |
723,571 (241,190) |
30.95 | −3.84 | |
| Labour | Anneliese Dodds John Howarth, Emily Westley, James Swindlehurst, Farah Nazeer, James Watkins, Maggie Hughes, Chris Clark, Karen Landles, Tracey Hill[6] |
342,775 | 14.66 | +6.41 | |
| Green | Keith Taylor, Alexandra Phillips, Derek Wall, Jason Kitcat, Miriam Kennet, Beverley Golden, Jonathan Essex, Jonathan Kent, Stuart Jeffrey, Ray Cunningham[6] |
211,706 | 9.05 | −2.57 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Bearder Antony Hook, Dinti Batstone, Giles Goodall, Ian Bearder, Allis Moss, Steve Sollitt, Bruce Tennent, John Vincent, Alan Bullion[6] |
187,876 | 8.04 | −6.11 | |
| An Independence from Europe | Laurence Stassen, Joyce Nattress, Paul Godfrey, Alan Sheath, Ken Holton, Mark Henry, Keith Vernon, Michaelina Argy, Seana Connolly, Dorothy Sheath[6] | 45,199 | 1.93 | N/A | |
| English Democrat | Steve Uncles, Julia Gasper, Amanda Hopwood, Simone Clark, Steve Clegg, Milly Uncles, Mike Russell, Mike Tibby, Doreen Dye, William James[6] | 17,771 | 0.76 | −1.49 | |
| BNP | John Robinson, Gavin Miller, Eric Elliot, John Moore, Alwyn Deacon, Anthony Banner, Brenda Waterhouse, Mark Jones, Jack Renshaw, Yvonne Deacon[6] | 16,909 | 0.72 | −3.64 | |
| CPA | Norman Burnett, Suzanne Fernandes, Flora Amar, Rev Anthony, Dorothy Mugara, Kayode Shedowo, Bridget Oyekan, Nnenna St Luce, Chukka Roja[6] | 14,893 | 0.64 | −0.89 | |
| Peace | John Morris, Jim Duggan, Julie Roxburgh, Jeff Bolam, Geoff Pay, David Brown, Keith Scott, Imdad Hussain, Minim Chowdhury, Charles Wilkinson[6] | 10,130 | 0.43 | +0.02 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Dave Chesham, Rob Cox, Les Courtney, Sean Deegan, Max Hess, Claudia Hogg-Blake, Danny Lambert, Andy Matthews, Howard Pilott, Mike Young[6] | 5,454 | 0.23 | N/A | |
| Roman Party | Jean-Louis Pascual[6] | 2,997 | 0.13 | −0.11 | |
| YOURvoice | Julian James, Rachel Ling, Fulvia James[7][6] | 2.932 | N/A | N/A | |
| Liberty GB | Paul Weston, Enza Ferreri, Jack Buckby[6] | 2,494 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| Harmony Party | Tony Leach, Raymond Crick[6] | 1,904 | 0.08 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,348,168 | 36.5% | −1% | ||
| European Election 2009: South East England[8][9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Conservative | Daniel Hannan, Richard Ashworth, Nirj Deva, James Elles Therese Coffey, Sarah Richardson, Richard Robinson, Tony Devenish, Niina Kaariniemi, Marc Brunel-Walker |
812,288 (203,072) |
34.8 | −0.4 | |
| UKIP | Nigel Farage, Marta Andreasen Steve Harris, Phillip Van der Elst, Harry Aldridge, Victor Webb, Christopher Browne, Andrew Moncreiff, Mark Stroud, Rob Burberry, Mahzar Manzoor, Ray Finch |
440,002 (220,001) |
18.8 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder Ben Abbots, Jim Barnard, Antony Hook, Zoe Patrick, Gary Lawson, David Grace, John Vincent, James Walsh |
330,340 (165,170) |
14.1 | −1.2 | |
| Green | Caroline Lucas Keith Taylor, Derek Wall, Miriam Kennet, Jason Kitcat, Hazel Dawe, Jonathan Essex, Matthew Ledbury, Steve Dawe, Beverley Golden |
271,506 | 11.6 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Peter Skinner Janet Sully, Bob Fromont, Lisa Homan, Stephen Alambritis, Janet Keene, Munir Malik, Silke Thomson-Pottebohm, Rajinder Sandhu, Sukhi Dhaliwal |
192,592 | 8.2 | −5.4 | |
| BNP | Tim Rait, Donna Bailey, Mark Burke, Andrew Emerson, Lynne Mozar, David Little, Peter Lane, Brian Horne, Adam Champneys, Andy McBride | 101,769 | 4.4 | +1.4 | |
| English Democrat | Steve Uncles, David Knight, Mike Tibby, Sean Varnham, Cllr Clive Maltby, Laurence Williams, Elizabeth Painter, Gerald Lambourne, John Griffiths, George Herbert | 52,526 | 2.2 | +0.9 | |
| Christian | Anthony May, Peter Joyce, Christabel McLean-Bacchus, William Thompson, David Ashton, Alexander Wilson, David Hews, Debra Smith-Gorick, Je'ran Cherub, Kenneth Scrimshaw | 35,712 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| NO2EU | Dave Hill, Garry Hassell, Kevin Hayes, Owen Morris, Gawain Little, Robert Wilkinson, Jacqui Berry, Nick Wright, Nick Chaffey, Sarah Wrack | 21,455 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Libertas | Kevin O'Connell, Daniel Hill, Neil Glass, Chloe Woodhead, Guy Lambert, Graheme Leon-Smith, Peter Grace, Nicholas Heather, David Peace | 16,767 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Derek Isaacs, Paramjit Singh Bahia, John McLeod, Ian Fyvie, Patricia Ruiz, Richard Mooney, Maureen Stubbings, Derek Stubbings, Mary Byrne, Eleanor Little | 15,484 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| UK First | Petrina Holdsworth, John Petley, Martin Haslam, Jennifer Parsons | 15,261 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Jury Team (UK) | Nick Trew, Nonie Bouverat, Lyn Tofari, Geoff Howard, Gerry Brierley, Anant Vyas, Michael Guest, Tony Sansum, John Lenton | 14,172 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Peace | John Morris, Geoffery Pay, Jim Duggan, Julie Roxburgh, Keith Scott, Shafaq Iqbal, Jenny Watson, Marcus Trower, Jeff Bolam, David Brown | 9,534 | 0.4 | −0.2 | |
| Roman Party | Jean-Louis Pascal | 5,450 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,334,858 | 37.5 | +1.0 | ||
| European Election 2004: South East England[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Conservative | Daniel Hannan, Nirj Deva, James Elles, Richard Ashworth Roy Perry, Therese Coffey, David Logan, Ferris Cowper, Richard Robinson |
776,370 (194,092.5) |
35.2 | −9.2 | |
| UKIP | Nigel Farage, Ashley Mote David Lott, Craig Mackinlay, Timothy Cross, Petrina Holdsworth, David Abbott, Stephen Harris, Michael Wigley, Lisa Hawkins |
431,111 (215,555.5) |
19.5 | +9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Huhne, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder, James Walsh, Ann Lee, John Vincent, John Ford, Charles Fraser-Fleming, James Barnard |
338,342 (169,171) |
15.3 | 0 | |
| Labour | Peter Skinner Mark Watts, Ann Davison, Simon Burgess, Janet Sully, Mark Muller, Josephine Wood, Raj Chandarana, Gillian Roles, David Menon |
301,398 | 13.7 | −5.9 | |
| Green | Caroline Lucas Mike Woodin, Miriam Kennet, Keith Taylor, Alan Francis, Xanthe Bevis, Hazel Dawe, Derek Wall, Anthony Cooper, Michael Stimson |
173,351 | 7.9 | +0.5 | |
| BNP | Brian Galloway, Julie Russell, Timothy Rait, Peter Lane, Roger Robertson, Julian Crewe, Adam Champneys, Ian Johnson, Dennis Whiting, Vernon Atkinson[11] | 64,877 | 2.9 | +2.1 | |
| Senior Citizens Party | Grahame Leon-Smith, David Gray, Patrick Eston, Rona Brown, Paresh Kotecha, Larry Kreeger, Michael Devine, Terry Patinson, Ian Murdoch, Alfred Egleton | 42,861 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| English Democrat | Steven Uncles, Robert Sulley, Courtney Williams, Richard Sutton, Jacqueline Brookman, David Uncles, Louise Uncles | 29,126 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Respect | Ingrid Dodd, Patrick O'Keeffe, Muriel Hirsch, Ajaz Khan, Sally Watkins, Jonathan Molyneux, Norman Thomas, Ella Noyes, Bunny La Roche, Angelina Rai | 13,426 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Peace | John Morris, Caroline O'Reilly, Geoffrey Pay, Rachel Hancock, James Duggan, Kate Hebden, Cyril Bolam, Carol Morris, Anne Brewer | 12,572 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| CPA | David John Bamber, David Campanale, Gladstone Macaulay | 11,733 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Dominica Roberts, Gillian Duval, Josephine Quintavalle, Penelope Orford, Mark Carroll, Rebecca Ng, John Dixon, Francis O'Brien, Yvonne Windsor, Carl St John | 6,579 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Philip Rhodes | 5,671 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,207,417 | 36.5 | +11.8 | ||
| European Election 1999: South East England[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
| Conservative | James Provan, Roy Perry, Daniel Hannan, James Elles, Nirj Deva Bryony, Baroness Bethell, Edward Kellett-Bowman, Alison Parry, Jeremy Mayhew, Barry Tanswell, Richard Ashworth |
661,932 (132,386.4) |
44.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Peter Skinner, Mark Watts Anita Pollack, Anne Snelgrove, Parmjit Dhanda, Ann Davison, Tamara Flanagan, John Howarth, Liz Clements, Alison Chapman, Sarah McCarthy-Fry |
292,146 (146,073) |
19.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Chris Huhne Sharon Bowles, David Bellotti, Jo Hawkins, James Walsh, Barbara Hewett-Silk, Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Catherine Bearder, Christopher Berry, Dorothy Webb |
228,136 (114,068) |
15.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Nigel Farage Christopher Skeate, Tony Stone, Michael Phillips, Bernard Collignon, Ron Walters, Lynda Ross, Harold Green, Kim Rose, Michael Knight, Rob McWhirter |
144,514 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| Green | Caroline Lucas Mike Woodin, Alan Francis, Pete West, Hazel Dawe, Steve Dawe, Alastair Stark, Johnny Denis, Lorraine E. Serrecchia, Laurence Littman, Julian Salmon |
110,571 | 7.4 | N/A | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | John Stevens, Richard Basset, Anthony Frost, Anahita Gonzalez-Moreno, Mark Littlewood, Rebecca Pickering, Peter Sutters, Alan Armitage, Jonathan Swift, David Hurford-Jones, Richard Carswell | 27,305 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| BNP | Michael Easter, Dennis Whiting, Robert Andrews, Gordon Callow, Mark Cray, Ian Dell, Matthew Gould, Richard Molesworth, Margaret Stones, Christopher Telford, Kevin Yates | 12,161 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Katrina Howse, Ian Fyvie, Nathan Parkin, Hannah Williams, Ken King, Sarah Hipperson, Monica Anne Parkin, John McCleod, Kenneth Ray, John Hayward, Michael Allen | 7,281 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | Peter Warburton, Nigel Kahn, John Oldbury, Jeremy Bowler, John Douglas-Small, Paul Cragg, Paul Levy, Bernard Bence, William Treend, Robert Stephens, John Hunter Thompson | 2,767 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Open Democracy for Stability | Brian Bundy | 1,857 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Making a Profit in Europe | John Goss | 1,400 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,490,069 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
References
- ^ a b Chris Huhne stood down when he was elected to the Eastleigh seat in the 5 May 2005 UK general election. Sharon Bowles, as second on the Liberal Democrat list, took over from that day.
- ^ a b Caroline Lucas won the Brighton Pavilion seat in the 6 May 2010 UK general election so stood down as an MEP. She was succeeded by Keith Taylor, second on the Green's 2009 party list.
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