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East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

Former European Parliament constituency

East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

Former European Parliament constituency

FieldValue
titleEast Midlands
locationmap2014UK-e-mid
coordinates
mapImage:EnglandEastMidlands.png
mapcaptionShown within England
created1999
dissolved2020
meps6 (1999–2009)
5 (2009–2020)
memberstateUnited Kingdom
memberstatelink2the United Kingdom
sources

5 (2009–2020)

East Midlands was a constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom, established in 1999 with six members to replace single-member constituencies. Between 2009 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020 it returned five MEPs, elected using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponded to the East Midlands region of England, comprising the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire.

History

The constituency was organised as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Leicester, Northamptonshire and Blaby, Nottingham and Leicestershire North West, Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield, and parts of Lincolnshire and Humberside South, Peak District, and Staffordshire East and Derby.

MEPs for former East Midlands constituencies, 1979 – 1999Election1979 – 19841984 – 19891989 – 19941994 – 1999Seat abolishedSeat not establishedSeat not establishedStaffordshire East in West Midlands
Derbyshire (1979–1994)Conservative Party (UK)}}"Tom Spencer
ConservativeLabour Party (UK)}}"Geoff Hoon
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
LeicesterConservative Party (UK)}}"Frederick Tuckman
ConservativeLabour Party (UK)}}"Mel Read
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"Susan Waddington
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Lincolnshire (1979–1994)
Lincolnshire and Humberside South (1994–1999)Conservative Party (UK)}}"Bill Newton Dunn
ConservativeLabour Party (UK)}}"Veronica Hardstaff
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Northamptonshire (1979–1994)
Northamptonshire and Blaby (1994–1999)Conservative Party (UK)}}"Anthony Simpson
ConservativeLabour Party (UK)}}"Angela Billingham
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Nottingham (1979–1994)
Nottingham and Leicestershire North West (1994–1999)Labour Party (UK)}}"Michael Gallagher
*Labour (1979–1984)
SDP (1984)*Conservative Party (UK)}}"Michael Kilby
ConservativeLabour Party (UK)}}"Ken Coates
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"Mel Read
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield (1994–1999)Labour Party (UK)}}"Ken Coates
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Peak District (1994–1999)Labour Party (UK)}}"Arlene McCarthy
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Staffordshire East and Derby (1994–1999)Labour Party (UK)}}"Phillip Whitehead
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"

Returned members

MEPs for the East Midlands, 1999 onwardsElectionMEP
PartyMEP
PartyMEP
PartyMEP
PartyMEP
PartyMEP
PartySeat abolished
1999 (5th parliament)2004 (6th parliament)2009 (7th parliament)2014 (8th parliament)
Labour Party (UK)}}"Phillip Whitehead
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"Glenis Willmott
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"Rory Palmer*
Labour*Labour Party (UK)}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"Mel Read
LabourUK Independence Party}}"Derek Clark
UKIPUK Independence Party}}"Margot Parker
*UKIP (2014–19)
Brexit Party (2019)*Brexit Party}}"Annunziata Rees-Mogg
Brexit Party (2019)
Independent (2019–20)
Conservative (2020–21)Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Roger Helmer
*Conservative (1999–2012)
UKIP (2012–2017)*UK Independence Party}}"Jonathan Bullock
*UKIP (2017–2018)
Independent (2018)
Brexit Party (2019–21)*Brexit Party}}"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Chris Heaton-Harris
ConservativeConservative Party (UK)}}"Emma McClarkin
ConservativeBrexit Party}}"*Matthew Patten
Brexit Party*Brexit Party}}"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Bill Newton Dunn
Conservative (1999–2000)
Liberal Democrat (2000–2014)Conservative Party (UK)}}"Andrew Lewer
ConservativeConservative Party (UK)}}"Rupert Matthews
ConservativeLiberal Democrats (UK)}}"Bill Newton Dunn
Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Nick Clegg
Liberal DemocratUK Independence Party}}"Robert Kilroy-Silk
*UKIP (2004)
Veritas (2004–05)
Independent (2005–09)*

Notes:

  • 1 Roger Helmer announced on 12 October 2011 his intention to stand down from the European Parliament. After uncertainty whether his place would be taken by the next person on the Conservative Party's list for the East Midlands region, he defected to UKIP and completed his term as MEP.

Complaint against Kilroy-Silk

In August 2005, four of the MEPs for the region (Clark, Heaton-Harris, Helmer and Whitehead) sent a joint letter to President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell to complain of Kilroy-Silk:

"He seems to have done little or no work as a constituency MEP for the East Midlands. This leaves five MEPs to do the work of six and the electorate have been short-changed". They complained that Kilroy-Silk was not "fulfilling the pledge he made on becoming an MEP, to serve the electorate of his region" and to call for him to "either do the job for which he is paid, or get out and leave it to those who can."

The parliament has no power to remove Mr Kilroy-Silk, who is understood to have attended the minimum number of plenary sessions required to be eligible for his parliamentary allowances. Such a complaint was unprecedented. Kilroy-Silk refused to comment on it. The European Parliament does not have any power to expel a member, and Borrell took no action.

Election results

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won and order MEPs were elected.

2019

2019 results

2014

2014 results

Margot Parker (4) Jonathan Bullock, Nigel Wickens, Barry Mahoney (184,367) Andrew Lewer (5) Rupert Matthews, Stephen Castens, Brendan Clarke-Smith (145,635) Rory Palmer, Linda Woodings, Khalid Hadadi, Nick Brooks

2009

2009 results

Emma McClarkin (4) Rupert Matthews, Fiona Bulmer, George Lee (185,137.5) Roy Kennedy, Kathryn Salt, J David Morgan, Cate Taylor Christopher Pain, Stephen Allison, Deva Kumarasiri, Irena Marriott Ed Maxfield, Veena Hudson, Denise Hawksworth, Deborah Newton-Cook

2004

2004 results

Chris Heaton-Harris (4) Pauline Latham, Sharon Buckle, Jonathan Bullock, Sarah Richardson (185,681) Derek Clark (5) Ian Gillman, Peter Baker, John Browne, Barry Mahoney (183,249) Glenis Willmott, Ross Willmott, Vandna Kalia, Alan Rhodes, Elizabeth Donnelly Nick Clegg, Alan Riley, Veena Hudson, Richard Church, Deborah Newton-Cook

1999

1999 results

Bill Newton Dunn (3) Chris Heaton-Harris (5) Javed Arain, Sharon Buckle, Pauline Latham (95,220.67) Phillip Whitehead (4) Angela Billingham, Sue Waddington, Valerie Vaz, Veronica Hardstaff, John Mann (103,378) Susan Barber, Ash Vadher, Lisa Gabriel, Brian Niblett, Lesley Dunbar

References

References

  1. (2010). "European Parliament elections 1999 Results and explanations: United Kingdom". Europarl.
  2. (10 July 2004). "European Elections 10–13 June 2004". Europarl.
  3. Died 31 December 2005
  4. Appointed on 1 January 2006 to replace [[Phillip Whitehead]]
  5. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15272631 'Disillusioned' Tory MEP Roger Helmer to stand down], [[BBC News]]. Retrieved 12 October 2011
  6. [http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Lincolnshire-MEP-Roger-Helmer-quit-seat/story-13539842-detail/story.html Lincolnshire MEP Roger Helmer to quit his seat] {{webarchive. link. (13 October 2011 ThisisLincolnshire)
  7. Stares, Justin. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081206003209/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1496182/Kilroy-Silk-does-%27little-or-no-work%27-and-should-quit,-say-MEPs.html Kilroy-Silk does 'little or no work' and should quit, say MEPs], ''The Telegraph'', 13 August 2005. Quote: "A cross-party coalition has called for Robert Kilroy-Silk to quit the European Parliament on the grounds that he seldom attends and does "little or no work" for his East Midlands constituency. [...] His four regional colleagues – Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative), Roger Helmer (Conservative), Phillip Whitehead (Labour) and Derek Clark (Ukip) – said they "deplore" Mr Kilroy-Silk's non-attendance.
  8. Council, Northampton Borough. "Statement of Persons Nominated - European Parliamentary Election on 23 May 2019 {{!}} Northampton Borough Council".
  9. "Brexit Party sweeps to victory in the East Midlands".
  10. (26 May 2019). "European Election 2019: UK results in maps and charts".
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  12. Wallace, Mark. (31 July 2013). "Selection results published for European election regional lists". Conservative Home.
  13. (13 May 2014). "European Election Candidates 2014". East Midlands Green Party.
  14. (1 December 2012). "European selection results – complete". Liberal Democrat Voice.
  15. Cook, David. (24 April 2014). ["Statement of Persons Nominated"](http://www.kettering.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/5950/statement_of_parties_and_individual_candidates_nominated ). [[Kettering Borough Council]].
  16. Brookes, Andrew. (25 April 2014). "European election candidates revealed – with ousted UKIP county leader bidding for seat". Horncastle News.
  17. "European Election 2009: East Midlands". BBC News.
  18. (July 2016)
  19. (4 April 2008). "Labour's 2009 EP candidates".
  20. [http://www.ukip.org/section/members-section/euro-2009-candidate-ballot-results/738-results-of-the-ballot-to-select-mep-candidates UK Independence Party] {{webarchive. link. (8 December 2008)
  21. [http://www.cix.co.uk/~rosenstiel/eu07/eu07nwsm.htm Liberal Democrats] {{webarchive. link. (8 May 2009)
  22. [http://bnp.org.uk/category/european-elections/candidates-european-elections-5/east-midlands-candidates/ British National Party] {{webarchive. link. (7 March 2009)
  23. "2009 European Elections".
  24. "The English Democrats".
  25. [http://www.cpaparty.org.uk/ The Christian Party – CPA] {{webarchive. link. (9 May 2009)
  26. "Libertas East Midlands".
  27. "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament.
  28. "Our European Election List for the East Midlands Euro-Constituency". British National Party.
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  30. (2005). "Under the skin of the BNP". BBC News.
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