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East of England (European Parliament constituency)
Former European Parliament constituency
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Former European Parliament constituency
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| created | 1999 |
| dissolved | 2020 |
| coordinates | |
| locationmap2014 | UK-e-eng |
| map | Image:England Region - East England.svg |
| mapcaption | Shown within England |
| memberstate | United Kingdom |
| memberstatelink2 | the United Kingdom |
| meps | 8 (1999–2004) |
| 7 (2004–2020) | |
| sources | |
| title | East of England |
7 (2004–2020) East of England was a constituency of the European Parliament that was coterminous with the East of England region. It returned 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Boundaries
The constituency corresponded to the East of England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
History
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. At the time of their abolition in 1999, these were Cambridgeshire, Essex North and Suffolk South, Essex South, Essex West and Hertfordshire East, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and South West Norfolk, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.
| MEPs for former East of England constituencies, 1979–1999 | Election | 1979–1984 | 1984–1989 | 1989–1994 | 1994–1999 | Seat not established |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire (1979–1984) | ||||||
| Cambridge and Bedfordshire North (1984–1994) | ||||||
| Cambridgeshire (1994–1999) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Fred Catherwood | ||||
| Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Robert Sturdy | ||||
| Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |||||
| Essex North East (1979–1994) | ||||||
| Essex North and Suffolk South (1994–1999) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | David Curry | ||||
| Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Anne McIntosh | ||||
| Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |||||
| Bedfordshire (1979–1984) | ||||||
| Bedfordshire South (1984–1994) | ||||||
| Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes (1994–1999) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Peter Beazley | ||||
| Conservative | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Eryl McNally | ||||
| Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | |||||
| Essex South West (1979–1994) | ||||||
| Essex West and Hertfordshire East (1994–1999) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Dr. Alexander Sherlock | ||||
| Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Patricia Rawlings | ||||
| Conservative | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Hugh Kerr | ||||
| Labour (1994–1997) | ||||||
| Scottish Socialist Party (1997–1999) | ||||||
| Hertfordshire (1979–1999) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Derek Prag | ||||
| Conservative | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Peter Truscott | ||||
| Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | |||||
| Norfolk (1979–1999) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Paul Howell | ||||
| Conservative | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Clive Needle | ||||
| Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | |||||
| Suffolk (1979–1994) | ||||||
| Suffolk and South West Norfolk (1994–1999) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Amédée Turner | ||||
| Conservative | Labour Party (UK)}}" | David Thomas | ||||
| Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" | |||||
| Essex South (1994–1999) | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Richard Howitt | ||||
| Labour | Labour Party (UK)}}" |
Returned members
| MEPs for the East of England, 1999 onwards | Election | MEP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | MEP | |||||||||
| Party | MEP | |||||||||
| Party | MEP | |||||||||
| Party | MEP | |||||||||
| Party | MEP | |||||||||
| Party | MEP | |||||||||
| Party | MEP | |||||||||
| Party | Seat abolished | |||||||||
| 1999 (5th parliament) | 2004 (6th parliament) | 2009 (7th parliament) | 2014 (8th parliament) | 2019 (9th parliament) | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Geoffrey Van Orden | |||||||||
| Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Christopher Beazley | |||||||||
| Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Vicky Ford | ||||||||
| Conservative (2009–2017) | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | John Flack | ||||||||
| Conservative (2017–2019) | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Barbara Gibson | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | |||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Bashir Khanbhai | |||||||||
| Conservative | United Kingdom Independence Party}}" | Tom Wise | ||||||||
| UKIP (2004–2009) | ||||||||||
| Independent (2009) | United Kingdom Independence Party}}" | David Campbell Bannerman | ||||||||
| *UKIP (2009–2011) | ||||||||||
| Conservative (2011–2019)* | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Lucy Nethsingha | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrat | Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | |||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Robert Sturdy | |||||||||
| Conservative | UK Independence Party}}" | Patrick O'Flynn | ||||||||
| *UKIP (2014–2018) | ||||||||||
| SDP (2018–2019)* | Brexit Party}}" | Richard Tice | ||||||||
| Brexit Party | Brexit Party}}" | |||||||||
| UK Independence Party}}" | Jeffrey Titford | |||||||||
| UKIP | UK Independence Party}}" | Stuart Agnew | ||||||||
| UKIP | Brexit Party}}" | Michael Heaver | ||||||||
| Brexit Party | Brexit Party}}" | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | Andrew Duff | |||||||||
| Liberal Democrat | UK Independence Party}}" | Tim Aker | ||||||||
| * UKIP (2014–2018) | ||||||||||
| Thurrock Independents (2018–2019) | ||||||||||
| Brexit Party (2019)* | Brexit Party}}" | June Mummery | ||||||||
| Brexit Party | Brexit Party}}" | |||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Richard Howitt | |||||||||
| Labour (1999–16) | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Alex Mayer | ||||||||
| Labour (2016–2019) | Green Party of England and Wales}}" | Catherine Rowett | ||||||||
| Green Party | Green Party of England and Wales}}" | |||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Eryl McNally | |||||||||
| Labour |
Election results
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
2019
Michael Heaver (3) June Mummery (5) Paul Hearn, Priscilla Huby, Sean Lever, Edmund Fordham (201,391.67) Lucy Nethsingha (6) Fionna Tod, Stephen Robinson, Sandy Walkington, Marie Goldman, Jules Ewart (180,751.5) Rupert Read, Martin Schmierer, Fiona Radic, Paul Jeater, Pallavi Devulapalli, Jeremy Caddick John Flack, Joe Rich, Thomas McLaren, Joel Charles, Wazz Mughal, Thomas Smith
2014
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2009
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2004
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Jonathan Morgan, Claire Strong, Richard Normington (155,175.33) Robin Page, Stuart Agnew, Bryan Smalley, Brian Aylett, Roger Lord (148,080) Elizabeth Kelly, Clive Needle, Sandra Griffiths, Nigel Gardner, Valerie Liddiard, Mark Wells Christopher White, Anne Pollard, Rosalind Gill, Guillaume McLaughlin, Earnshaw Palmer, Nahid Boethe
1999
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Robert Gordon, Kay Twitchen, Graham Bright, Charles Rose (106,272.75) Clive Needle, Peter Truscott, David Thomas, Virginia Bucknor, Beth Kelly, Ruth Bagnall (125,066) Rosalind Scott, Robert Browne, Lorna Spenceley, Chris White, Charlotte Cane, Paul Burall, Rosalind Gill Bryan Smalley, Brian Lee, Tom Wise, Roger Lord, Charles Lawman, Ashley Banks, William Vinyard
References
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