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North East England (European Parliament constituency)

Former European Parliament constituency

North East England (European Parliament constituency)
Summary

Former European Parliament constituency

FieldValue
titleNorth East England
locationmap2014UK-ne-eng
coordinates
mapEnglandNorthEast.png
mapcaptionShown within England
created1999
dissolved2020
meps4 (1999–2004)
3 (2004–2020)
memberstateUnited Kingdom
memberstatelink2the United Kingdom
sources

3 (2004–2020) |}} North East England was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 3 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 North East England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.

History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Durham, Northumbria, Tyne and Wear, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond.

MEPs for former North East England constituencies, 1979 – 1999Election1979 – 19841984 – 19891989 – 19941994 – 1999
Cleveland (1979 – 1984)
Cleveland and Yorkshire North (1984 – 1994)
Cleveland and Richmond (1994 – 1999)Conservative Party (UK)}}"Peter Vanneck
ConservativeLabour Party (UK)}}"David Bowe
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
DurhamLabour Party (UK)}}"Roland Boyes
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"Stephen Hughes
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
NorthumbriaLabour Party (UK)}}"Gordon Adam
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Tyne South and Wear (1979 – 1984)
Tyne and Wear (1984 – 1999)Labour Party (UK)}}"Joyce Quin
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"Alan Donnelly
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"

Returned members

MEPs for North East England, 1999 onwardsElectionMEP
PartyMEP
PartyMEP
PartyMEP
PartySeat abolished
1999 (5th parliament)2004 (6th parliament)2009 (7th parliament)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"Martin Callanan
ConservativeUK Independence Party}}"Jonathan Arnott
UKIP (2014–18)
*Independent (2018 - 2019)
Brexit Party (2019)*Brexit Party}}"Brian Monteith
Brexit PartyBrexit Party}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"Alan Donnelly
Labour
until December 1999Labour Party (UK)}}"Gordon Adam
Labour
from December 1999Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"Fiona Hall
Liberal DemocratLabour Party (UK)}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"Stephen Hughes
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"Judith Kirton-Darling
LabourLabour Party (UK)}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"Mo O'Toole
Labour

Election results

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won and the order in which candidates won their seats.

2019

2019 results

2014

2014 results

Paul Brannen (3) Jayne Shotton (110,994) Richard Elvin, Phillip Broughton

2009

2009 results

Fay Tinnon, Nick Wallis Barbara Musgrave, Richard Bell Chris Foote-Wood, Neil Bradbury

2004

2004 results

Mo O'Toole, Joanne Thompson Jeremy Middleton, Amanda Vigar Chris Wood, Gregory Stone

1999

1999 results

Stephen Hughes (3) Mo O'Toole (4) Gordon Adam (54,191) Aidan Ruff, Brendan Murphy, Neil Macgregor

References

References

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  5. Smith, David. (2014-04-24). "North East Electoral Region". European Parliament.
  6. Davies, Jonathan. (1 December 2012). "European selection results – complete". Liberal Democrat Voice.
  7. "Local Elections - Local Election Results - 2nd May 2013". [[Green Party of England and Wales.
  8. Smith, Dave. (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". [[City of Sunderland]].
  9. Smith, Dave. (2009-05-07). "Statement of Parties and Individual Candidates Nominated". [[Sunderland City Council]].
  10. (19 April 2009). "2009 election results". BBC News.
  11. (22 January 2016). "Labour's 2009 EP candidates – Jon Worth".
  12. (2008-03-31). "Candidates for the 2009 European Elections announced". [[Conservative Party (UK).
  13. http://www.cix.co.uk/~rosenstiel/eu07/eu07lnesm.htm {{dead link. (January 2016)
  14. "Results of the ballot to select MEP candidates - UK Independence Party".
  15. "North East Candidates : The British National Party".
  16. Richard Lawson. (4 June 2009). "2009 European Elections".
  17. "Carbase".
  18. "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament.
  19. (3 June 2004). "necand".
  20. "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament.
  21. "BNP under the skin: Colin Smith". BBC News.
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