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North West England (European Parliament constituency)

Former European Parliament constituency

Field	Value
title	North West England
locationmap2014	UK-nw-eng
coordinates
map	North West England (European Parliament constituency).svg
mapcaption	Shown within the United Kingdom
created	1999
dissolved	2020
meps	10 (1999–2004)
9 (2004–2009)
8 (2009–2020)
memberstate	United Kingdom
memberstatelink2	the United Kingdom
sources	http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/pptsuk.shtm http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/uk/law.html

9 (2004–2009) 8 (2009–2020) North West England was a constituency of the European Parliament. From the 2009 elections it elected 8 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 West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

History

Following the passing of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, the North West of England formed one constituency from which candidates are elected using the D'Hondt method. In the election preceding that Act, MEPs were elected by the first-past-the-post method in single-member constituencies. The constituency corresponded to the following former European constituencies: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Wirral, Cumbria and Lancashire North, Greater Manchester Central, Greater Manchester East, Greater Manchester West, Lancashire Central, Lancashire South, Merseyside East and Wigan, Merseyside West, and Congleton from Staffordshire West and Congleton.

Returned members

MEPs for North West England, 1999—2020	Election	MEP
Party	Brexit Party}}"		Brexit Party}}"	MEP
Party	British National Party}}"		UK Independence Party}}"	Brexit Party}}"	Brexit Party}}"	MEP
Party	Brexit Party}}"		Brexit Party}}"	MEP
Party	Green Party of England and Wales}}"		Green Party of England and Wales}}"	MEP
Party	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	MEP
Party	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"	MEP
Party	MEP
Party	MEP
Party	Seat abolished	MEP
Party	Seat abolished
	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)	2009 (7th parliament)	2014 (8th parliament)	2019 (9th parliament)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Lord Inglewood
Conservative	UK Independence Party}}"		John Whittaker
UKIP	UK Independence Party}}"		Paul Nuttall
*UKIP (2009–2018)
Independent (2018–2019), Brexit Party (2019)*	Claire Fox
Brexit Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Den Dover
*Conservative (1999–2008)
Independent (2008–2009)*	Nick Griffin
BNP	Louise Bours
UKIP (2014–2018)
Independent (2018–2019)	Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen
Brexit Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sir Robert Atkins
Conservative	UK Independence Party}}"		Steven Woolfe
*UKIP (2014–2016)
Independent (2016–2019)*	David Bull
Brexit Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		David Sumberg
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jacqueline Foster
Conservative	Gina Dowding
[](green-party-of-england-and-wales)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Jacqueline Foster
Conservative	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Sajjad Karim
*LD (2004–2007)
Con (2007–2019)*	Sajjad Karim
Conservative	Jane Brophy
[](liberal-democrats-uk)
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Chris Davies
Liberal Democrat	Labour Party (UK)}}"		M. Afzal Khan
Labour (2014–2017)	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Wajid Khan
Labour (2017–2019)	Chris Davies
[](liberal-democrats-uk)
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Terry Wynn
Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Brian Simpson
Labour (2006–2014)	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Julie Ward
Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Arlene McCarthy
Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Theresa Griffin
Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Gary Titley
Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Brian Simpson
Labour

Election results

Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the order candidates were elected and the number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.

2019

2019 results

2014

2014 results

Afzal Khan (4) Julie Ward (6) Wajid Khan, Angeliki Stogia, Steve Carter, Pascale Lamb, Nick Parnell (198,021) Louise Bours (5) Steven Woolfe(8) Shneur Odze, Lee Slaughter, Simon Noble, Peter Harper, John Brian Stanyer (160,644) Sajjad Karim (7) Kevin Beaty, Deborah Dunleavy, Joe Barker, Daniel Hamilton, Chris Whiteside, James Walsh (175,993)

2009

2009 results

Sajjad Karim (5) Jacqueline Foster (7) Alex Williams, Greg Morgan, Tony Samuels, Peter Wilding, Andrew Large (141,058) Brian Simpson (6) Theresa Griffin, Stephen Carter, Jane Clarke, Riaz Ahmed, Claire Reynolds, Brian Boag (168,415.5) Michael McManus, Graham Cannon, Nigel Brown, Hilary Jones, Philip Griffiths, Fred McGlade, Terry Durrance Helen Foster-Grime, Sue McGuire, Qassim Afzal, Neil Corlett, Mark Clayton, Stephen Cooke, Peter Hirst Martin Wingfield, Steve Greenhalgh, Edward O'Sullivan, Jean Purdy, Michael Elliot, Derek Adams, Gary Aronsson

2004

2004 results

Arlene McCarthy (4) Terry Wynn (7) Brian Simpson, Theresa Griffin, Rosie Cooper, Albert Catterall, Rupa Huq, Ebrahim Adia (192,129.33) David Sumberg (6) Sir Robert Atkins (8) Jacqueline Foster, David Newns, Alfred Doran, Eveleigh Dutton, Leslie Byrom, James Mawdsley (169,815.33) Saj Karim (9) Flo Clucas, Qassim Afzal, Stan Collins, Allison Seabourne, Paula Keaveney, Neil Corlett, Alison Firth (167,531.5) Gregg Beaman, John Browne, Gerald Kelley, Alan Weddell, Stephen Roxborough, Richard Buttrey, Graham Cannon, Roy Hopwood

1999

1999 results

Sir Robert Atkins (3) David Sumberg (5) Den Dover (8) Jacqueline Foster (10) David Newns, Andrew Reid, Leslie Byrom, Christopher Lynch, Paul Brierley (72,005.4) Gary Titley (4) Terry Wynn (7) Brian Simpson (9) Tony Cunningham, Mark Hendrick, Ruth Turner, Claire Nangle, Michael Ward, Theresa Griffin (87,627.75) Flo Clucas, Tim Farron, Patsy Calton, Roger Putnam, Yasmin Zalzala, Kiron Reid, Kate Fletcher, Mark Clayton, Jackie Pearcey

References

Expelled from Conservatives on 13 November 2008
Left UKIP on 17 October 2016
Defected to the Conservatives on 26 November 2007
Resigned on 27 August 2006
Appointed in 2006 to replace Terry Wynn
"Candidate Information". North West Votes.
Bernstein, Sir Howard. (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". North West Votes.
[https://archive.today/20140225153031/http://www.labour.org.uk/labour-party-european-election-candidate-selection-results,2014-01-21 Labour Party]
(2 June 2009). "UK – European election candidates: North West". BBC News.
(8 June 2009). "European Election 2009 – UK Results – North West". BBC News.
(February 2018)
"2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament.
(3 June 2004). "Our European Election List for the North West Euro-Constituency". British National Party.
"1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament.

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