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South West England (European Parliament constituency)

Former European Parliament constituency

Field	Value
title	South West
locationmap2014	UK-sw-eng
coordinates
map	EnglandSouthWestRegion2004.png
mapcaption	Shown in England, Gibraltar inset
electorate population	3,998,479
created	1999
dissolved	2020
meps	7 (1999–2009)
6 (2009–2020)
memberstate	United Kingdom
memberstatelink2	the United Kingdom
sources	EuroParl 2004 Election – EuroParl

6 (2009–2020) South West was a combined constituency region of the European Parliament, comprising the South West of England and Gibraltar. Seven, later six, Members of the European Parliament using closed party-list proportional representation allocated using the D'Hondt method of distribution were elected. The constituency was abolished when Britain left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the South West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It also included the British overseas territory of Gibraltar from 2004.

History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Bristol, Cornwall and West Plymouth, Devon and East Plymouth, Dorset and East Devon, Somerset and North Devon, Wiltshire North and Bath, and parts of Cotswolds.

Before the 2004 election, it was expanded to include Gibraltar. This was the result of a 1999 European Court of Human Rights case, which argued that Gibraltar should be entitled to vote in European elections. Spain took a complaint about non-EU Commonwealth citizens resident in Gibraltar participating in European elections to the European Court of Justice, but their case was unsuccessful.

The number of seats was reduced from seven to six for the 2009 election.

MEPs for former South West England constituencies, 1979 – 1999	Election	1984 – 1989
Bristol	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Richard Cottrell
Conservative	Labour Party (UK)}}"	Ian White
Labour	Labour Party (UK)}}"
Cornwall and Plymouth (1979–1994)
Cornwall and West Plymouth (1994–1999)	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	David Harris
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Christopher Beazley
Conservative	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Cotswolds	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Lord Plumb
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Devon (1979–1994)
Devon and East Plymouth (1994–1999)	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Lord O'Hagan
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Giles Chichester
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Somerset (1979–1984)
Somerset and Dorset West (1984–1994)
Somerset and North Devon (1994–1999)	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Frederick Warner
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Margaret Daly
Conservative	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Upper Thames (1979–1984)
Wiltshire (1984–1994)
Wiltshire North and Bath (1994–1999)	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Robert Jackson
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Caroline Jackson
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
Wessex (1979–1984)
Dorset East and Hampshire West (1984–1994)
Dorset and East Devon (1994–1999)	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	James Spicer
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Bryan Cassidy
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"

Returned members

MEPs for South West England, 1999 onwards	Election	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)
UK Independence Party}}"		Michael Holmes
UKIP (1999–2000)
Independent (2000–02)	UK Independence Party}}"		Graham Booth
UKIP	UK Independence Party}}"		Trevor Colman
UKIP	UK Independence Party}}"		Julia Reid
UKIP (2014–18)
Independent (2018–19)
Brexit Party	Brexit Party}}"		Ann Widdecombe
Brexit Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		2nd Earl of Stockton
Conservative	UK Independence Party}}"		Roger Knapman
UKIP	UK Independence Party}}"		10th Earl of Dartmouth
UKIP (2009–18)
Independent (2018–19)	Brexit Party}}"		James Glancy
Brexit Party	Brexit Party}}"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Caroline Jackson
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Ashley Fox
Conservative	Brexit Party}}"		Christina Jordan
Brexit Party	Brexit Party}}"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Neil Parish
Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Julie Girling
Conservative (2009–17)
Independent (2017–19)
Change UK (2019)
Renew	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Caroline Voaden
Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Giles Chichester
Conservative	Labour Party (UK)}}"		Clare Moody
Labour	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Martin Horwood
Liberal Democrat	Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		Graham Watson
Liberal Democrat	Green Party of England and Wales}}"		Molly Scott Cato
Green	Green Party of England and Wales}}"
Labour Party (UK)}}"		Glyn Ford
Labour
GSLP

Election results

See also: 2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar and 2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the order in which candidates were elected and number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.

2019

2019 results

2014

2014 results

2009

2009 results

Julie Girling (4) Ashley Fox (6) Mike Dolley, Don Collier, Zehra Zaidi (156,247.3) William Dartmouth (5) Gawain Towler, Julia Reid, Alan Wood, Stephanie McWilliam (170,922.5) Kay Barnard, Justine McGuinness, Humphrey Temperley, Paul Massey, Jonathan Stagnetto

2004

2004 results

Caroline Jackson (4) Giles Chichester (7) Richard Graham, Earl of Stockton, Jack Lopresti, Julie Girling (152,457) Roger Knapman (6) Trevor Colman, Elizabeth Burton, Matthew Jackson, Michael Faulkner, Andrew Reed (163,392) Anthony Welch, Kay Barnard, Simon Green, Christine Coleman, Katie Hall, Alistair Cameron Bernadette Hartley, Ian White, Clare Moody, Keir Dhillon, Julie Watts, David Roberts

1999

1999 results

Giles Chichester (2) Earl of Stockton (5) Neil Parish (7) David Martin, Bryan Cassidy, Paul Marland (108,661.25) Ian White, Sue Mallory, James Knight, Marion Dewar, John Shepherd, Elizabeth Lisgo Robin Teverson, Terrye Jones, Paula Yates, Alan Butt-Philip, Janice Beasley, Simon Green Graham Booth, Michael Faulkner, Malcolm Wood, Ronald Dickinson, Robert Edwards, George Eustice

Campaign for a dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall

The Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow campaigned for a separate European Parliament constituency for Cornwall. Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth constituency.

References

(12 September 2006). "Case C-145/04 – Kingdom of Spain v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
"European Parliament Elections 2009". LGC Elections Centre.
Resigned in 2002.
Appointed in 2002 to replace Michael Holmes, retired on 1 October 2008.
Appointed in 2008 to replace Graham Booth.
Farrant, Graham. (23 May 2019). "Statement of parties and individual candidates nominated". Exeter City Council.
Morris, Paul. (22 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Poole Borough Council.
Representing the [[Liberal Party of Gibraltar]]
(8 June 2009). "European Election 2009: South West". BBC News.
"2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament.
Representing the [[Reform Party (Gibraltar). Gibraltar Reform Party]]
(14 January 2002). "Green Party – Whose freedom?". Green Party.
(3 June 2004). "Our European Election List for the South West Euro-Constituency". British National Party.
"Euros 99 – South West". BBC News.
"Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP – Bruce Cowd". BBC News.
"Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP – Terry Cavill". BBC News.
"Kernow and the European Union".

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