East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)
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| East Midlands European Parliament constituency |
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| Shown within England | |
| Created | 1999 |
| MEP(s) | 6 (2004) |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to the East Midlands region of England.
[edit] Members of the European Parliament
[edit] 1999 - 2004
- Nicholas Clegg, Liberal Democrat
- Christopher Heaton-Harris, Conservative
- Roger Helmer, Conservative
- Bill Newton Dunn, Conservative (1999 - 2000), Liberal Democrat (2000 onwards)
- Mel Read, Labour
- Phillip Whitehead, Labour
[edit] 2004 - present
- Derek Clark, UKIP
- Chris Heaton-Harris, Conservative
- Roger Helmer, Conservative
- Robert Kilroy-Silk, UKIP (2004), Veritas (2004 - 2005), (Independent)
- Bill Newton Dunn, Liberal Democrat
- Phillip Whitehead, Labour (2004-2005; died December 31, 2005)
- Glenis Willmott, Labour (appointed on January 1, 2006 to replace Phillip Whitehead)
[edit] 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 went on to complain 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." Such a complaint is unprecedented and Kilroy-Silk refused to comment on it; the European Parliament does not have any power to expel a member and Borell has taken no action.[citation needed]
[edit] Election results
| European Election 2004: East Midlands | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roger Helmer Chris Heaton-Harris |
371,362 (185,681) | 26.4 | −13.1 | |
| UK Independence | Robert Kilroy-Silk Derek Clark |
366,498 (183,249) | 26.1 | +18.5 | |
| Labour | Phillip Whitehead d. 2005 and replaced by Glenis Willmott |
294,198 | 21.0 | −7.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bill Newton Dunn | 181,964 | 12.9 | +0.2 | |
| British National Party | None | 91,860 | 6.5 | +5.2 | |
| Green | None | 76,633 | 5.5 | +0.1 | |
| Respect | None | 20,009 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Independent Russell Rogers |
No | 2,615 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent Shadmyraine Halliday |
No | 847 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,413,086 | 43.4 | +20.6 | ||
| European Election 1999: East Midlands | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roger Helmer Bill Newton Dunn Chris Heaton-Harris |
285,662 (95,220.67) | 39.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Mel Read Phillip Whitehead |
206,756 (103,378) | 28.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Clegg | 92,398 | 12.7 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | None | 54,800 | 7.6 | N/A | |
| Green | None | 38,954 | 5.4 | N/A | |
| Alternative Labour List supporting Left Alliance | None | 17,409 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | None | 11,359 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| British National Party | None | 9,342 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | None | 5,528 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | None | 1,525 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 723,733 | 22.8 | N/A | ||
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