South East England (European Parliament constituency)
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| South East England European Parliament constituency |
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| Shown within England | |
| Created | 1999 |
| MEP(s) | 10 (2004) |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to South East England, in the south east of the United Kingdom.
| European Parliament election 2009 — South East lists | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | |||||||
| Conservative Party | Daniel Hannan, Richard Ashworth, Nirj Deva, James Elles, Therese Coffey, Sarah Richardson, Richard Robinson, Tony Devenish, Niina Kaariniemi, Marc Brunel-Walker | |||||||
| Labour Party | Peter Skinner, Janet Sully, Bob Fromont, Lisa Horman, Stephen Alambritis, Janet Keene, Munir Malik, Silke Thomson-Pottebohm, Rajinder Sandhu, Sukhi Dhaliwal | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder, Ben Abbots, Jim Barnard, Anthony Hook, Murai Kaushik, Simon Green, Zoe Patrick, Gary Lawson, David Grace | |||||||
[edit] Sources
[edit] Members of the European Parliament
[edit] 1999 - 2004
- Nirj Deva, Conservative
- James Elles, Conservative
- Nigel Farage, UKIP
- Daniel Hannan, Conservative
- Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat
- Caroline Lucas, Green
- Emma Nicholson, Liberal Democrat
- Roy Perry, Conservative
- James Provan, Conservative
- Peter Skinner, Labour
- Mark Watts, Labour
[edit] 2004 - present
- Richard Ashworth, Conservative
- Nirj Deva, Conservative
- James Elles, Conservative
- Nigel Farage, UKIP
- Daniel Hannan, Conservative
- Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat (replaced by Sharon Bowles in 2005 on Huhne's election to the House of Commons)
- Caroline Lucas, Green
- Emma Nicholson, Liberal Democrat
- Ashley Mote, UKIP (had the UKIP whip removed 15 July 2004)
- Peter Skinner, Labour
[edit] Election results
| European Election 2004: South East England | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Daniel Hannan Nirj Deva James Elles Richard Ashworth |
776,370 (194,092.5) | 35.2 | −9.2 | |
| UK Independence | Nigel Farage Ashley Mote |
431,111 (215,555.5) | 19.5 | +9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Chris Huhne Emma Nicholson |
338,342 (169,171) | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Labour | Peter Skinner | 301,398 | 13.7 | −5.9 | |
| Green | Caroline Lucas | 173,351 | 7.9 | +0.5 | |
| British National Party | None | 64,877 | 2.9 | +2.1 | |
| Senior Citizens Party | None | 42,681 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| English Democrats | None | 29,126 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Respect | None | 13,426 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Peace | None | 12,572 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Christian Peoples | None | 11,733 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | None | 6,579 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent Philip Rhodes |
No | 5,671 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,219,239 | 36.8 | +12.1 | ||
| European Election 1999: South East England | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Provan Roy Perry Daniel Hannan James Elles Nirj Deva |
661,932 (132,386.4) | 44.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Peter Skinner Mark Watts |
292,146 (146,073) | 19.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Emma Nicholson Chris Huhne |
228,136 (114,068) | 15.3 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Nigel Farage | 144,514 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| Green | Caroline Lucas | 110,571 | 7.4 | N/A | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | None | 27,305 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| British National Party | None | 12,161 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | None | 7,281 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | None | 2,767 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Open Democracy for Stability Brian Bundy |
No | 1857 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Making a Profit in Europe John Goss |
No | 1400 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,490,069 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
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