West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

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West Midlands
European Parliament constituency
West Midlands (European Parliament constituency) (European Parliament constituencies 2007 )
West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown within England
Created 1999
MEP(s) 7 (2004)
Member State United Kingdom
Source(s) [1][2]
A map of the West Midlands region, showing Towns/Cities in Red, Motorways  in Blue, AONBs in  Light Green and National Parks in  Dark Green.
A map of the West Midlands region, showing Towns/Cities in Red, Motorways in Blue, AONBs in Light Green and National Parks in Dark Green.

West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Contents

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the West Midlands region of England.

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 1999 - 2004

[edit] 2004 - present

[edit] Election results

European Election 2004: West Midlands
List Elected Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Bushill-Matthews
Philip Bradbourn
Malcolm Harbour
392,9377 (130,979) 27.3 −10.6
Labour Michael Cashman
Neena Gill
336,613 (168,306.5) 23.4 −4.6
UK Independence Michael Nattrass 251,366 17.5 +11.8
Liberal Democrat Liz Lynne 197,479 13.7 +2.4
British National Party None 107,794 7.5 +5.8
Green None 73,991 5.2 −0.6
Respect None 34,704 2.4 N/A
Pensioners Party
Barry Hodgson
No 33,501 2.3 N/A
The Common Good
Dick Rodgers
No 8,650 0.6 N/A
Turnout 1,449,620 36.6 +15.6


European Election 1999: West Midlands
List Elected Votes % ±%
Conservative John Corrie
Philip Bushill-Matthews
Malcolm Harbour
Philip Bradbourn
321,719 (80,429.75) 37.9 N/A
Labour Simon Murphy
Michael Cashman
Neena Gill
237,671 (79,223.67) 28.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Liz Lynne 95,769 11.3 N/A
UK Independence None 49,621 5.8 N/A
Green None 49,440 5.8 N/A
Independent Labour
Christine Oddy
No 36,849 4.3 N/A
Liberal None 14,954 1.8 N/A
British National Party None 14,344 1.7 N/A
Pro-Euro Conservative None 11,144 1.3 N/A
Socialist Alliance None 7,203 0.8 N/A
Socialist Labour None 5,257 0.6 N/A
English Democrats No 3,066 0.4 N/A
Natural Law None 1,647 0.2 N/A
Turnout 848,684 21.0 N/A

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