East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

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East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of the European Parliament 2.1 1999 - 2004 2.2 2004 - present 2.3 Complaint against Kilroy-Silk 3 Election results

[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.

[edit] Election results

European Election 2004: East Midlands
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	294,198	21.0	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Newton Dunn	181,964	12.9	+0.2
	British National	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
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 Democrats	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	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

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)

European Parliamentary Constituencies
Belgium : Dutch-speaking | French-speaking | German-speaking
France : East | Île-de-France | Massif Central | North-West | Overseas Territories | South-East | South-West | West
Ireland : Dublin | East | North-West | South
Italy : Central | Islands | North-East | North-West | Southern
United Kingdom : East Midlands | East of England | London | North East England | Northern Ireland | North West England | Scotland | South East England | South West England | Wales | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber