South West England (European Parliament constituency)
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South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency consists of the South West England region of the United Kingdom and with effect from the 2004 European election has also included Gibraltar.
[edit] Members of the European Parliament
[edit] 1999 - 2004
- Giles Chichester, Conservative
- Glyn Ford, Labour
- Michael Holmes, UKIP
- Caroline Jackson, Conservative
- Alexandar Macmillan, Conservative
- Neil Parish, Conservative
- Graham Watson, Liberal Democrat
[edit] Changes
Michael Holmes resigned and was replaced by Graham Booth in 2002.
[edit] 2004 - present
- Graham Booth, UKIP
- Giles Chichester, Conservative
- Glyn Ford, Labour
- Caroline Jackson, Conservative
- Roger Knapman, UKIP
- Neil Parish, Conservative
- Graham Watson, Liberal Democrat
[edit] Election results
European Election 2004: South West England | |||||
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List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Neil Parish Caroline Jackson Giles Chichester |
457,371 (152,457) | 31.6 | −10.1 | |
UK Independence | Graham Booth Roger Knapman |
326,684 (163,342) | 22.6 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Watson | 265,619 | 18.3 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Glyn Ford | 209,908 | 14.5 | −3.5 | |
Green | None | 103,821 | 7.2 | −1.1 | |
British National | None | 43,653 | 3.0 | +2.1 | |
Countryside Party | None | 30,824 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Respect | None | 10,437 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,453,625 | 37.8 | +10.2 |
European Election 1999: South West England | |||||
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List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Caroline Jackson Giles Chichester Alexander Macmillan Neil Parish |
434,645 (108,661.25) | 41.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Glyn Ford | 188,362 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Watson | 171,498 | 16.5 | N/A | |
UK Independence | Michael Holmes | 111,012 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Green | None | 86,630 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | None | 21,645 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Pro-Euro Conservative | None | 11,134 | 1.1 | N/A | |
British National | None | 9,752 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | None | 5,741 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | None | 1,968 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,042,387 | 27.6 | N/A |
Constituencies in South West England | |
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Conservative |
Bournemouth East | Bournemouth West | Bridgwater | Christchurch | Cotswold | Devizes | East Devon | Forest of Dean | North Dorset | North Wiltshire | Poole | Salisbury | South West Devon | Tewkesbury | Tiverton and Honiton | Torridge and West Devon | Totnes | Wells | West Dorset | Westbury | Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring |
Liberal Democrat |
Bath | Bristol West | Cheltenham | Falmouth and Camborne | Mid Dorset and North Poole | North Cornwall | North Devon | Northavon | Somerton and Frome | South East Cornwall | St Ives | Taunton | Teignbridge | Torbay | Truro and St Austell | Yeovil |
Labour |
Bristol East | Bristol North West | Bristol South | Exeter | Gloucester | Kingswood | North Swindon | Plymouth Devonport | Plymouth Sutton | South Dorset | South Swindon | Stroud | Wansdyke |
South West European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | Labour (1) |
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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 |