Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

Yorkshire and the Humber
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown within England
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1999
MEPs	7 (1999–2004) 6 (2004–present)
Sources

Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It elects six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Humberside, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Sheffield, Yorkshire South, Yorkshire South West, Yorkshire West, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond and Lincolnshire and Humberside South.

MEPs for former Yorkshire and the Humber constituencies, 1979 – 1999
Election	1979 – 1984	1984 – 1989	1989 – 1994	1994 – 1999
Cleveland (1979 – 1984) Cleveland and Yorkshire North (1984 – 1994) Cleveland and Richmond (1994 – 1999)	Peter Vanneck Conservative		David Bowe Labour
Humberside	Robert Battersby Conservative		Peter Crampton Labour
Leeds	Derek Enright Labour	Michael McGowan Labour
Lincolnshire (1979 – 1994) Lincolnshire and Humberside South (1994 – 1999)	Bill Newton Dunn Conservative			Veronica Hardstaff Labour
Sheffield	Richard Caborn Labour	Bob Cryer Labour	Roger Barton Labour
Yorkshire North (1979 – 1984) York (1984 – 1994) North Yorkshire (1994 – 1999)	Neil Balfour Conservative	Edward McMillan-Scott Conservative
Yorkshire South	Brian Key Labour/Co-operative	Norman West Labour to 1998			Linda McAvan Labour from 1998
Yorkshire South West	Thomas Megahy Labour
Yorkshire West	Barry Seal Labour

Returned members

MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, 1999 onwards
Election	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)	2009 (7th parliament)		2014 (8th parliament)
Election	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)
MEP Party	Diana Wallis¹ Liberal Democrat				Rebecca Taylor Liberal Democrat	Mike Hookem UKIP
MEP Party	Edward McMillan-Scott Conservative (1999–2009) Liberal Democrat (2010–2014)					Jane Collins UKIP
MEP Party	Robert Goodwill Conservative		Godfrey Bloom UKIP (2004–13) Independent (2013–2014)			Amjad Bashir UKIP (2014-2015) Conservative (2015-)
MEP Party	Timothy Kirkhope Conservative
MEP Party	Richard Corbett Labour			Andrew Brons British National (2009–12) Independent (2012)^[1] British Democratic Party (2013–2014) ^[2]^[3]		Richard Corbett Labour
MEP Party	Linda McAvan Labour
MEP Party	David Bowe Labour	Seat abolished

¹Diana Wallis resigned in January 2012^[4]

			(v.d.e)
UK Independence Party	24	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	48
Labour Party	20	Socialists and Democrats	191
Conservative Party	19	European Conservatives and Reformists	70
Green Party of England and Wales	3	The Greens–European Free Alliance	50
Scottish National Party	2
Plaid Cymru	1
Liberal Democrats	1	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	67
Sinn Féin	1	European United Left–Nordic Green Left	52
Ulster Unionist Party	1	European Conservatives and Reformists	70
Democratic Unionist Party	1	Non-Inscrits	52

Election results

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Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

European Election 2014: Yorkshire and The Humber
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Jane Collins, Amjad Bashir, Mike Hookem, Gary Shores, Jason Smith, Anne Murgatroyd^[5]^[6]	403,630	31.1	+13.7
	Labour	Linda McAvan, Richard Corbett, Eleanor Tunnicliffe, Asghar Khan, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Darren Hughes^[6]	380,189	29.3	+10.6
	Conservative	Timothy Kirkhope, Alex Story, John Procter, Carolyn Abbott, Michael Naughton, Ryan Stephenson^[6]^[7]	248,945	19.2	−5.3
	Green	Andrew Cooper, Shan Oakes, Dr Vicky Dunn, Denise Craghill, Martin Hemingway, Kevin Warnes^[6]^[8]	102,282	7.9	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Edward McMillan-Scott, James Monaghan, Joe Otten, Chris Foote-Wood, Jacqueline Bell, Aqila Choudhry^[6]^[9]	81,108	6.25	−6.9
	An Independence from Europe	Christopher Booth, Kerrie Oxenham, Malcolm Snelling, John Buchanan Martin, Paul Balderson Sootheran, Howard Roy Blake^[6]^[10]	24,297	1.9	N/A
	BNP	Marlene Guest, Adam Walker, Danny Cooke, Joanne Brown, Steven Richard Harrison, Stuart Henshaw^[6]^[11]	20,138	1.6	−8.2
	Yorkshire First	Stewart Arnold, Richard Carter, Richard Honnoraty^[6]^[12]	19,017	1.5	N/A
	English Democrats	Chris Beverley, David Wildgoose, Ian Sutton, Colin Porter, Tom Redmood, David Allen^[6]^[13]	13,288	1.0	−1.5
	No2EU	Trevor Howard, Mary Jackson, Carrie Hedderwick, Adrian O’Malley, Steven John Andrew, Iain Alaistair Dalton^[6]	3,807	0.29	−1.0
Turnout			1,296,701	33.5	+1.2

European Election 2009: Yorkshire and The Humber^[14]^[15]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward McMillan-Scott, Timothy Kirkhope Fleur Butler, Matthew Bean, Nick Burrows, Glynis Frew	299,802 (149,901)	24.5	−0.2
	Labour	Linda McAvan Richard Corbett, Emma Hoddinott, David Bowe, Melanie Onn, Mahroof Hussain	230,009	18.8	−7.5
	UKIP	Godfrey Bloom Jonathan Arnott, Jason Smith, Toby Horton, David Daniel, Lynette Afshar	213,750	17.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Wallis Stewart Arnold, Rebecca Taylor, James Monaghan, Nader Fekri, Neil Poole	161,552	13.2	−2.4
	BNP	Andrew Brons Nick Cass, Chris Beverley, Marlene Guest, Paul Harris, Trevor Brown	120,139	9.8	+1.8
	Green	Martin Hemingway, Shan Oakes, Leslie Rowe, Lesley Hedges, Kevin Warnes, Steve Barnard,	104,456	8.5	+2.8
	English Democrats	Michael Cassidy, Joanne Robinson, Peter Davies, David Wildgoose, Paul McEnhill, Geoffery Crossman	31,287	2.6	+1.0
	Socialist Labour	William Capstick, Linda Sheriden, Stephen Yoxall, Holly Jo Yoxall, Terence Robinson, Christopher Butler	19,380	1.6	N/A
	Christian	Sid Cordle, Andrew McClintock, Angela MacDonald, John O'Brien, Samantha Cauldwell, Rebecca Jones	16,742	1.4	N/A
	NO2EU	Keith Gibson, Celia Foote, Jackie Grunsell, Peter Marsh, Mike Davies, Juliet Marie Boddington	15,614	1.3	N/A
	Jury Team	Barbara Hibbert, Anthony Hooper, Ben Saxton	7,181	0.6	N/A
	Libertas	Antony Devoy, Edward Devoy, Stephen Clark, Diana MacLeod, Trevor Bending, Kathleen Harris	6,268	0.5	N/A
Turnout			1,226,180	32.3	−10.3

European Election 2004: Yorkshire and the Humber^[16]^[17]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda McAvan, Richard Corbett David Bowe, Patricia Sutcliffe, Chris Naylor, Jo Coles	413,213 (206,606.5)	26.3	−5.0
	Conservative	Timothy Kirkhope, Edward McMillan-Scott Mohammed Riaz, Kenneth Irvine, Ian Bruce, Carolyn Abbott	387,369 (193,684.5)	24.6	−12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Wallis Julia Gash, Stewart Arnold, Robert Adamson, Colin Ross, Zulfiqar Ali	244,607	15.6	+1.2
	UKIP	Godfrey Bloom Jonathan Arnott, John Nunn, John Walker, David Sewards, Ann Schwab	228,666	14.0	+6.9
	BNP	Nicholas Cass, Christopher Beverley, John Brayshaw, John Aveyard, Paul Cromie, Dianne Carr	126,538	8.0	+6.8
	Green	Mark Hill, Linda Duckenfield, John Phillips, Jonathan Dixon, John Norris, James Russell	90,337	5.7	0
	Respect	Anas Altikriti, Mobeen Azhar, Sue Wild, Janet Alder, Kath Owen, Christopher Cheetham	29,865	1.9	N/A
	English Democrats	Gary Cowd, Stephen Elliott, Derek Smith, Nicholas Booth	24,068	1.5	N/A
	Independent	Robert Ellis	14,762	0.9	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Mike Davies, Azar Iqbal, Juliet Boddington, Celia Foote, Jeannie Sutton, Steven Radford	13,776	0.9	N/A
Turnout			1,573,201	42.6	+23.0

European Election 1999: Yorkshire and the Humber ^[18]^[19]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward McMillan-Scott, Timothy Kirkhope, Robert Goodwill Christine Adamson, Earl of Dartmouth, David Nuttall, Raja Najabat Hussain	272,653 (90,884.33)	36.6	N/A
	Labour	Linda McAvan, David Bowe, Richard Corbett Roger Barton, Barry Seal, Veronica Hardstaff, Dominic Shellard	233,024 (77,674.67)	31.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Wallis Michael Pitts, Angela Harris, Colin Ross, Sylvia Anginotti, Robert Adamson, Madeleine Kirk	107,168	14.4	N/A
	UKIP	Gordon Rogers, Richard North, Peter Davies, Judith Longman, Clive Fairclough, David Barley, Paul Godfrey	52,824	7.1	N/A
	Green	Peg Alexander, Mark Hill, Vivienne Smith, Anthony Martin, Andy d'Agorne, Joseph Otten, Clive Lord	42,604	5.7	N/A
	Leeds Left Alliance	Michael Davis, Celia Foote, Joseph Kenyon, Jean Sutton, Michelle Hanley, Anthony Fee, Malcolm Christie	9,554	1.3	N/A
	BNP	Richard Mulhall, Adrian Marsden, Graham Cook, Christopher Ward, Paul Wilson, Ronald Smith, Jay Lee	8,911	1.2	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Julia Gash, Andrew Mayer, Louise Rowntree, Alexander Goodman, Paul McIlroy, Angela Pullen, Keith Bennett	8,075	1.1	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Linda Muir, Alan Brooke, Stephen Yoxall, Thomas Appleyard, Robert Morris, Frank Cave, Stewart Emms	7,650	1.0	N/A
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Mead, Stuart Withers, Mark Gaskell, Diana Leighton, Roger Perry, Barry Franklin, Robert Thurston	1,604	0.2	N/A
Turnout			744,067	19.6	N/A

References

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External links

Biographies of Y&H candidates 2009 at Micandidate
Breakdown of 2009 election results by council areas (pdf)
"Your MEPs: Yorkshire and the Humber". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom. Includes photos, contact information, links to EU website profiles

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (31)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford South Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Morley and Outwood Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley Dewsbury East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (3)	Bradford East Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

Respect (1)	Bradford West

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (2)

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