North West England (European Parliament constituency) explained

North West England
Locationmap2014:UK-nw-eng
Coordinates:55°N -2.5°W
Map:North West England (European Parliament constituency).svg
Mapcaption:Shown within the United Kingdom
Created:1999
Dissolved:2020
Meps:10 (1999–2004)
9 (2004–2009)
8 (2009–2020)
Memberstate:United Kingdom
Memberstatelink2:the United Kingdom
Sources:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/pptsuk.shtmhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/uk/law.html

North West England was a constituency of the European Parliament. From the 2009 elections it elected 8 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponded to the North West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

History

Following the passing of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, the North West of England formed one constituency from which candidates are elected using the D'Hondt method. In the election preceding that Act, MEPs were elected by the first-past-the-post method in single-member constituencies. The constituency corresponded to the following former European constituencies: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Wirral, Cumbria and Lancashire North, Greater Manchester Central, Greater Manchester East, Greater Manchester West, Lancashire Central, Lancashire South, Merseyside East and Wigan, Merseyside West, and Congleton from Staffordshire West and Congleton.

Returned members

MEPs for North West England, 1999—2020
Election
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Lord Inglewood
Conservative
width=1px style="background-color: " John Whittaker
UKIP
width=1px style="background-color: " Paul Nuttall
UKIP (2009–2018)
Independent (2018–2019), Brexit Party (2019)
Claire Fox
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Den Dover
Conservative (1999–2008)
Independent (2008–2009)
[1]
Nick Griffin
BNP
Louise Bours
UKIP (2014–2018)
Independent (2018–2019)
Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Sir Robert Atkins
Conservative
width=1px style="background-color: " Steven Woolfe
UKIP (2014–2016)
Independent (2016–2019)
[2]
David Bull
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " David Sumberg
Conservative
width=1px style="background-color: " Jacqueline Foster
Conservative
Gina Dowding
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Jacqueline Foster
Conservative
width=1px style="background-color: " Saj Karim
LD (2004–2007)
Con (2007–2019)
[3]
Saj Karim
Conservative
Jane Brophy
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Chris Davies
Liberal Democrat
width=1px style="background-color: " M. Afzal Khan
Labour (2014–2017)
width=1px style="background-color: " Wajid Khan
Labour (2017–2019)
Chris Davies
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Terry Wynn[4]
Labour
width=1px style="background-color: " Brian Simpson[5]
Labour (2006–2014)
width=1px style="background-color: " Julie Ward
Labour
width=1px style="background-color: "
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Arlene McCarthy
Labour
width=1px style="background-color: " Theresa Griffin
Labour
width=1px style="background-color: "
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Gary Titley
Labour
Seat abolished
MEP
Party
width=1px style="background-color: " Brian Simpson
Labour
Seat abolished

Election results

Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the order candidates were elected and the number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.

1999

External links

Notes and References

  1. Expelled from Conservatives on 13 November 2008
  2. Left UKIP on 17 October 2016
  3. Defected to the Conservatives on 26 November 2007
  4. Resigned on 27 August 2006
  5. Appointed in 2006 to replace Terry Wynn