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| North West England European Parliament constituency |
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| Created | 1999 |
| MEP(s) | 9 (2004) |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
North West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to the North West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
Candidates
| European Parliament election 2009 — North West lists | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | |||||||
| Conservative Party | Sir Robert Atkins MEP, Saj Karim MEP, Jacqueline Foster, Fiona Bruce, Alex Williams, Simon Baker, Peter Wilding | |||||||
| Labour Party | Arlene McCarthy MEP, Brian Simpson MEP Theresa Griffin, Stephen Carter, Jane Clarke, Riaz Ahmed, Claire Reynolds, Brian Boag | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Davies MEP, Helen Foster-Grime, Sue McGuire, Qassim Afzal, Neil Corlett, Mark Clayton, Stephen Cooke, Peter Hirst | |||||||
| United Kingdom Independence Party | Paul Nuttall, Michael McManus, Graham Cannon, Nigel Brown, Hilary Jones, Philip Griffiths, Fred McGlade, Terry Durrance | |||||||
| Green Party | Peter Cranie, Maia Whitelegg, Ruth Bergan, Samir Chatterjee, Jill Perry, Justine Hall, Margaret Westbrook, Geoff Smith | |||||||
Sources
Members of the European Parliament
2004 - present
- Robert Atkins, Conservative
- Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat
- Den Dover, Independent
- Saj Karim, Conservative
- Arlene McCarthy, Labour
- David Sumberg, Conservative
- Gary Titley, Labour
- John Whittaker, UKIP
- Terry Wynn, Labour
Terry Wynn resigned on 27 August 2006 and was replaced by Brian Simpson.
Saj Karim defected to the Conservatives on 26 November 2007.
Den Dover was expelled from the Conservatives on 13 November 2008.1
1999 - 2004
- Robert Atkins, Conservative
- Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat
- Den Dover, Conservative
- Jacqueline Foster, Conservative
- Arlene McCarthy, Labour
- Brian Simpson, Labour
- David Sumberg, Conservative
- Gary Titley, Labour
- Richard Inglewood, Conservative
- Terry Wynn, Labour
Election results
| European Election 2004: North West England | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gary Titley Arlene McCarthy Terry Wynn |
576,388 (192,129.33) | 27.4 | −7.1 | |
| Conservative | Den Dover David Sumberg Robert Atkins |
509,446 (169,815.33) | 24.2 | −11.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Chris Davies Saj Karim |
335,063 (167,531.5) | 15.9 | +4.2 | |
| UK Independence | John Whittaker | 257,158 | 11.7 | +5.2 | |
| British National | None | 134,959 | 6.4 | +5.1 | |
| Green | None | 117,393 | 5.6 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal | None | 96,325 | 4.6 | +2.4 | |
| English Democrats | None | 34,110 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Respect | None | 24,636 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Countryside Party | None | 11,283 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | None | 10,084 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent Ronald Alan Neal |
No | 8,318 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,135,620 | 41.5 | +21.8 | ||
| European Election 1999: North West England | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Inglewood Robert Atkins David Sumberg Den Dover Jacqueline Foster |
360,027 (72,005.4) | 35.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Arlene McCarthy Gary Titley Terry Wynn Brian Simpson |
350,511 (87,627.75) | 34.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Chris Davies | 119,376 | 11.7 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | None | 66,779 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| Green | None | 56,828 | 5.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | None | 22,640 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| British National | None | 13,587 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | None | 11,338 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | None | 9,816 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Anti-Corruption Pro-Family Christian Alliance David Braid |
No | 2,251 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | None | 2,114 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| English Independent Humanist Party Douglas Firkin-Flood |
No | 1,049 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Weekly Worker | None | 878 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,017,194 | 19.7 | N/A | ||
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