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South West England (European Parliament constituency)

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South West
European Parliament constituency
Map of the 2014 European Parliament constituencies with South West highlighted in red
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown in England, Gibraltar inset
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Electorate3,998,479[1]
Created1999
Dissolved31 January 2020
MEPs7 (1999–2009)
6 (2009–2020)
Sources
EuroParl 2004 Election - EuroParl

South West was a combined constituency region of the European Parliament, comprising the South West of England and Gibraltar. Seven, later six, Members of the European Parliament using closed party-list proportional representation allocated using the D'Hondt method of distribution were elected. The constituency was abolished when Britain left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Boundaries

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The constituency consisted of the South West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It also included the British overseas territory of Gibraltar from 2004.

History

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The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Bristol, Cornwall and West Plymouth, Devon and East Plymouth, Dorset and East Devon, Somerset and North Devon, Wiltshire North and Bath, and parts of Cotswolds.

Before the 2004 election, it was expanded to include Gibraltar. This was the result of a 1999 European Court of Human Rights case, which argued that Gibraltar should be entitled to vote in European elections. Spain took a complaint about non-EU Commonwealth citizens resident in Gibraltar participating in European elections to the European Court of Justice, but their case was unsuccessful.[2]

The number of seats was reduced from seven to six for the 2009 election.[3]

MEPs for former South West England constituencies, 1979 – 1999
Election 1979 – 1984 1984 – 1989 1989 – 1994 1994 – 1999
Bristol Richard Cottrell
Conservative
Ian White
Labour
Cornwall and Plymouth (1979–1994)
Cornwall and West Plymouth (1994–1999)
David Harris
Conservative
Christopher Beazley
Conservative
Robin Teverson
Liberal Democrat
Cotswolds Lord Plumb
Conservative
Devon (1979–1994)
Devon and East Plymouth (1994–1999)
Lord O'Hagan
Conservative
Giles Chichester
Conservative
Somerset (1979–1984)
Somerset and Dorset West (1984–1994)
Somerset and North Devon (1994–1999)
Frederick Warner
Conservative
Margaret Daly
Conservative
Graham Watson
Liberal Democrat
Upper Thames (1979–1984)
Wiltshire (1984–1994)
Wiltshire North and Bath (1994–1999)
Robert Jackson
Conservative
Caroline Jackson
Conservative
Wessex (1979–1984)
Dorset East and Hampshire West (1984–1994)
Dorset and East Devon (1994–1999)
James Spicer
Conservative
Bryan Cassidy
Conservative

Returned members

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MEPs for South West England, 1999 onwards
Election 1999 (5th parliament) 2004 (6th parliament) 2009 (7th parliament) 2014 (8th parliament) 2019 (9th parliament)
MEP
Party
Michael Holmes[4]
UKIP (1999–2000)
Independent (2000–02)
Graham Booth[5]
UKIP
Trevor Colman[6]
UKIP
Julia Reid
UKIP (2014–18)
Independent (2018–19)
Brexit Party
Ann Widdecombe
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
2nd Earl of Stockton
Conservative
Roger Knapman
UKIP
10th Earl of Dartmouth
UKIP (2009–18)
Independent (2018–19)
James Glancy
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
Caroline Jackson
Conservative
Ashley Fox
Conservative
Christina Jordan
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
Neil Parish
Conservative
Julie Girling
Conservative (2009–17)
Independent (2017–19)
Change UK (2019)
Renew
Caroline Voaden
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party
Giles Chichester
Conservative
Clare Moody
Labour
Martin Horwood
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party
Graham Watson
Liberal Democrat
Molly Scott Cato
Green
MEP
Party
Glyn Ford
Labour
GSLP
Seat abolished

Election results

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2019 results
2014 results
2009 results

See also: 2004 European Parliament election in Gibraltar and 2009 European Parliament election in Gibraltar

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

European Election 2019: South West England[7]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Brexit Party Ann Widdecombe (1)
James Glancy (3)
Christina Jordan (5)
Ann Tarr, Roger Lane-Nott, Nicola Darke
611,742
(203,914)
36.84 New
Liberal Democrats Caroline Voaden (2)
Martin Horwood (6)
Stephen Williams, Eleanor Rylance, David Chalmers, Luke Stagnetto
385,095
(192,547.5)
23.19 +12.49
Green Molly Scott Cato (4)
Cleo Lake, Carla Denyer, Tom Scott, Martin Dimery, Karen La Borde
302,364 18.21 +7.11
Conservative Ashley Fox, James Mustoe, Faye Purbrick, Claire Hiscott, James Taghdissian, Emmline Owens 144,674 8.71 –20.19
Labour Clare Moody, Andrew Adonis, Jayne Kirkham, Neil Guild, Yvonne Atkinson, Sadik Al-Hassan 108,100 6.51 –7.24
UKIP Lawrence Webb, Carl Benjamin, Anthony McIntyre, Lester Taylor, Stephen Lee, Alison Sheridan 53,739 3.24 –29.05
Change UK Rachel Johnson, Jim Godfrey, Oliver Middleton, Matthew Hooberman, Elizabeth-Anne Sewell, Crispin Hunt 46,612 2.81 New
English Democrat Jenny Knight, Michael Blundell 8,393 0.51 –0.49
Independent Neville Seed 3,383 0.20 New
Independent Larch Maxey 1,722 0.10 New
Independent Mothiur Rahman 755 0.04 New
Turnout 1,676,173 40.45 +3.45
European Election 2014: South West England[8]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
UKIP William Dartmouth, Julia Reid,
Gawain Towler, Tony McIntyre, Robert Smith, Keith Crawford
484,184
(242,092)
32.29 +10.2
Conservative Ashley Fox, Julie Girling,
James Cracknell, Georgina Butler, Sophia Swire, Melisa Maynard
433,151
(216,575.5)
28.9 −1.36
Labour Clare Moody,
Glyn Ford, Ann Reeder, Hadleigh Roberts, Jude Robinson, Junab Ali
206,124 13.75 +6.1
Green Molly Scott Cato,
Emily McIvor, Ricky Knight, Audaye Elesedy, Judy Maciejowska, Mark Chivers
166,447 11.1 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Watson, Kay Barnard, Brian Mathew, Andrew Wigley, Jay Risbridger, Lyana Armstrong-Emery[9] 160,376 10.7 −6.5
An Independence from Europe David Smith, Helen Webster, Mike Camp, Andrew Edwards, Phil Dunn, John Taverner 23,169 1.6 New
English Democrat Alan England, Mike Blundell, Clive Lavelle, Barbara Wright, Stephen Wright, Raymond Carr 15,081 1.0 −0.6
BNP Adrian Rommilly, Cliff Jones, Arnold Brindle, Wayne Tomlinson, Andrew Webster, Giuseppe De Santis 10,910 0.7 −3.2
Turnout 1,503,174 37.0 −1.8
European election 2009: South West England[1]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Giles Chichester, Julie Girling, Ashley Fox
Mike Dolley, Don Collier, Zehra Zaidi
468,742
(156,247.3)
30.2 −1.4
UKIP Trevor Colman, William Dartmouth
Gawain Towler, Julia Reid, Alan Wood, Stephanie McWilliam
341,845
(170,922.5)
22.1 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Graham Watson
Kay Barnard, Justine McGuinness, Humphrey Temperley, Paul Massey, Jonathan Stagnetto
266,253 17.2 −1.1
Green Ricky Knight, Roger Creagh-Osborne, Molly Scott Cato, Richard Lawson, Chloë Somers, David Taylor 144,179 9.3 +2.1
Labour Glyn Ford, Isabel Owen, Keir Dhillon, Dorothea Hodge, Dafydd Emlyn Williams, Eshter Pickup-Keller 118,716 7.7 −6.8
BNP Jeremy Wotherspoon, Barry Bennett, Adrian Rommilly, Sean Twitchin, Lawrence West, Peryn Parsons 60,889 3.9 +0.9
Pensioners Jonathan McQueen, Barry Hodgson, Derek Wharton, Roger Edwards, Stuart Baker, Barry Egerton 37,785 2.4 New
English Democrat Michael Turner, Sara Box, Keith Riley, Stephen Wright, Raymond Carr, Lee Pickering 25,313 1.6 New
Christian William Capstick, Katherine Mills, Diane Ofori, Larna Martin, Peter Vickers, Adenike Williams 21,329 1.4 New
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole, Conan Jenkin, Loveday Jenkin, Simon Reed, Glenn Renshaw, Joanie Willett 14,922 1.0 New
Socialist Labour Robert Hawkins, Brian Corbett, Alison Entwistle, David Marchesi, Robert Hawkins, James Bannister 10,033 0.6 New
NO2EU Alex Gordon, Roger Davey, Rachel Lynch, Nick Quirk, John Chambers, Paul Dyer 9,741 0.6 New
Independent Katie Hopkins 8,971 0.6 New
Libertas Robin Matthews, Peter Morgan-Barnes, Chloe Gwynne, Christopher Charnock, Nicholas Carlton, Nicholas Charlee 7,292 0.5 New
Fair Pay Fair Trade David Michael, Judy Foster 7,151 0.5 New
Jury Team (UK) Sally Smith, Martin Paley, Michael Clayton, Brian Underwood, Roger Whitfield, William Barnett 5,758 0.4 New
Wai D Your Decision Nicola Guagliardo, Joy Margareth Skey 789 0.1 New
Turnout 1,549,708 38.8 +1.2
European election 2004: South West England[10]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Neil Parish, Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester
Richard Graham, Earl of Stockton, Jack Lopresti, Julie Girling
457,371
(152,457)
31.6 −10.1
UKIP Graham Booth, Roger Knapman
Trevor Colman, Elizabeth Burton, Matthew Jackson, Michael Faulkner, Andrew Reed
326,784
(163,392)
22.6 +12.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Watson
Anthony Welch, Kay Barnard, Simon Green, Christine Coleman, Katie Hall, Alistair Cameron
265,619 18.3 +1.8
Labour Glyn Ford
Bernadette Hartley, Ian White, Clare Moody, Keir Dhillon, Julie Watts, David Roberts
209,908 14.5 −3.6
Green David Taylor, Emily McIvor, Carol Kambites, Anthony Bown, Lyana Armstrong-Emery,[11][12] Katharine Chant, Paul Edwards 103,821 7.2 −1.1
BNP Anthony North, Michaela Mackenzie, Barry Bennett, Edward Mullins, Robert Baggs, Bruce Cowd, Frederick Paynter[13] 43,653 3.0 +2.1
Countryside Chris Thomas-Everard, Brian Crawford, Diana Scott, Ranulph Fiennes, Archibald Montgomery, John Yewdall 30,824 2.1 New
Respect Paulette North, Sami Velioglu, Hannah Packham, Ann Thomas, John Bampfylde, Bernard Parkes, Anthony Staunton 10,437 0.7 New
Turnout 1,448,417 37.6 +10.0
European election 1999: South West England[14]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester, Earl of Stockton, Neil Parish
David Martin, Bryan Cassidy, Paul Marland
434,645
(108,661.25)
41.7
Labour Glyn Ford
Ian White, Sue Mallory, James Knight, Marion Dewar, John Shepherd, Elizabeth Lisgo
188,362 18.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Watson
Robin Teverson, Terrye Jones, Paula Yates, Alan Butt-Philip, Janice Beasley, Simon Green
171,498 16.5
UKIP Michael Holmes
Graham Booth, Michael Faulkner, Malcolm Wood, Ronald Dickinson, Robert Edwards, George Eustice
111,012 10.6
Green David Taylor, Richard Lawson, Simon Pickering, Susan Proud, Hamish Soutar, Carol Kambites, Justin Quinnell 86,630 8.3
Liberal Paul Holmes, David Morrish, Lomond Handley, Frederick Stephens, Geoffrey Halliwell, Jean Pollock, Roy Collins 21,645 2.1
Pro-Euro Conservative Julian Ayer, Kenneth Daly, David McCrum, Denise Atkinson, Vilma Aris, Philip Taylor, Derek Palmer 11,134 1.1
BNP Bruce Cowd,[15] Donald Stevens, Stephen Parnell, Terence Cavill,[16] Barbara Packer, Peter Hart, George Jeffrey 9,752 0.9
Socialist Labour David White, Jean Ramshaw, Robert Hawkins, Paul Williams, Giles Shorter, Bernard Kennedy, Brian Corbett 5,741 0.6
Natural Law Mark Griffiths, Francis Lyons, Nicholas Cresswell, Margot Hartley, Thomas Dyball, Lynn Royse, Henry Brighouse 1,968 0.2
Turnout 1,042,387 27.6

Campaign for a dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall

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The Cornish nationalist party Mebyon Kernow campaigned for a separate European Parliament constituency for Cornwall.[17] Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth constituency.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "European Election 2009: South West". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Case C-145/04 – Kingdom of Spain v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". EUR-Lex. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "European Parliament Elections 2009" (PDF). LGC Elections Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ Resigned in 2002.
  5. ^ Appointed in 2002 to replace Michael Holmes, retired on 1 October 2008.
  6. ^ Appointed in 2008 to replace Graham Booth.
  7. ^ Farrant, Graham (23 May 2019). "Statement of parties and individual candidates nominated" (PDF). Exeter City Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. ^ Morris, Paul (22 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Poole Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  9. ^ Representing the Liberal Party of Gibraltar
  10. ^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  11. ^ Representing the Gibraltar Reform Party
  12. ^ "Green Party – Whose freedom?". Green Party. 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Our European Election List for the South West Euro-Constituency". British National Party. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Euros 99 – South West". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP - Bruce Cowd". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 July 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  16. ^ "Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP - Terry Cavill". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  17. ^ "Kernow and the European Union". Mebyon Kernow. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.