West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

West Midlands European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies

Shown within England
Created	1999
MEP(s)	8 (1999 - 2004) 7 (2004 - 2009) 6 (2009)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elected 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. The constituency also elected a "virtual MEP" who took her seat in the Parliament when the Treaty of Lisbon came into effect. The constituency was also previously represented by 7 MEPs prior to the 2009 election.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Returned members
4 Election results
5 References
6 Bibliography

Boundaries

A map of the West Midlands region, showing Towns/Cities in Red, Motorways in Blue, AONBs in Light Green and National Parks in Dark Green.

The constituency corresponds to the West Midlands region of England, comprising the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.

History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Birmingham East, Birmingham West, Coventry and North Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire, Worcestershire and South Warwickshire, and parts of Peak District, Staffordshire East and Derby, and Staffordshire West and Congleton.

Returned members

MEPs for the West Midlands, 1999 onwards
Election	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)	2009 (7th parliament)
Election	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)
MEP Party	Malcolm Harbour Conservative
MEP Party	Philip Bradbourn Conservative
MEP Party	Philip Bushill-Matthews Conservative			Seat abolished^[1]	Anthea McIntyre Conservative
MEP Party	John Corrie Conservative		Mike Nattrass UKIP
MEP Party	Liz Lynne Liberal Democrat				Phil Bennion Liberal Democrat
MEP Party	Michael Cashman Labour
MEP Party	Neena Gill Labour			Nikki Sinclaire UKIP 2009-2010 Independent 2010-2012 We Demand a Referendum 2010-present
MEP Party	Simon Murphy Labour	Seat abolished

Key to European parties (UK)[3]					()
British party		Seats/73	EP group		Seats/754
	Conservative	26		Conservatives & Reformists	54
	Labour	13		Socialists & Democrats	189
	Liberal Democrat	12		Liberals & Democrats	85
	UKIP¹	10		Freedom & Democracy	35
	UKIP¹	1		None
	Green	2		Greens & Free Alliance	59
	Scottish National	2
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Sinn Féin	1		EUL-NGL	34
	UUP	1		Conservatives & Reformists	54
	British National	1		None
	Democratic Unionist	1
	British Democratic	1
	We Demand a Referendum	1

¹ UKIP have 11 MEPs in total, but only 10 are in the Freedom & Democracy group, with Trevor Colman as a Non-Inscrit.

¹ Stood down in February 2012^[2]

Election results

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

Anthea McIntyre became an MEP when the relevant provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon came into effect.

European Election 2009: West Midlands^[3]^[4]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Charles Bradbourn, Malcolm Harbour Anthea McIntyre, Michael Burnett, Mark Spelman, Daniel Dalton	396,847 (198,423.5)	28.1	+0.7
	UKIP	Mike Nattrass, Nikki Sinclaire Jill Seymour, Rustie Lee, Malcolm Hurst, Jonathan Oakton	300,471 (150,235.5)	21.3	+3.8
	Labour	Michael Cashman Neena Gill, Claire Edwards, Anthony Painter, Victoria Quinn, Mohammed Nazir	240,201	17.0	-6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Lynne Phil Bennion, Susan Juned, Colin Ross, Stephen Barber, William Powell	170,246	12.0	-1.7
	BNP	Simon Darby, Alby Walker, Chris Turner, Ken Griffiths, Ellie Walker	121,967	8.6	+1.1
	Green	Felicity Norman, Peter Tinsley, Chris Williams, Ian Davison, Vicky Dunn, Dave Wall	88,244	6.2	+1.1
	English Democrats	David Lane, Frederick Bishop, John Lane, Graham Walker, Michael Ellis, Kim Gandy	32,455	2.3	N/A
	Christian	David Booth, Samuel Nelson, Abiodun Akiwumi, Yeside Oguntoye, Ade Raji, Maxine Hargreaves	18,784	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	John Tyrrell, Satbir Singh Johal, Rajinder Claire, Bhagwant Singh, Surinder Pal Virdee, Shangra Singh Bhatoe	14,724	1.0	+0.4
	NO2EU	David Nellist, Dyal Singh Bagri, Malcolm Gribbin, Jo Stevenson, Peter MacLaren, Andy Chaffer	13,415	1.0	N/A
	Jury Team	Geoffery Coady, Graham Burton, Jeremy Spencer, David Bennett, Colin Thompson	8,721	0.6	N/A
	Libertas	Jimmy Millard, Bridget Rose, Zigi Davenport, Andrew Bebbington, David Black, Matthew Lingard	6,961	0.5	N/A
Turnout			1,413,036	34.8	-1.2

European Election 2004: West Midlands^[5]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Bushill-Matthews, Philip Bradbourn, Malcolm Harbour Andrew Griffiths, Peter Butler, Michael John Burnett, Jeremy Lefroy	392,937 (130,979)	27.3	−10.6
	Labour	Michael Cashman, Neena Gill Susan Mary Hayman, Anthony Paul Carroll, Claire Edwards, Mohammad Nazir, Jane Louise Heggie	336,613 (168,306.5)	23.4	−4.6
	UKIP	Michael Nattrass Earl of Bradford, Denis Vernon Brookes, Richard John Chamings, Christopher Rupert Kingsley, Greville James Guy Warwick, Andrew Moore	251,366	17.5	+11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Lynne Paul Calvin Tilsley, Phillip Bennion, Martin Marshall Turner, Nicola Sian Davies, Lorely Burt, Michael David Dixon	197,479	13.7	+2.4
	BNP	Simon Darby, Simon Charles Smith, Martin David Roberts, Robert Purcell, Mark Andrew Payne, Michael Coleman, William Thomas Locke^[6]	107,794	7.5	+5.8
	Green	Chris Lennard, Felicity Mary Norman, David Wall, Barney Smith, Thomas Christopher Hellberg, Damon Leroy Hoppe, Rebecca Roseff	73,991	5.1	−0.6
	Respect	John Rees, Salma Yaqoob, Cheryl Jacqueline Naomi Garvey, Mohammad Naseem, Winifred Olive Mary Whitehouse, Anil Seera, Penelope Hicks	34,704	2.4	N/A
	Pensioners	Barry Hodgson	33,501	2.3	N/A
	Common Good	Dick Rodgers	8,650	0.6	N/A
Turnout			1,437,035	36.0	+15.0

European Election 1999: West Midlands^[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Corrie, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Malcolm Harbour, Philip Bradbourn Richard Normington, Virginia Taylor, Mark Greenburgh, Michael Burnett	321,719 (80,429.75)	37.9	N/A
	Labour	Simon Murphy, Michael Cashman, Neena Gill Mike Tappin, David Hallam, Phil Davis, Nuala O'Kane, Brenda Etchells	237,671 (79,223.67)	28.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Lynne Paul Tilsley, Susan Juned, Phillip Bennion, Joan Walmsley, Sardul Marwa, Jamie Calder, John Cordwell	95,769	11.3	N/A
	UKIP	Mike Nattrass, Paul Garratt, Jonathan Oakton, Richard Charnings, Douglas Hope, Ian Crompton, Richard Adams, Clive Easton	49,621	5.8	N/A
	Green	Felicity Norman, Guy Woodford, Paul Baptie, Hazel Clawley, Richard Mountford, Alan Clawley, Andrew Holtham, Elly Stanton	49,440	5.8	N/A
	Independent Labour	Christine Oddy	36,849	4.3	N/A
	Liberal	Michael Hyde, Robert Wheway, Colin Hallmark, Ann Winfield, Nicholas Brown, Anthony Bourko, David Hallmark, Joyce Millington	14,954	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Sharron Edwards, Simon Darby,^[8] Stephen Edwards, Jeffrey Astbury, Keith Axon, Steven Batkin, Tommy Rogers, John Haycock	14,344	1.7	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Brendan Donnelly, Rob Coppinger, Tim Perkins, Diane Hazeldine, Andrew Notman, John Gretton, Steve Law, John Marshall	11,144	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Dave Nellist, John Rothery, Lanne Hubbard, Salman Mirzo, Natasha Millward, Robert Hope, James Cessford, Peter McNally	7,203	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Sonan Singh, Satbir Singh Johal, Judith Sambrook-Marshall, Surinder Pal Virdee, David Ayrton, Brenda Procter, Carlos Rule, Michael Atherton	5,257	0.6	N/A
	EDP English Freedom Party	Michael Gibbs	3,066	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Paul Davis, James Drewster, Huw Meads, Roger Gerrett, Mary Griffin, Roderic McCarthy, Brian Winstanley, Michael Twite	1,647	0.2	N/A
Turnout			848,684	21.0	N/A

References

^ Seat abolished due to Nice Treaty. Once provisions in the Lisbon Treaty are enacted, which require action from the Council, a seat will be restored.
^ (BBC)
^ West Midlands Region: Statement of Persons Nominated
^ European Election 2009: West Midlands
^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ http://web.archive.org/web/20040603104613/www.bnp.org.uk/freedom/regions/wmcand.html
^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/programmes/2001/bnp_special/membership/organisers/simon_darby.stm |url= missing title (help).

Bibliography

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