North East England (European Parliament constituency)
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North East England | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1999 |
Dissolved | 31 January 2020 |
MEPs | 4 (1999–2004) 3 (2004–2020) |
Sources | |
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North East England was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 3 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 East England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.
History[]
The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Durham, Northumbria, Tyne and Wear, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond.
MEPs for former North East England constituencies, 1979 – 1999 | |||||||||
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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 |
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Durham | Roland Boyes Labour |
Stephen Hughes Labour |
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Northumbria | Gordon Adam Labour |
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Tyne South and Wear (1979 – 1984) Tyne and Wear (1984 – 1999) |
Joyce Quin Labour |
Alan Donnelly Labour |
Returned members[]
MEPs for North East England, 1999 onwards | ||||||||||||||
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Election | 1999 (5th parliament) | 2004 (6th parliament) | 2009 (7th parliament) | 2014 (8th parliament) | 2019 (9th parliament) | |||||||||
MEP Party |
Martin Callanan Conservative |
Jonathan Arnott UKIP (2014–18) Independent (2018 - 2019) Brexit Party (2019) |
Brian Monteith Brexit Party |
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MEP Party |
Alan Donnelly Labour until December 1999 |
Gordon Adam Labour from December 1999 |
Fiona Hall Liberal Democrat |
Paul Brannen Labour |
John Tennant Brexit Party |
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MEP Party |
Stephen Hughes Labour |
Judith Kirton-Darling Labour |
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MEP Party |
Mo O'Toole Labour |
Seat abolished |
Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)[3]
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Party | Faction in European Parliament | |||||
Brexit Party | 29 | Non-Inscrits | 57 | |||
DUP | 1 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | Renew Europe | 108 | ||
Alliance | 1 | |||||
Green | 7 | 11 | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 | ||
SNP | 3 | |||||
Plaid Cymru | 1 | |||||
Labour | 10 | Socialists and Democrats | 154 | |||
Conservative | 4 | European Conservatives and Reformists | 62 | |||
Sinn Féin | 1 | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 | |||
Total | 73 | Total | 750 |
Election results[]
Politics of England |
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Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
2019[]
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2019 results
European Election 2019: North East England[4][5] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Brexit Party | Brian Monteith, John Tennant Richard Monaghan |
240,056 (120,028) |
38.73 | +38.73 | |
Labour | Jude Kirton-Darling Paul Brannen, Clare Penny-Evans |
119,931 | 19.35 | -17.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hall, Julie Pörksen, Aidan King | 104,330 | 16.83 | +10.90 | |
Green | Rachel Featherstone, Jonathan Elmer, Dawn Furness | 49,905 | 8.05 | +2.86 | |
Conservative | Richard Lawrie, Chris Galley, Duncan Crute | 42,395 | 6.84 | -10.86 | |
UKIP | Richard Elvin, Christopher Gallacher, Alan Breeze | 38,269 | 6.17 | -23.02 | |
Change UK | Frances Weetman, Penny Hawley, Kathryn Heywood | 24,968 | 4.03 | +4.03 | |
Turnout | 619,854 | 32.7 | +1.8 |
2014[]
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2014 results
European Election 2014: North East England | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Labour | Judith Kirton-Darling, Paul Brannen Jayne Shotton[6][7] |
221,988 (110,994) |
36.5 | +11.5 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott Richard Elvin, Phillip Broughton[7][8] |
177,660 | 29.2 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Martin Callanan, Ben Houchen, Andrew Lee[7][8] | 107,733 | 17.7 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angelika Schneider, Owen Temple, Christian Vassie[7][9] | 36,093 | 5.9 | −11.7 | |
Green | Shirley Ford, Alison Whalley, Caroline Robinson[7][10] | 31,605 | 5.2 | −0.6 | |
An Independence from Europe | Sherri Forbes, Nawal Hizan, Mary Forbes[7] | 13,934 | 2.3 | New | |
BNP | Martin Vaughan, Lady Dorothy Brooks, Peter Foreman[7][8] | 10,360 | 1.7 | −7.2 | |
English Democrat | Kevin Riddiough, Sam Kelly, John Lewis[7][8] | 9,279 | 1.5 | −0.7 | |
Turnout | 608,652 | 30.9 | +0.5 |
2009[]
European Election 2009: North East England[11][12] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Labour | Stephen Hughes Fay Tinnon, Nick Wallis[13] |
147,338 | 25.0 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Martin Callanan Barbara Musgrave, Richard Bell[14] |
116,911 | 19.8 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hall Chris Foote-Wood, Neil Bradbury[15] |
103,644 | 17.6 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Gordon Parkin, Sandra Allison, John Tennant[16] | 90,700 | 15.4 | +3.2 | |
BNP | Adam Walker, Peter Mailer, Ken Booth[17] | 52,700 | 8.9 | +2.5 | |
Green | Shirley Ford, Iris Ryder, Nic Best[18] | 34,081 | 5.8 | +1.0 | |
English Democrat | Frank Roseman, Allan White, Garham Robinson | 13,007 | 2.2 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Michael York, John Taylor, James Dodsworth | 10,238 | 1.7 | New | |
NO2EU | Martin Levy, Hannah Walter, Peter Pinkney | 8,066 | 1.4 | New | |
Christian | Don Botham, Daniel Parker, Coral Thompson | 7,263 | 1.2 | New | |
Libertas | Ken Rollings, Alasdair Macleod, William Tremlett | 3,010 | 0.5 | New | |
Jury Team | Ahmed Khan, Jackie Riley[19] | 2,904 | 0.5 | New | |
Turnout | 589,862 | 30.4 | −10.4 |
2004[]
European Election 2004: North East England[20] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Labour | Stephen Hughes Mo O'Toole, Joanne Thompson |
266,057 | 34.1 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Martin Callanan Jeremy Middleton, Amanda Vigar |
144,969 | 18.6 | −8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hall Chris Wood, Gregory Stone |
138,791 | 17.8 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | Piers Merchant, Charlotte Bull, Val Cowell | 94,887 | 12.2 | +3.4 | |
BNP | Alan Patterson, Andrew Harris, Jenny Agnew[21] | 50,249 | 6.4 | +5.5 | |
Independent | Neil Herron | 39,658 | 5.1 | New | |
Green | Pam Woolner, Nic Best, Judith Brennan | 37,247 | 4.8 | +0.1 | |
Respect | Yvonne Ridley, Yunus Bakhsh, David Stewart | 8,633 | 1.1 | New | |
Turnout | 780,491 | 40.8 | +21.3 |
1999[]
European Election 1999: North East England[22] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
Labour | Alan Donnelly, Stephen Hughes, Mo O'Toole Gordon Adam |
162,573 (54,191) |
42.2 | ||
Conservative | Martin Callanan Aidan Ruff, Brendan Murphy, Neil Macgregor |
105,573 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote Wood, Fiona Hall, Peter Maughan, Jane Harvey | 52,070 | 13.5 | ||
UKIP | Rodney Atkinson, William Brown, Martin Rouse, Graeme Oswald | 34,063 | 8.8 | ||
Green | Nicolas Best, Ruth Whiteside, Bridget Speight, Michael Greveson | 18,184 | 4.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | Brian Gibson, Gordon Potts, James Fitzpatrick, Kenneth Hall | 4,511 | 1.2 | ||
BNP | Alan Gould, John Bowles, Iain Wilson, Colin Smith[23] | 3,505 | 0.9 | ||
Pro-Euro Conservative | Dominic Tilley, Marie Adams, Desmond Harney, John Meredith | 2,926 | 0.8 | ||
Socialist (GB) | John Bisset, Steven Colborn, Stephen Davison, Andrew Pitts | 1,510 | 0.4 | ||
Natural Law | Paul Kember, Richard Buswell, Richard Keyton, Christopher Adamson | 826 | 0.2 | ||
Turnout | 385,741 | 19.5 |
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Categories:
- European Parliament constituencies in England (1999–2020)
- Parliamentary constituencies in North East England (historic)
- Politics of North East England