West Midlands (European Parliament constituency) 

West Midlands
European Parliament constituency
West Midlands (European Parliament constituency) (European Parliament constituencies 2007 )
West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown within England
Created 1999
MEP(s) 7 (2004)
Member State United Kingdom
Source(s) [1][2]

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.

West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Contents

Boundaries

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

Candidates

European Parliament election 2009 — West Midlands lists
Party Candidates
Conservative Party Philip Charles Bradbourn MEP, Malcolm Harbour MEP, Philip Bushill-Matthews MEP, Anthea McIntyre, Michael Burnett, Mark Spelman, Daniel Dalton
Green Party Felicity Norman, Peter Tinsley, Chris Williams, Ian Davison, Vicky Dunn, Dave Wall
Labour Party Michael Cashman MEP, Neena Gill MEP, Claire Edwards, Anthony Painter, Victoria Quinn, Mohammed Nazir
Liberal Democrats Liz Lynne MEP, Phil Bennion, Susan Juned, Colin Ross, Stephen Barber, William Powell
UK Independence Party Mike Nattrass MEP, Nikki Sinclaire, Lynette Afshar, Gillian Seymour, Peter Jennings, Malcolm Hurst, Jonathan Oakton, Elizabth Hazell

Sources

Members of the European Parliament

1999 - 2004

2004 - present

Election results

European Election 2004: West Midlands
List Elected Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Bushill-Matthews
Philip Bradbourn
Malcolm Harbour
392,937 (130,979) 27.3 −10.6
Labour Michael Cashman
Neena Gill
336,613 (168,306.5) 23.4 −4.6
UK Independence Michael Nattrass 251,366 17.5 +11.8
Liberal Democrat Liz Lynne 197,479 13.7 +2.4
British National None 107,794 7.5 +5.8
Green None 73,991 5.2 −0.6
Respect None 34,704 2.4 N/A
Pensioners Party
Barry Hodgson
No 33,501 2.3 N/A
The Common Good
Dick Rodgers
No 8,650 0.6 N/A
Turnout 1,449,620 36.6 +15.6


European Election 1999: West Midlands
List Elected Votes % ±%
Conservative John Corrie
Philip Bushill-Matthews
Malcolm Harbour
Philip Bradbourn
321,719 (80,429.75) 37.9 N/A
Labour Simon Murphy
Michael Cashman
Neena Gill
237,671 (79,223.67) 28.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Liz Lynne 95,769 11.3 N/A
UK Independence None 49,621 5.8 N/A
Green None 49,440 5.8 N/A
Independent Labour
Christine Oddy
No 36,849 4.3 N/A
Liberal None 14,954 1.8 N/A
British National None 14,344 1.7 N/A
Pro-Euro Conservative None 11,144 1.3 N/A
Socialist Alliance None 7,203 0.8 N/A
Socialist Labour None 5,257 0.6 N/A
English Democrats None 3,066 0.4 N/A
Natural Law None 1,647 0.2 N/A
Turnout 848,684 21.0 N/A

References