Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)
Constituency of the European Parliament, 1999–2019
Yorkshire and the Humber was a constituency of the European Parliament . It elected six Members of the European Parliament (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 Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of South Yorkshire , West Yorkshire , East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire .
History
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 , replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Humberside , Leeds , North Yorkshire , Sheffield , Yorkshire South , Yorkshire South West , Yorkshire West , and parts of Cleveland and Richmond and Lincolnshire and Humberside South .
Returned members
1 Diana Wallis resigned in January 2012.[ 6]
2 Timothy Kirkhope was appointed to the House of Lords in 2016 and as a result was required to resign.[ 7]
Election results
2019 results
2014 results
Elected candidates are shown in bold . Brackets indicate the order in which candidates were elected, and the number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.
European election 2019 : Yorkshire and the Humber[ 9] [ 10]
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
Brexit Party
John Longworth (1)Lucy Harris (2)Jake Pugh (6)James Heartfield , Andrew Allison, Christopher Barker
470,351(156,783.67)
36.5
+36.5
Labour
Richard Corbett (3)Eloise Todd, Jawad Mohammed Khan, Jayne Allport, Martin Mayer, Alison Hume
210,516
16.3
−13.0
Liberal Democrats
Shaffaq Mohammed (4)Rosina Robson, James Blanchard, Sophie Thornton, James Baker, Ruth Coleman-Taylor
200,180
15.5
+9.3
Green
Magid Magid (5)Alison Teal, Andrew Cooper, Louise Houghton, Lars Kramm , Ann Forsaith
166,980
13.0
+5.1
Conservative
John Procter , Amjad Bashir , Michael Naughton, Andrew Lee, Matthew Freckleton, Sue Pascoe
92,863
7.2
−12.0
UKIP
Mike Hookem , Gary Shores, John Hancock, David Dews, Graeme Waddicar, Clifford Parsons
56,100
4.4
−26.7
Yorkshire
Chris Whitwood , Mike Jordan, Jack Carrington, Laura Walker, Bob Buxton, Dan Cochran
50,842
3.9
+2.4
Change UK
Diana Wallis , Juliet Lodge, Sophia Bow, Joshua Malkin, Rosanne McMullen, Steven Wilson
30,162
2.3
+2.3
English Democrat
David Allen, Tony Allen, Joanne Allen, Fiona Allen
11,283
0.9
−0.1
Turnout
1,289,277
33.0
−0.5
European election 2014 : Yorkshire and The Humber
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
UKIP
Jane Collins , Amjad Bashir , Mike Hookem , Gary Shores, Jason Smith, Anne Murgatroyd[ 11] [ 12]
403,630 (134,543)
31.1
+13.7
Labour
Linda McAvan , Richard Corbett , Eleanor Tunnicliffe, Asghar Khan, Helen Mirfin-Boukouris, Darren Hughes [ 12]
380,189 (190,095)
29.3
+10.5
Conservative
Timothy Kirkhope , Alex Story , John Procter , Carolyn Abbott, Michael Naughton, Ryan Stephenson[ 12] [ 13]
248,945
19.2
−5.3
Green
Andrew Cooper, Shan Oakes, Dr Vicky Dunn, Denise Craghill, Martin Hemingway, Kevin Warnes [ 12] [ 14]
102,282
7.9
−0.6
Liberal Democrats
Edward McMillan-Scott , James Monaghan, Joe Otten, Chris Foote Wood, Jacqueline Bell, Aqila Choudhry[ 12] [ 15]
81,108
6.25
−7.0
An Independence from Europe
Christopher Booth, Kerrie Oxenham, Malcolm Snelling, John Buchanan Martin, Paul Balderson Sootheran, Howard Roy Blake [ 12] [ 16]
24,297
1.9
New
BNP
Marlene Guest, Adam Walker , Danny Cooke, Joanne Brown, Steven Richard Harrison, Stuart Henshaw [ 12] [ 17]
20,138
1.6
−8.2
Yorkshire First
Stewart Arnold, Richard Carter, Richard Honnoraty[ 12] [ 18]
19,017
1.5
New
English Democrat
Chris Beverley, David Wildgoose, Ian Sutton, Colin Porter, Tom Redmood, David Allen [ 12] [ 19]
13,288
1.0
−1.6
No2EU
Trevor Howard, Mary Jackson, Carrie Hedderwick, Adrian O’Malley, Steven John Andrew, Iain Alaistair Dalton [ 12]
3,807
0.29
−1.0
Turnout
1,296,701
33.5
+1.2
European election 2009 : Yorkshire and The Humber[ 20] [ 21]
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
Conservative
Edward McMillan-Scott , Timothy Kirkhope Fleur Butler , Matthew Bean, Nick Burrows, Glynis Frew
299,802 (149,901)
24.5
−0.1
Labour
Linda McAvan Richard Corbett , Emma Hoddinott, David Bowe , Melanie Onn , Mahroof Hussain
230,009
18.8
−7.5
UKIP
Godfrey Bloom Jonathan Arnott , Jason Smith, Toby Horton, David Daniel, Lynette Afshar
213,750
17.4
+2.9
Liberal Democrats
Diana Wallis Stewart Arnold, Rebecca Taylor , James Monaghan, Nader Fekri, Neil Poole
161,552
13.2
−2.4
BNP
Andrew Brons Nick Cass, Chris Beverley, Marlene Guest, Paul Harris, Trevor Brown
120,139
9.8
+1.8
Green
Martin Hemingway, Shan Oakes, Leslie Rowe, Lesley Hedges, Kevin Warnes, Steve Barnard,
104,456
8.5
+2.8
English Democrat
Michael Cassidy, Joanne Robinson, Peter Davies , David Wildgoose, Paul McEnhill, Geoffery Crossman
31,287
2.6
+1.1
Socialist Labour
William Capstick, Linda Sheriden, Stephen Yoxall, Holly Jo Yoxall, Terence Robinson, Christopher Butler
19,380
1.6
New
Christian
Sid Cordle , Andrew McClintock, Angela MacDonald, John O'Brien, Samantha Cauldwell, Rebecca Jones
16,742
1.4
New
NO2EU
Keith Gibson, Celia Foote, Jackie Grunsell, Peter Marsh, Mike Davies, Juliet Marie Boddington
15,614
1.3
New
Jury Team (UK)
Barbara Hibbert, Anthony Hooper, Ben Saxton
7,181
0.6
New
Libertas
Antony Devoy, Edward Devoy, Stephen Clark, Diana MacLeod, Trevor Bending, Kathleen Harris
6,268
0.5
New
Turnout
1,226,180
32.3
−10.3
European election 2004 : Yorkshire and the Humber[ 22] [ 23]
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
Labour
Linda McAvan , Richard Corbett David Bowe , Patricia Sutcliffe, Chris Naylor, Jo Coles
413,213(206,606.5)
26.3
−5.0
Conservative
Timothy Kirkhope , Edward McMillan-Scott Mohammed Riaz, Kenneth Irvine, Ian Bruce , Carolyn Abbott
387,369(193,684.5)
24.6
−12.0
Liberal Democrats
Diana Wallis Julia Gash, Stewart Arnold, Robert Adamson, Colin Ross, Zulfiqar Ali
244,607
15.6
+1.2
UKIP
Godfrey Bloom Jonathan Arnott , John Nunn, John Walker, David Sewards, Ann Schwab
228,666
14.0
+6.9
BNP
Nicholas Cass, Christopher Beverley, John Brayshaw, John Aveyard, Paul Cromie, Dianne Carr
126,538
8.0
+6.8
Green
Mark Hill, Linda Duckenfield, John Phillips, Jonathan Dixon, John Norris, James Russell
90,337
5.7
0.0
Respect
Anas Altikriti, Mobeen Azhar, Sue Wild, Janet Alder, Kath Owen, Christopher Cheetham
29,865
1.9
New
English Democrat
Gary Cowd, Stephen Elliott, Derek Smith, Nicholas Booth
24,068
1.5
New
Independent
Robert Ellis
14,762
0.9
New
Alliance for Green Socialism
Mike Davies, Azar Iqbal, Juliet Boddington, Celia Foote, Jeannie Sutton, Steven Radford
13,776
0.9
New
Turnout
1,573,201
42.6
+23.0
European election 1999 : Yorkshire and the Humber [ 24] [ 25]
List
Candidates
Votes
Of total (%)
Conservative
Edward McMillan-Scott , Timothy Kirkhope , Robert Goodwill Christine Adamson, Earl of Dartmouth , David Nuttall , Raja Najabat Hussain
272,653 (90,884.33)
36.6
Labour
Linda McAvan , David Bowe , Richard Corbett Roger Barton , Barry Seal , Veronica Hardstaff , Dominic Shellard
233,024 (77,674.67)
31.3
Liberal Democrats
Diana Wallis Michael Pitts, Angela Harris, Colin Ross, Sylvia Anginotti, Robert Adamson, Madeleine Kirk
107,168
14.4
UKIP
Gordon Rogers, Richard North, Peter Davies, Judith Longman, Clive Fairclough, David Barley, Paul Godfrey
52,824
7.1
Green
Peg Alexander , Mark Hill, Vivienne Smith, Anthony Martin, Andy d'Agorne, Joseph Otten, Clive Lord
42,604
5.7
Leeds Left Alliance
Michael Davis, Celia Foote, Joseph Kenyon, Jean Sutton, Michelle Hanley, Anthony Fee, Malcolm Christie
9,554
1.3
BNP
Richard Mulhall, Adrian Marsden, Graham Cook, Christopher Ward, Paul Wilson, Ronald Smith, Jay Lee
8,911
1.2
Pro-Euro Conservative
Julia Gash, Andrew Mayer, Louise Rowntree, Alexander Goodman, Paul McIlroy, Angela Pullen, Keith Bennett
8,075
1.1
Socialist Labour
Linda Muir, Alan Brooke, Stephen Yoxall, Thomas Appleyard, Robert Morris, Frank Cave , Stewart Emms
7,650
1.0
Natural Law
Geoffrey Mead, Stuart Withers, Mark Gaskell, Diana Leighton, Roger Perry, Barry Franklin, Robert Thurston
1,604
0.2
Turnout
744,067
19.6
References
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