South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
Boundaries
The constituency consists of the South West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. The constituency also, with effect from the 2004 European election, includes Gibraltar.
Candidates
| European Parliament election 2009 — South West lists |
|
Party |
Candidates |
|
Conservative Party |
Giles Chichester MEP, Julie Girling, Ashley Fox, Mike Dolley, Don Collier, Zehra Zaidi |
|
Labour Party |
Glyn Ford, Isabel Owen, Keir Dhillon, Dorothea Hodge, Dafydd Emlyn Williams, Eshter Pickup-Keller |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Graham Watson, Kay Barnard, Robin Teverson, Justine McGuinness, Humphrey Temperley, Paul Massey |
|
UK Independence Party |
Trevor Colman, Earl of Dartmouth, Gawain Towler, Jeffrey Beer, Eric Edmond, Julia Reid |
|
Green Party |
Ricky Knight, Roger Creagh-Osborne, Molly-Scott Cato, Richard Lawson, Chloë Somers, David Taylor |
Sources
Members of the European Parliament
The constituency within England as it existed from 1999-2004.
1999 - 2004
Changes
Michael Holmes resigned and was replaced by Graham Booth in 2002.
2004 - present
Election results
| European election 2004: South West England |
| List |
Elected |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Neil Parish
Caroline Jackson
Giles Chichester |
457,371 (152,457) |
31.6 |
−10.1 |
|
UK Independence |
Graham Booth
Roger Knapman |
326,684 (163,342) |
22.6 |
+12.0 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Graham Watson |
265,619 |
18.3 |
+1.8 |
|
Labour |
Glyn Ford |
209,908 |
14.5 |
−3.5 |
|
Green |
None |
103,821 |
7.2 |
−1.1 |
|
British National |
None |
43,653 |
3.0 |
+2.1 |
|
Countryside Party |
None |
30,824 |
2.1 |
N/A |
|
Respect |
None |
10,437 |
0.7 |
N/A |
| Turnout |
1,453,625 |
37.8 |
+10.2 |
| European election 1999: South West England |
| List |
Elected |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Caroline Jackson
Giles Chichester
Alexander Macmillan
Neil Parish |
434,645 (108,661.25) |
41.7 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Glyn Ford |
188,362 |
18.1 |
N/A |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Graham Watson |
171,498 |
16.5 |
N/A |
|
UK Independence |
Michael Holmes |
111,012 |
10.6 |
N/A |
|
Green |
None |
86,630 |
8.3 |
N/A |
|
Liberal |
None |
21,645 |
2.1 |
N/A |
|
Pro-Euro Conservative |
None |
11,134 |
1.1 |
N/A |
|
British National |
None |
9,752 |
0.9 |
N/A |
|
Socialist Labour |
None |
5,741 |
0.6 |
N/A |
|
Natural Law |
None |
1,968 |
0.2 |
N/A |
| Turnout |
1,042,387 |
27.6 |
N/A |
|
