South West England (European Parliament constituency)

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South West England European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown in England, Gibraltar inset
Electorate population	3,998,479[1]
Created	1999
MEP(s)	7 (1999 - 2009) 6 (2009 - present)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, reduced from 7 in 2004.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall 4 Members of the European Parliament 4.1 1999 - 2004 4.2 2004 - 2009 4.3 2009 - 2014 5 Election results 6 References

[edit] 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. From the 2004 election onwards, the constituency also includes Gibraltar.

[edit] History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Bristol, Cornwall and West Plymouth, Devon and East Plymouth, Dorset and East Devon, Somerset and North Devon, Wiltshire North and Bath, and parts of Cotswolds.

[edit] Dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall

Currently, the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow is campaigning for a dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall. In May 2009 leader Dick Cole said, “This European election represents a huge democratic deficit for the people of Cornwall. Our distinct needs are ignored in the massive South West constituency and we have been poorly served by MEPs not resident in Cornwall. We consider it a nonsense that the European parliamentary constituency stretches from the Isles of Scilly to Bristol via Gibraltar. We hope voters will support our campaign for proper Cornish representation in Europe including a European Parliamentary constituency for Cornwall.”^[2] Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth (European Parliament constituency).

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 1999 - 2004

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Graham Booth (Appointed in 2002 to replace Michael Holmes)	UKIP (2002 onwards)
	Giles Chichester	Conservative
	Glyn Ford	Labour
	Michael Holmes (Resigned in 2002)	UKIP (1999 - 2002)
	Caroline Jackson	Conservative
	Alexandar Macmillan	Conservative
	Neil Parish	Conservative
	Graham Watson	Liberal Democrat

[edit] 2004 - 2009

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Graham Booth (Retired on 1 October 2008)	UKIP (until 2008)
	Giles Chichester	Conservative
	Trevor Colman (Appointed in 2008 to replace Graham Booth)	UKIP (2008 onwards)
	Glyn Ford	Labour
	Caroline Jackson	Conservative
	Roger Knapman	UKIP
	Neil Parish	Conservative
	Graham Watson	Liberal Democrat

[edit] 2009 - 2014

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Giles Chichester	Conservative
	Trevor Colman	UKIP
	Ashley Fox	Conservative
	Julie Girling	Conservative
	William Dartmouth	UKIP
	Graham Watson	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

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

European election 2009: South West England[1]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Chichester, Julie Girling, Ashley Fox, Mike Dolley, Don Collier, Zehra Zaidi	468,742 (156,247.3)	30.2	-1.3
	UK Independence	Trevor Colman, Earl of Dartmouth, Gawain Towler, Julia Reid, Alan Wood, Stephanie McWilliam	341,845 (170,922.5)	22.1	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Watson, Kay Barnard, Justine McGuinness, Humphrey Temperley, Paul Massey, Jonathan Stagnetto	266,253	17.2	-1.2
	Green	Ricky Knight, Roger Creagh-Osborne, Molly Scott Cato, Richard Lawson, Chloë Somers, David Taylor	144,179	9.3	+2.1
	Labour	Glyn Ford, Isabel Owen, Keir Dhillon, Dorothea Hodge, Dafydd Emlyn Williams, Eshter Pickup-Keller	118,716	7.7	-6.8
	British National	Jeremy Wotherspoon, Barry Bennett, Adrian Rommilly, Sean Twitchin, Lawrence West, Peryn Parsons	60,889	3.9	+0.9
	Pensioners	Jonathan McQueen, Barry Hodgson, Derek Wharton, Roger Edwards, Stuart Baker, Barry Egerton	37,785	2.4	N/A
	English Democrats	Michael Turner, Sara Box, Keith Riley, Stephen Wright, Raymond Carr, Lee Pickering	25,313	1.6	N/A
	Christian Party	William Capstick, Katherine Mills, Diane Ofori, Larna Martin, Peter Vickers, Adenike Williams	21,329	1.4	N/A
	Mebyon Kernow	Dick Cole, Conan Jenkin, Loveday Jenkin, Simon Reed, Glenn Renshaw, Joanie Willett	14,922	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Robert Hawkins, Brian Corbett, Alison Entwistle, David Marchesi, Robert Hawkins, James Bannister	10,033	0.6	N/A
	NO2EU	Alex Gordon, Roger Davey, Rachel Lynch, Nick Quirk, John Chambers, Paul Dyer	9,741	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Katie Hopkins	8,971	0.6	N/A
	Pro:Democracy-Libertas.eu	Robin Matthews, Peter Morgan-Barnes, Chloe Gwynne, Christopher Charnock, Nicholas Carlton, Nicholas Charlee	7,292	0.5	N/A
	Fair Pay Fair Trade	David Michael, Judy Foster	7,151	0.5	N/A
	Jury Team	Sally Smith, Martin Paley, Michael Clayton, Brian Underwood, Roger Whitfield, William Barnett	5,758	0.4	N/A
	Wai D Your Decision	Nicola Guagliardo, Joy Margareth Skey	789	0.1	N/A
Turnout			1,549,708	38.8	+1.2

European election 2004: South West England[3]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Parish, Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester, Richard Graham, Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton	457,371 (152,457)	31.6	−10.1
	UK Independence	Graham Booth, Roger Knapman, Bernard Colman, Elizabeth Burton, Matthew Jackson, Michael Faulkner, Andrew Reed	326,784 (163,392)	22.6	+12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Watson, Anthony Welch, Kay Barnard, Simon Green, Christine Coleman, Katie Hall, Alistair Cameron	265,619	18.3	+1.8
	Labour	Glyn Ford, Bernadette Hartley, Ian White, Clare Moody, Keir Dhillon, Julie Watts, David Roberts	209,908	14.5	−3.5
	Green	David Taylor, Emily McIvor, Carol Kambites, Anthony Bown, Lyana Armstrong-Emery, Katharine Chant, Paul Edwards	103,821	7.2	−1.1
	British National	Anthony North, Michaela Mackenzie, Barry Bennett, Edward Mullins, Robert Baggs, Bruce Cowd, Frederick Paynter	43,653	3.0	+2.1
	Countryside Party	Chris Thomas-Everard, Brian Crawford, Diana Scott, Ranulph Fiennes, Archibald Montgomery, John Yewdall	30,824	2.1	N/A
	Respect	Paulette North, Sami Velioglu, Hannah Packham, Ann Thomas, John Bampfylde, Bernard Parkes, Anthony Staunton	10,437	0.7	N/A
Turnout			1,448,417	37.6	+10.0

European election 1999: South West England[4]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester, Alexander Macmillan, Neil Parish, David Martin, Bryan Cassidy, Paul Marland	434,645 (108,661.25)	41.7	N/A
	Labour	Glyn Ford, Ian White, Sue Mallory, James Knight, Marion Dewar, John Shepherd, Elizabeth Lisgo	188,362	18.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Watson, Robin Teverson, Terrye Jones, Paula Yates, Alan Butt-Philip, Janice Beasley, Simon Green	171,498	16.5	N/A
	UK Independence	Michael Holmes, Graham Booth, Michael Faulkner, Malcolm Wood, Ronald Dickinson, Robert Edwards, George Eustice	111,012	10.6	N/A
	Green	David Taylor, Richard Lawson, Simon Pickering, Susan Proud, Hamish Soutar, Carol Kambites, Justin Quinnell	86,630	8.3	N/A
	Liberal	Paul Holmes, David Morrish, Lomond Handley, Frederick Stephens, Geoffrey Halliwell, Jean Pollock, Roy Collins	21,645	2.1	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Julian Ayer, Kenneth Daly, David McCrum, Denise Atkinson, Vilma Aris, Philip Taylor, Derek Palmer	11,134	1.1	N/A
	British National	Bruce Cowd, Donald Stevens, Stephen Parnell, Terence Cavill, Barbara Packer, Peter Hart, George Jeffrey	9,752	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	David White, Jean Ramshaw, Robert Hawkins, Paul Williams, Giles Shorter, Bernard Kennedy, Brian Corbett	5,741	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark Griffiths, Francis Lyons, Nicholas Cresswell, Margot Hartley, Thomas Dyball, Lynn Royse, Henry Brighouse	1,968	0.2	N/A
Turnout			1,042,387	27.6	N/A

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