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South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to South East England, in the south east of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
Candidates
| European Parliament election 2009 — South East lists |
|
Party |
Candidates |
|
Conservative Party |
Daniel Hannan, Richard Ashworth, Nirj Deva, James Elles, Therese Coffey, Sarah Richardson, Richard Robinson, Tony Devenish, Niina Kaariniemi, Marc Brunel-Walker |
|
Green Party |
Caroline Lucas MEP, Keith Taylor, Derek Wall, Miriam Kennet, Jason Kitcat, Hazel Dawe, Jonathan Essex, Matthew Ledbury, Steve Dawe, Beverley Golden |
|
Labour Party |
Peter Skinner, Janet Sully, Bob Fromont, Lisa Horman, Stephen Alambritis, Janet Keene, Munir Malik, Silke Thomson-Pottebohm, Rajinder Sandhu, Sukhi Dhaliwal |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder, Ben Abbots, Jim Barnard, Anthony Hook, Murai Kaushik, Simon Green, Zoe Patrick, Gary Lawson, David Grace |
|
United Kingdom Independence Party |
Nigel Farage, Marta Andreassen, Steve Harris, Phillip Van der Elst, Harry Aldridge, Victor Webb, Christopher Browne, Andrew Moncreiff, Marc Montgomery, Mark Stroud, Rob Burberry, Mahzar Manzoor, Drew Belobaba, Ray Finch |
Sources
Members of the European Parliament
[] 1999 - 2004
- Nirj Deva, Conservative
- James Elles, Conservative
- Nigel Farage, UKIP
- Daniel Hannan, Conservative
- Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat
- Caroline Lucas, Green
- Emma Nicholson, Liberal Democrat
- Roy Perry, Conservative
- James Provan, Conservative
- Peter Skinner, Labour
- Mark Watts, Labour
2004 - present
- Richard Ashworth, Conservative
- Nirj Deva, Conservative
- James Elles, Conservative
- Nigel Farage, UKIP
- Daniel Hannan, Conservative
- Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat (replaced by Sharon Bowles in 2005 on Huhne's election to the House of Commons)
- Caroline Lucas, Green
- Emma Nicholson, Liberal Democrat
- Ashley Mote, UKIP (had the UKIP whip removed 15 July 2004)
- Peter Skinner, Labour
Election results
| European Election 2004: South East England |
| List |
Elected |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Daniel Hannan
Nirj Deva
James Elles
Richard Ashworth |
776,370 (194,092.5) |
35.2 |
-9.2 |
|
UK Independence |
Nigel Farage
Ashley Mote |
431,111 (215,555.5) |
19.5 |
+9.8 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Chris Huhne
Emma Nicholson |
338,342 (169,171) |
15.3 |
0 |
|
Labour |
Peter Skinner |
301,398 |
13.7 |
-5.9 |
|
Green |
Caroline Lucas |
173,351 |
7.9 |
+0.5 |
|
British National |
None |
64,877 |
2.9 |
+2.1 |
|
Senior Citizens Party |
None |
42,681 |
1.9 |
N/A |
|
English Democrats |
None |
29,126 |
1.3 |
N/A |
|
Respect |
None |
13,426 |
0.9 |
N/A |
|
Peace |
None |
12,572 |
0.6 |
N/A |
|
Christian Peoples |
None |
11,733 |
0.5 |
N/A |
|
ProLife Alliance |
None |
6,579 |
0.3 |
N/A |
|
Independent
Philip Rhodes |
No |
5,671 |
0.3 |
N/A |
| Turnout |
2,219,239 |
36.8 |
+12.1 |
| European Election 1999: South East England |
| List |
Elected |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
James Provan
Roy Perry
Daniel Hannan
James Elles
Nirj Deva |
661,932 (132,386.4) |
44.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Peter Skinner
Mark Watts |
292,146 (146,073) |
19.6 |
N/A |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Emma Nicholson
Chris Huhne |
228,136 (114,068) |
15.3 |
N/A |
|
UK Independence |
Nigel Farage |
144,514 |
9.7 |
N/A |
|
Green |
Caroline Lucas |
110,571 |
7.4 |
N/A |
|
Pro-Euro Conservative |
None |
27,305 |
1.8 |
N/A |
|
British National |
None |
12,161 |
0.8 |
N/A |
|
Socialist Labour |
None |
7,281 |
0.5 |
N/A |
|
Natural Law |
None |
2,767 |
0.2 |
N/A |
|
Open Democracy for Stability
Brian Bundy |
No |
1857 |
0.1 |
N/A |
|
Making a Profit in Europe
John Goss |
No |
1400 |
0.1 |
N/A |
| Turnout |
1,490,069 |
24.7 |
N/A |
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