South West England (European Parliament constituency)

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 (Cornish: Dychow-houlsedhas Pou an Zouzn) 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall
4 Returned members
5 Election results
6 External links
7 References

Boundaries [edit]

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. It also includes the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

History [edit]

The constituency 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.

Before the 2004 election, it was expanded to include Gibraltar. This was the result of a 1999 European Court of Human Rights case, which argued that Gibraltar should be entitled to vote in European elections. Spain took a complaint about Gibraltar participating in European elections to the European Court of Justice, but their case was unsuccessful.^[2]

MEPs for former South West England constituencies, 1979 – 1999
Election	1979 – 1984	1984 – 1989	1989 – 1994	1994 – 1999
Bristol	Richard Cottrell Conservative		Ian White Labour
Cornwall and Plymouth (1979 – 1994) Cornwall and West Plymouth (1994 – 1999)	David Harris Conservative	Christopher Beazley Conservative		Robin Teverson Liberal Democrat
Cotswolds	Lord Plumb Conservative
Devon (1979 – 1994) Devon and East Plymouth (1994 – 1999)	Lord O'Hagan Conservative
Somerset (1979 – 1984) Somerset and Dorset West (1984 – 1994) Somerset and North Devon (1994 – 1999)	Frederick Warner Conservative	Margaret Daly Conservative		Graham Watson Liberal Democrat
Upper Thames (1979 – 1984) Wiltshire (1984 – 1994) Wiltshire North and Bath (1994 – 1999)	Robert Jackson Conservative	Caroline Jackson Conservative
Wessex (1979 – 1984) Dorset East and Hampshire West (1984 – 1994) Dorset and East Devon (1994 – 1999)	James Spicer Conservative	Bryan Cassidy Conservative

Dedicated Euro-constituency and MEP for Cornwall [edit]

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.”^[3] Until 1994 Cornwall was represented by the much smaller Cornwall and Plymouth constituency.

Returned members [edit]

MEPs for South West England, 1999 onwards
Election	1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)			2009 (7th parliament)
Election
MEP Party	Graham Watson Liberal Democrat
MEP Party	Giles Chichester Conservative
MEP Party	Caroline Jackson Conservative					Ashley Fox Conservative
MEP Party	Neil Parish Conservative					Julie Girling Conservative
MEP Party	Earl of Stockton Conservative		Roger Knapman UKIP			Earl of Dartmouth UKIP
MEP Party	Michael Holmes^[4] UKIP (1999 – 2000) Independent (2000 – 2002)	Graham Booth^[5] UKIP (2002 – 2008)		Trevor Colman^[6] UKIP (2008 – present)
MEP Party	Glyn Ford Labour				Seat abolished

Election results [edit]

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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
	UKIP	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
	BNP	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	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
	Libertas	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^[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Parish, Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester Richard Graham, Earl of Stockton, Jack Lopresti, Julie Girling	457,371 (152,457)	31.6	−10.1
	UKIP	Graham Booth, Roger Knapman Trevor 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
	BNP	Anthony North, Michaela Mackenzie, Barry Bennett, Edward Mullins, Robert Baggs, Bruce Cowd, Frederick Paynter^[8]	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^[9]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson, Giles Chichester, Earl of Stockton, 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
	UKIP	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
	BNP	Bruce Cowd,^[10] Donald Stevens, Stephen Parnell, Terence Cavill,^[11] 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

External links [edit]

2009 SOUTH WEST REGION SUMMATION OF REGIONAL RESULTS (breakdown by district)

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "European Election 2009: South West". BBC News Online. 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
^ Spain loses case over Gibraltar elections
^ Mebyon Kernow campaigns for Cornwall only MEP
^ Resigned in 2002
^ Appointed in 2002 to replace Michael Holmes, retired on 1 October 2008.
^ Appointed in 2008 to replace Graham Booth.
^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ swcand
^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "BBC News – Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP". BBC News.
^ "BBC News – Programmes – Under the skin of the BNP". BBC News.

v t e Constituencies in South West England (55)

Conservative (36)	Bournemouth East Bournemouth West Bridgwater and West Somerset Bristol North West Camborne and Redruth Central Devon Christchurch Devizes East Devon Filton and Bradley Stoke Forest of Dean Gloucester Kingswood Newton Abbot North Dorset North East Somerset North Somerset North Swindon North Wiltshire Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Poole Salisbury South Dorset South East Cornwall South Swindon South West Devon South West Wiltshire Stroud Tewkesbury The Cotswolds Tiverton and Honiton Torridge and West Devon Totnes Truro and Falmouth West Dorset Weston-super-Mare

Liberal Democrats (15)	Bath Bristol West Cheltenham Chippenham Mid Dorset and North Poole North Cornwall North Devon St Austell and Newquay St Ives Somerton and Frome Taunton Deane Thornbury and Yate Torbay Wells Yeovil

Labour (4)	Bristol East Bristol South Exeter Plymouth Moor View

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