North East England (European Parliament constituency)

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North East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 3 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of the European Parliament 2.1 1999 - 2004 2.2 2004 - present 3 Election results

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the North East England region of the United Kingdom.

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 1999 - 2004

• Gordon Adam, Labour
• Martin Callanan, Conservative
• Stephen Hughes, Labour
• Barbara O'Toole, Labour

[edit] 2004 - present

• Martin Callanan, Conservative
• Fiona Hall, Liberal Democrat
• Stephen Hughes, Labour

[edit] Election results

European Election 2004: North East England
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Hughes	266,057	34.1	−8.1
	Conservative	Martin Callanan	144,969	18.6	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Hall	138,791	17.8	+4.3
	UK Independence	None	94,887	12.2	+3.3
	British National	None	50,249	6.4	+5.5
	Independent Neil Herron	No	39,658	5.1	N/A
	Green	None	37,247	4.8	+0.1
	Respect	None	8,633	1.1	N/A
Turnout			791,318	41.5	+22.0

European Election 1999: North East England
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Donnelly Stephen Hughes Mo O'Toole	162,573 (54,191)	42.2	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Callanan	105,573	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	None	52,070	13.5	N/A
	UK Independence	None	34,063	8.8	N/A
	Green	None	18,184	4.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	None	4,511	1.2	N/A
	British National	None	3,505	0.9	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	None	2,926	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Party (GB)	None	1,510	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	None	826	0.2	N/A
Turnout			385,741	19.5	N/A

Constituencies in North East England
Labour	Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck
Liberal Democrat	Berwick-upon-Tweed
Conservative	Hexham
North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)

European Parliamentary Constituencies
Belgium : Dutch-speaking | French-speaking | German-speaking
France : East | Île-de-France | Massif Central | North-West | Overseas Territories | South-East | South-West | West
Ireland : Dublin | East | North-West | South
Italy : Central | Islands | North-East | North-West | Southern
United Kingdom : East Midlands | East of England | London | North East England | Northern Ireland | North West England | Scotland | South East England | South West England | Wales | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber