West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

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West Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 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 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the West Midlands region of England.

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 1999 - 2004

• Philip Bradbourn, Conservative
• Philip Bushill-Matthews, Conservative
• Michael Cashman, Labour
• John Corrie, Conservative
• Neena Gill, Labour
• Malcolm Harbour, Conservative
• Liz Lynne, Liberal Democrat
• Simon Murphy, Labour

[edit] 2004 - present

• Philip Bradbourn, Conservative
• Philip Bushill-Matthews, Conservative
• Michael Cashman, Labour
• Neena Gill, Labour
• Malcolm Harbour, Conservative
• Liz Lynne, Liberal Democrat
• Mike Natrass, UKIP

[edit] Election results

European Election 2004: West Midlands
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Bushill-Matthews Philip Bradbourn Malcolm Harbour	392,9377 (130,979)	27.3	−10.6
	Labour	Michael Cashman Neena Gill	336,613 (168,306.5)	23.4	−4.6
	UKIP	Michael Nattrass	251,366	17.5	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Lynne	197,479	13.7	+2.4
	British National	None	107,794	7.5	+5.8
	Green	None	73,991	5.2	−0.6
	Respect	None	34,704	2.4	N/A
	Pensioners Party Barry Hodgson	No	33,501	2.3	N/A
	The Common Good Dick Rodgers	No	8,650	0.6	N/A
Turnout			1,449,620	36.6	+15.6

European Election 1999: West Midlands
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Corrie Philip Bushill-Matthews Malcolm Harbour Philip Bradbourn	321,719 (80,429.75)	37.9	N/A
	Labour	Simon Murphy Michael Cashman Neena Gill	237,671 (79,223.67)	28.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Lynne	95,769	11.3	N/A
	UKIP	None	49,621	5.8	N/A
	Green	None	49,440	5.8	N/A
	Independent Labour Christine Oddy	No	36,849	4.3	N/A
	Liberal	None	14,954	1.8	N/A
	British National	None	14,344	1.7	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	None	11,144	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	None	7,203	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	None	5,257	0.6	N/A
	English Democrats Party	No	3,066	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	None	1,647	0.2	N/A
Turnout			848,684	21.0	N/A

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham Hall Green Birmingham Hodge Hill Birmingham Northfield Birmingham Perry Barr Birmingham Selly Oak Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath Burton Cannock Chase Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Newcastle-under-Lyme North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Stourbridge Tamworth Telford Walsall North Walsall South Warley Warwick and Leamington West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Leominster Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Shropshire Rugby and Kenilworth Shrewsbury and Atcham South Staffordshire Stone Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield The Wrekin West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley Hereford Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (2) UKIP (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

[edit] References

• MEPs by region: West Midlands constituency