East of England (European Parliament constituency)

East of England was a constituency of the European Parliament that was coterminous with the East of England region. It returned 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

East of England
European Parliament constituency
Map of the 2014 European Parliament constituencies with East of England highlighted in red
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown within England
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1999
Dissolved31 January 2020
MEPs8 (1999–2004)
7 (2004–2020)
Sources
[1][2]

Boundaries

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The constituency corresponded to the East of England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

History

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It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. At the time of their abolition in 1999, these were Cambridgeshire, Essex North and Suffolk South, Essex South, Essex West and Hertfordshire East, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and South West Norfolk, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.

MEPs for former East of England constituencies, 1979–1999
Election 1979–1984 1984–1989 1989–1994 1994–1999
Cambridgeshire (1979–1984)
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North (1984–1994)
Cambridgeshire (1994–1999)
Fred Catherwood
Conservative
Robert Sturdy
Conservative
Essex North East (1979–1994)
Essex North and Suffolk South (1994–1999)
David Curry
Conservative
Anne McIntosh
Conservative
Bedfordshire (1979–1984)
Bedfordshire South (1984–1994)
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes (1994–1999)
Peter Beazley
Conservative
Eryl McNally
Labour
Essex South West (1979–1994)
Essex West and Hertfordshire East (1994–1999)
Dr. Alexander Sherlock
Conservative
Patricia Rawlings
Conservative
Hugh Kerr
Labour (1994–1997)[3]
Scottish Socialist Party (1997–1999)
Hertfordshire (1979–1999) Derek Prag
Conservative
Peter Truscott
Labour
Norfolk (1979–1999) Paul Howell
Conservative
Clive Needle
Labour
Suffolk (1979–1994)
Suffolk and South West Norfolk (1994–1999)
Amédée Turner
Conservative
David Thomas
Labour
Essex South (1994–1999) Seat not established Richard Howitt
Labour

Returned members

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MEPs for the East of England, 1999 onwards
Election 1999 (5th parliament) 2004 (6th parliament) 2009 (7th parliament) 2014 (8th parliament) 2019 (9th parliament)
MEP
Party
Geoffrey Van Orden
Conservative
MEP
Party
Christopher Beazley
Conservative
Vicky Ford
Conservative (2009–2017)
John Flack[4]
Conservative (2017–2019)
Barbara Gibson
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party
Bashir Khanbhai
Conservative
Tom Wise
UKIP (2004–2009)
Independent (2009)
David Campbell Bannerman
UKIP (2009–2011)
Conservative (2011–2019)
Lucy Nethsingha
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party
Robert Sturdy
Conservative
Patrick O'Flynn
UKIP (2014–2018)
SDP (2018–2019)
Richard Tice
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
Jeffrey Titford
UKIP
Stuart Agnew
UKIP
Michael Heaver
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
Andrew Duff
Liberal Democrat
Tim Aker
UKIP (2014–2018)
Thurrock Independents (2018–2019)
Brexit Party (2019)
June Mummery
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
Richard Howitt
Labour (1999–16)
Alex Mayer[5]
Labour (2016–2019)
Catherine Rowett
Green Party
MEP
Party
Eryl McNally
Labour
Seat abolished
Party Faction in European Parliament
Brexit Party 29 Non-Inscrits 57
DUP 1
Liberal Democrats 16 17   Renew Europe 108
Alliance 1
Green 7 11 Greens–European Free Alliance 75
SNP 3
Plaid Cymru 1
Labour 10   Socialists and Democrats 154
Conservative 4 European Conservatives and Reformists Group 62
Sinn Féin 1   European United Left–Nordic Green Left 41
Total 73 Total 750

Election results

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

2019

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Popular vote winners by district, 2019
European election 2019: East of England[7] (results)
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Brexit Party Richard Tice (1)
Michael Heaver (3)
June Mummery (5)
Paul Hearn, Priscilla Huby, Sean Lever, Edmund Fordham
604,715
(201,391.67)
37.83 New
Liberal Democrats Barbara Gibson (2)
Lucy Nethsingha (6)
Fionna Tod, Stephen Robinson, Sandy Walkington, Marie Goldman, Jules Ewart
361,563
(180,751.5)
22.62 +15.72
Green Catherine Rowett (4)
Rupert Read, Martin Schmierer, Fiona Radic, Paul Jeater, Pallavi Devulapalli, Jeremy Caddick
202,460 12.67 +4.17
Conservative Geoffrey Van Orden (7)
John Flack, Joe Rich, Thomas McLaren, Joel Charles, Wazz Mughal, Thomas Smith
163,830 10.25 −18.15
Labour Alex Mayer, Chris Vince, Sharon Taylor, Alvin Shum, Anna Smith, Adam Scott, Javeria Hussain 139,490 8.73 −8.57
Change UK Emma Taylor, Neil Carmichael, Bhavna Joshi, Michelle de Vries, Amanda Gummer, Thomas Graham, Roger Casale 58,274 3.65 New
UKIP Stuart Agnew, Paul Oakley, Elizabeth Jones, William Ashpole, Alan Graves, John Wallace, John Whitby 54,676 3.42 −31.08
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, Bridget Vickers, Paul Wiffen 10,217 0.64 −1.09
Independent Attila Csordas 3,230 0.20 New
Rejected ballots 9,589
Turnout 1,603,017 36.37 +0.5

2014

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Popular vote winners by district, 2014
European election 2014: East of England (results)
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
UKIP Patrick O'Flynn, Stuart Agnew, Tim Aker
Michael Heaver, Mick McGough, Andy Monk, Mark Hughes[8][9]
542,812 (180,937) 34.5 +14.9
Conservative Vicky Ford, Geoffrey van Orden, David Campbell Bannerman
John Flack, Tom Hunt, Margaret Simons, Jonathan Collett[9][10]
446,569 (148,856) 28.4 −2.8
Labour Richard Howitt
Alex Mayer, Sandy Martin, Bhavna Joshi, Paul Bishop, Jane Basham, Chris Ostrowski[11][9]
271,601 17.3 +6.8
Green Rupert Read, Mark Ereira-Guyer, Jill Mills, Ash Haynes, Marc Scheimann, Robert Lindsay, Fiona Radic [12][9] 133,331 8.5 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Duff, Josephine Hayes, Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Stephen Robinson, Michael Green, Linda Jack, Hugh Annand [13][9] 108,010 6.9 −6.9
An Independence from Europe Paul Kevin Wiffen, Karl Berresford Davies, Raymond Charles Mitchell Spalding, Edmond Max Rosenthal, Rupert Smith, Dennis James Wiffen, Betty Patricia Wiffen[9] 26,564 1.7 New
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, Stephen Goldspink, Maria Situmbeko, Bridget Cowan, Don Whitbread, Jeremy Moreton-Moss[14][10][9] 16,497 1.1 −1.0
BNP Richard Andrew Perry, Christopher Eric Livingstone, Mark James Burmby, Paul Stephen Hooks, Stephen Leonard Smith, Philip David Howell, Michael Edward Braun[9][10] 12,465 0.8 −5.3
CPA Carl Shaun Clark, Mark Anthony Clamp, Chris Olley, Stephen John Todd, Jane Elizabeth Clamp, Kirsty Evans, Kevin John Austin[9] 11,627 0.7 New
NO2EU Brian Denny, Frank Jepson, Steve Glennon, Phil Katz, Eleanor Donne, Pete Relph, Ron Rodwell[15] 4,870 0.3 −0.6
Turnout 1,574,346 35.9 −1.8

2009

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European election 2009: East of England[16]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Geoffrey van Orden, Robert Sturdy, Vicky Ford
John Flack, Jonathan Morgan, Claire Strong, Clare Wheelan[17]
500,331
(166,777)
31.2 +0.4
UKIP David Campbell Bannerman, Stuart Agnew
Andrew Smith, Stuart Gulleford, Amy O'Boyle, Mick McGough, Michael Baker, Marion Mason[18]
313,921
(156,960)
19.6 0.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Duff
Linda Jack, Ian Mack, Peter Welch, Earnshaw Palmer, Andrew Houseley, Qurban Hussain[19]
221,235 13.8 −0.2
Labour Richard Howitt
Beth Kelly, Nigel Gardner, Sherma Batson, James Valentine, Kate Curtis, Chris Ostrowski[20]
167,833 10.5 −5.7
Green Rupert Read, Peter Lynn, James Abbott, Marc Scheimann, Angela Thomson, Andrew Stringer, Amy Drayson[21] 141,016 8.8 +3.2
BNP Eddy Butler, Emma Colgate, Stephen McCole, David Fleming, David Lucas, Mark Fuller, Seamus Dunne[22] 97,013 6.1 +1.8
UK First Robin Page, Peter Cole, Charles Lawson, John West, Arthur Baynes[23] 38,185 2.4 New
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, John Cooper, Raymond Brown, Adrian Key, Nicholas Capp, Patrick Harris[24] 32,211 2.0 +0.2
Christian Jeremy Tyrrell, Kim Christofi, John Jackson, Grace Oghenegare, Rev Dr Albert Usikaro, Douglas Suckling, Sally Craig[25] 24,646 1.5 New
NO2EU Brian Denny, Frank Jepson, Steve Glennon, Phil Katz, Eleanor Donne, Pete Relph, Ron Rodwell[15] 13,939 0.9 New
Socialist Labour James Dry, Patricia Bowen, Paul Hardman, Martha Page-Harries, Jacob Bowen, Miriam Scale, Andrew Jordan 13,599 0.8 New
Animal Welfare Jasmijn de Boo, Alexander Bourke, Richard Deboo 13,201 0.8 New
Libertas Andrew Jamieson, Peter Mason, John Dowdale, Carlo de Chair, Henry Burton, John Harmer, Peter Robbins 9,940 0.6 New
Independent Peter Rigby 9,916 0.6 New
Jury Team (UK) Andrew Armes, Ian Tyes, Stephen Garton, Jules Sherrington, Andrew Parker, Michael Yates[26] 6,354 0.4 New
Turnout 1,603,340 37.7 +1.2

2004

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European election 2004: East of England[27]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Geoffrey van Orden, Robert Sturdy, Christopher Beazley
Jonathan Morgan, Claire Strong, Richard Normington
465,526
(155,175.33)
30.8 −11.9
UKIP Jeffrey Titford, Tom Wise
Robin Page, Stuart Agnew, Bryan Smalley, Brian Aylett, Roger Lord
296,160
(148,080)
19.6 +10.7
Labour Richard Howitt
Elizabeth Kelly, Clive Needle, Sandra Griffiths, Nigel Gardner, Valerie Liddiard, Mark Wells
244,929 16.2 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Duff
Christopher White, Anne Pollard, Rosalind Gill, Guillaume McLaughlin, Earnshaw Palmer, Nahid Boethe
211,378 14.0 +2.1
Independent Martin Bell 93,028 6.2 New
Green Margaret Wright, Adrian Ramsay, James Abbott, Marc Scheimann, Ingo Wagenknecht, Stephen Rackett, Stephen Lawrence 84,068 5.6 −0.6
BNP Matthew Single, Paul Goodchild, Ramon Johns, Bernard Corby, Sidney Chaney, Peter Turpin[28] 65,557 4.3 +3.4
English Democrat Robert Kay, James Samuels, Adrian Key, Gloria Meredew, Michael Blundell 26,807 1.8 New
Respect Jim Rogers, Maz Cook, Adrian Clarke, Hasna Matin, Paul Turnbull, Marie Bunting, Timothy Sneller 13,904 0.9 New
Independent Jim Naisbitt 5,137 0.3 New
ProLife Alliance Sarah Bell, Thomas Hoey, Beata Klepacka, John Matthews, Michael McBrien, Gregory Tagney, Clare Underwood 3,730 0.3 New
Turnout 1,510,224 36.5 +11.8

1999

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European election 1999: East of England[29]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Robert Sturdy, Christopher Beazley, Bashir Khanbhai, Geoffrey van Orden
Robert Gordon, Kay Twitchen, Graham Bright, Charles Rose
425,091
(106,272.75)
42.7
Labour Eryl McNally, Richard Howitt
Clive Needle, Peter Truscott, David Thomas, Virginia Bucknor, Beth Kelly, Ruth Bagnall
250,132
(125,066)
25.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Duff
Rosalind Scott, Robert Browne, Lorna Spenceley, Chris White, Charlotte Cane, Paul Burall, Rosalind Gill
118,822 11.9
UKIP Jeffrey Titford
Bryan Smalley, Brian Lee, Tom Wise, Roger Lord, Charles Lawman, Ashley Banks, William Vinyard
88,452 8.9
Green Margaret Wright, Marc Scheimann, Eleanor Burgess, Malcolm Powell, James Abbott, Jennifer Berry, Angela Thomson, Adrian Holmes 61,334 6.2
Liberal Brian Lynch, Michael Wheeler, Raymond Pobgee, Vernon Wilkinson, Adrian Miners, John Tyler, Edgar Davis, Christopher Ash 16,861 1.7
Pro-Euro Conservative Paul Howell, Brian Hughes, Jackie Sheppard, Chris Cooke, Marilyn Munn, Mark McCartney, Tim Chisnall, Tim Price 16,340 1.6
BNP David King, Paul Ferguson, John Morse, Ramon Johns, Paul Henderson, Matthew Palmer, John Cope, Thomas Stone 9,356 0.9
Socialist Labour Charles De Carteret, Nicola Harau, Paul Lockwood, Stephanie Gardner, Michael Benwell, Mick Rose, Jean Fawcett, Andrew Yates 6,143 0.6
Natural Law Patrice Gladwyn, Bryan Parsons, Angela Holland, Peter While, Stephanie Bennell, Alistair Shearer, Ann Keenan, Christopher Edwards 1,907 0.2
Turnout 994,438 24.7

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