South East England (European Parliament constituency)

South East England
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown within England
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1999
MEPs	10 (2004–present) 11 (1999–2004)
Sources

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.

History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East, East Sussex and Kent South, Hampshire North and Oxford, Itchen, Test and Avon, Kent East, Kent West, South Downs West, Surrey, Sussex South and Crawley, Thames Valley, Wight and Hampshire South, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, Cotswolds, and London South and Surrey East.

Returned members

MEPs for South East England, 1999 onwards
Election		1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)				2009 (7th parliament)				2014 (8th parliament)
MEP Party		Nirj Deva Conservative
MEP Party		Daniel Hannan Conservative
MEP Party		James Provan Conservative		Richard Ashworth Conservative
MEP Party		James Elles Conservative										Janice Atkinson UKIP (2014-2015) Independent (2015-)
MEP Party		Roy Perry Conservative		Ashley Mote UKIP (2004) Independent (2004-2009)				Marta Andreasen UKIP (2009–13) Conservative (2013–2014)				Ray Finch UKIP
MEP Party		Nigel Farage UKIP
MEP Party		Chris Huhne[1] Liberal Democrat				Sharon Bowles[1] Liberal Democrat						Diane James UKIP
MEP Party		Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Liberal Democrat						Catherine Bearder Liberal Democrat
MEP Party		Caroline Lucas[2] Green								Keith Taylor[2] Green
MEP Party		Peter Skinner Labour										Anneliese Dodds Labour
MEP Party		Mark Watts Labour	Seat abolished

Key to the Political Groups in the European Parliament (UK)					(v.d.e)
	UK Independence Party	22		Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	45
	Conservative Party	20		European Conservatives and Reformists	76
	Ulster Unionist Party	1
	Labour Party	20		Socialists and Democrats	190
	Green Party of England and Wales	3		The Greens–European Free Alliance	50
	Scottish National Party	2
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Liberal Democrats	1		Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	70
	Sinn Féin	1		European United Left–Nordic Green Left	52
	Independent	1		Europe of Nations and Freedom	38
	Democratic Unionist Party	1		Non-Inscrits	15

Election results

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

European Election 2014: South East England[3] (results)
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Nigel Farage, Janice Atkinson, Diane James, Ray Finch Donna Edmunds, Patricia Culligan, Nigel Jones, Alan Stevens, Simon Strutt, Barry Cooper[4][5]	751,439 (187,860)	32.14	+13.29
	Conservative	Daniel Hannan, Nirj Deva, Richard Ashworth Marta Andreasen, Richard Robinson, Graham Knight, Julie Marson, George Jeffrey, Rory Love, Adrian Pepper[5]	723,571 (241,190)	30.95	-3.84
	Labour	Anneliese Dodds John Howarth, Emily Westley, James Swindlehurst, Farah Nazeer, James Watkins, Maggie Hughes, Chris Clark, Karen Landles, Tracey Hill[5]	342,775	14.66	+6.41
	Green	Keith Taylor, Alexandra Phillips, Derek Wall, Jason Kitcat, Miriam Kennet, Beverley Golden, Jonathan Essex, Jonathan Kent, Stuart Jeffrey, Ray Cunningham[5]	211,706	9.05	-2.57
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Bearder Antony Hook, Dinti Batstone, Giles Goodall, Ian Bearder, Allis Moss, Steve Sollitt, Bruce Tennent, John Vincent, Alan Bullion[5]	187,876	8.04	-6.11
	An Independence from Europe	Laurence Stassen, Joyce Nattress, Paul Godfrey, Alan Sheath, Ken Holton, Mark Henry, Keith Vernon, Michaelina Argy, Seana Connolly, Dorothy Sheath[5]	45,199	1.93	N/A
	English Democrats	Steve Uncles, Julia Gasper, Amanda Hopwood, Simone Clark, Steve Clegg, Milly Uncles, Mike Russell, Mike Tibby, Doreen Dye, William James[5]	17,771	0.76	-1.49
	BNP	John Robinson, Gavin Miller, Eric Elliot, John Moore, Alwyn Deacon, Anthony Banner, Brenda Waterhouse, Mark Jones, Jack Renshaw, Yvonne Deacon[5]	16,909	0.72	-3.64
	Christian Peoples	Norman Burnett, Suzanne Fernandes, Flora Amar, Rev Anthony, Dorothy Mugara, Kayode Shedowo, Bridget Oyekan, Nnenna St Luce, Chukka Roja[5]	14,893	0.64	-0.89
	Peace	John Morris, Jim Duggan, Julie Roxburgh, Jeff Bolam, Geoff Pay, David Brown, Keith Scott, Imdad Hussain, Minim Chowdhury, Charles Wilkinson[5]	10,130	0.43	+0.02
	Socialist (GB)	Dave Chesham, Rob Cox, Les Courtney, Sean Deegan, Max Hess, Claudia Hogg-Blake, Danny Lambert, Andy Matthews, Howard Pilott, Mike Young[5]	5,454	0.23	N/A
	Roman Party	Jean-Louis Pascual[5]	2,997	0.13	-0.11
	YOURvoice	Julian James, Rachel Ling, Fulvia James[6][5]	2.932	N/A	N/A
	Liberty	Paul Weston, Enza Ferreri, Jack Buckby[5]	2,494	0.13	N/A
	Harmony Party	Tony Leach, Raymond Crick[5]	1,904	0.08	N/A
Turnout			2,348,168	36.5%	-1%

European Election 2009: South East England[7][8]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Hannan, Richard Ashworth, Nirj Deva, James Elles Therese Coffey, Sarah Richardson, Richard Robinson, Tony Devenish, Niina Kaariniemi, Marc Brunel-Walker	812,288 (203,072)	34.8	-0.4
	UKIP	Nigel Farage, Marta Andreasen Steve Harris, Phillip Van der Elst, Harry Aldridge, Victor Webb, Christopher Browne, Andrew Moncreiff, Mark Stroud, Rob Burberry, Mahzar Manzoor, Ray Finch	440,002 (220,001)	18.8	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder Ben Abbots, Jim Barnard, Antony Hook, Zoe Patrick, Gary Lawson, David Grace, John Vincent, James Walsh	330,340 (165,170)	14.1	-1.2
	Green	Caroline Lucas Keith Taylor, Derek Wall, Miriam Kennet, Jason Kitcat, Hazel Dawe, Jonathan Essex, Matthew Ledbury, Steve Dawe, Beverley Golden	271,506	11.6	+3.8
	Labour	Peter Skinner Janet Sully, Bob Fromont, Lisa Homan, Stephen Alambritis, Janet Keene, Munir Malik, Silke Thomson-Pottebohm, Rajinder Sandhu, Sukhi Dhaliwal	192,592	8.2	-5.4
	BNP	Tim Rait, Donna Bailey, Mark Burke, Andrew Emerson, Lynne Mozar, David Little, Peter Lane, Brian Horne, Adam Champneys, Andy McBride	101,769	4.4	+1.4
	English Democrats	Steve Uncles, David Knight, Mike Tibby, Sean Varnham, Cllr Clive Maltby, Laurence Williams, Elizabeth Painter, Gerald Lambourne, John Griffiths, George Herbert	52,526	2.2	+0.9
	Christian	Anthony May, Peter Joyce, Christabel McLean-Bacchus, William Thompson, David Ashton, Alexander Wilson, David Hews, Debra Smith-Gorick, Je'ran Cherub, Kenneth Scrimshaw	35,712	1.5	N/A
	NO2EU	Dave Hill, Garry Hassell, Kevin Hayes, Owen Morris, Gawain Little, Robert Wilkinson, Jacqui Berry, Nick Wright, Nick Chaffey, Sarah Wrack	21,455	0.9	N/A
	Libertas	Kevin O'Connell, Daniel Hill, Neil Glass, Chloe Woodhead, Guy Lambert, Graheme Leon-Smith, Peter Grace, Nicholas Heather, David Peace	16,767	0.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Derek Isaacs, Paramjit Singh Bahia, John McLeod, Ian Fyvie, Patricia Ruiz, Richard Mooney, Maureen Stubbings, Derek Stubbings, Mary Byrne, Eleanor Little	15,484	0.7	N/A
	UK First	Petrina Holdsworth, John Petley, Martin Haslam, Jennifer Parsons	15,261	0.7	N/A
	Jury Team	Nick Trew, Nonie Bouverat, Lyn Tofari, Geoff Howard, Gerry Brierley, Anant Vyas, Michael Guest, Tony Sansum, John Lenton	14,172	0.6	N/A
	Peace	John Morris, Geoffery Pay, Jim Duggan, Julie Roxburgh, Keith Scott, Shafaq Iqbal, Jenny Watson, Marcus Trower, Jeff Bolam, David Brown	9,534	0.4	-0.2
	Roman Party	Jean-Louis Pascal	5,450	0.2	N/A
Turnout			2,334,858	37.5	+1.0

European Election 2004: South East England[9]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Hannan, Nirj Deva, James Elles, Richard Ashworth Roy Perry, Therese Coffey, David Logan, Ferris Cowper, Richard Robinson	776,370 (194,092.5)	35.2	−9.2
	UKIP	Nigel Farage, Ashley Mote David Lott, Craig Mackinlay, Timothy Cross, Petrina Holdsworth, David Abbott, Stephen Harris, Michael Wigley, Lisa Hawkins	431,111 (215,555.5)	19.5	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Huhne, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder, James Walsh, Ann Lee, John Vincent, John Ford, Charles Fraser-Fleming, James Barnard	338,342 (169,171)	15.3	0
	Labour	Peter Skinner Mark Watts, Ann Davison, Simon Burgess, Janet Sully, Mark Muller, Josephine Wood, Raj Chandarana, Gillian Roles, David Menon	301,398	13.7	−5.9
	Green	Caroline Lucas Mike Woodin, Miriam Kennet, Keith Taylor, Alan Francis, Xanthe Bevis, Hazel Dawe, Derek Wall, Anthony Cooper, Michael Stimson	173,351	7.9	+0.5
	BNP	Brian Galloway, Julie Russell, Timothy Rait, Peter Lane, Roger Robertson, Julian Crewe, Adam Champneys, Ian Johnson, Dennis Whiting, Vernon Atkinson[10]	64,877	2.9	+2.1
	Senior Citizens Party	Grahame Leon-Smith, David Gray, Patrick Eston, Rona Brown, Paresh Kotecha, Larry Kreeger, Michael Devine, Terry Patinson, Ian Murdoch, Alfred Egleton	42,861	1.9	N/A
	English Democrats	Steven Uncles, Robert Sulley, Courtney Williams, Richard Sutton, Jacqueline Brookman, David Uncles, Louise Uncles	29,126	1.3	N/A
	Respect	Ingrid Dodd, Patrick O'Keeffe, Muriel Hirsch, Ajaz Khan, Sally Watkins, Jonathan Molyneux, Norman Thomas, Ella Noyes, Bunny La Roche, Angelina Rai	13,426	0.9	N/A
	Peace	John Morris, Caroline O'Reilly, Geoffrey Pay, Rachel Hancock, James Duggan, Kate Hebden, Cyril Bolam, Carol Morris, Anne Brewer	12,572	0.6	N/A
	Christian Peoples	David John Bamber, David Campanale, Gladstone Macaulay	11,733	0.5	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Dominica Roberts, Gillian Duval, Josephine Quintavalle, Penelope Orford, Mark Carroll, Rebecca Ng, John Dixon, Francis O'Brien, Yvonne Windsor, Carl St John	6,579	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Philip Rhodes	5,671	0.3	N/A
Turnout			2,207,417	36.5	+11.8

European Election 1999: South East England[11]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Provan, Roy Perry, Daniel Hannan, James Elles, Nirj Deva Bryony, Baroness Bethell, Edward Kellett-Bowman, Alison Parry, Jeremy Mayhew, Barry Tanswell, Richard Ashworth	661,932 (132,386.4)	44.4	N/A
	Labour	Peter Skinner, Mark Watts Anita Pollack, Anne Snelgrove, Parmjit Dhanda, Ann Davison, Tamara Flanagan, John Howarth, Liz Clements, Alison Chapman, Sarah McCarthy-Fry	292,146 (146,073)	19.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Chris Huhne Sharon Bowles, David Bellotti, Jo Hawkins, James Walsh, Barbara Hewett-Silk, Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Catherine Bearder, Christopher Berry, Dorothy Webb	228,136 (114,068)	15.3	N/A
	UKIP	Nigel Farage Christopher Skeate, Tony Stone, Michael Phillips, Bernard Collignon, Ron Walters, Lynda Ross, Harold Green, Kim Rose, Michael Knight, Rob McWhirter	144,514	9.7	N/A
	Green	Caroline Lucas Mike Woodin, Alan Francis, Pete West, Hazel Dawe, Steve Dawe, Alastair Stark, Johnny Denis, Lorraine E. Serrecchia, Laurence Littman, Julian Salmon	110,571	7.4	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	John Stevens, Richard Basset, Anthony Frost, Anahita Gonzalez-Moreno, Mark Littlewood, Rebecca Pickering, Peter Sutters, Alan Armitage, Jonathan Swift, David Hurford-Jones, Richard Carswell	27,305	1.8	N/A
	BNP	Michael Easter, Dennis Whiting, Robert Andrews, Gordon Callow, Mark Cray, Ian Dell, Matthew Gould, Richard Molesworth, Margaret Stones, Christopher Telford, Kevin Yates	12,161	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Katrina Howse, Ian Fyvie, Nathan Parkin, Hannah Williams, Ken King, Sarah Hipperson, Monica Anne Parkin, John McCleod, Kenneth Ray, John Hayward, Michael Allen	7,281	0.5	N/A
	Natural Law	Peter Warburton, Nigel Kahn, John Oldbury, Jeremy Bowler, John Douglas-Small, Paul Cragg, Paul Levy, Bernard Bence, William Treend, Robert Stephens, John Hunter Thompson	2,767	0.2	N/A
	Open Democracy for Stability	Brian Bundy	1,857	0.1	N/A
	Making a Profit in Europe	John Goss	1,400	0.1	N/A
Turnout			1,490,069	24.7	N/A

References

1. Chris Huhne stood down when he was elected to the Eastleigh seat in the 5 May 2005 UK general election. Sharon Bowles, as second on the Liberal Democrat list, took over from that day.
2. Caroline Lucas won the Brighton Pavilion seat in the 6 May 2010 UK general election so stood down as an MEP. She was succeeded by Keith Taylor, second on the Green's 2009 party list.
3. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/south-east-european-candidates-2014/
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20131010060102/http://www.ukip.org/newsroom/news/919-we-announce-regional-mep-candidates-for-the-euro-elections-in-may. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. Heath, Mark (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Southampton City Council. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
6. http://yourvoiceparty.org.uk
7. South East Region - Statement of Parties and Individual Candidates Nominated and Notice of Poll
8. European Election 2009: South East
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11. "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.