East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

East Midlands was a constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom, established in 1999 with six members to replace single-member constituencies. Between 2009 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020 it returned five MEPs, elected using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponded to the East Midlands region of England, comprising the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire.

History

The constituency was organised as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Leicester, Northamptonshire and Blaby, Nottingham and Leicestershire North West, Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield, and parts of Lincolnshire and Humberside South, Peak District, and Staffordshire East and Derby.

Returned members

Notes:

¹ Roger Helmer announced on 12 October 2011 his intention to stand down from the European Parliament. After uncertainty whether his place would be taken by the next person on the Conservative Party's list for the East Midlands region, he defected to UKIP and completed his term as MEP.^[5]^[6]

Complaint against Kilroy-Silk

In August 2005, four of the MEPs for the region (Clark, Heaton-Harris, Helmer and Whitehead) sent a joint letter to President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell to complain of Kilroy-Silk:

"He seems to have done little or no work as a constituency MEP for the East Midlands. This leaves five MEPs to do the work of six and the electorate have been short-changed". They complained that Kilroy-Silk was not "fulfilling the pledge he made on becoming an MEP, to serve the electorate of his region" and to call for him to "either do the job for which he is paid, or get out and leave it to those who can."^[8]

The parliament has no power to remove Mr Kilroy-Silk, who is understood to have attended the minimum number of plenary sessions required to be eligible for his parliamentary allowances. Such a complaint was unprecedented. Kilroy-Silk refused to comment on it. The European Parliament does not have any power to expel a member, and Borrell took no action.

Election results

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won and order MEPs were elected.

2019

2014

2009

2004

1999

References

↑"European Parliament elections 1999 Results and explanations: United Kingdom". Europarl. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑"European Elections 10–13 June 2004". Europarl. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑Died 31 December 2005
↑Appointed on 1 January 2006 to replace Phillip Whitehead
↑'Disillusioned' Tory MEP Roger Helmer to stand down, BBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2011
↑Lincolnshire MEP Roger Helmer to quit his seatArchived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine ThisisLincolnshire
↑"Results by national party: 2019-2024 United Kingdom - Final results". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
↑Stares, Justin. Kilroy-Silk does 'little or no work' and should quit, say MEPs, The Telegraph, 13 August 2005. Quote: "A cross-party coalition has called for Robert Kilroy-Silk to quit the European Parliament on the grounds that he seldom attends and does "little or no work" for his East Midlands constituency. [...] His four regional colleagues – Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative), Roger Helmer (Conservative), Phillip Whitehead (Labour) and Derek Clark (Ukip) – said they "deplore" Mr Kilroy-Silk's non-attendance.
↑Council, Northampton Borough. "Statement of Persons Nominated - European Parliamentary Election on 23 May 2019 | Northampton Borough Council". www.northampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
↑"Brexit Party sweeps to victory in the East Midlands". www.itv.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
↑"European Election 2019: UK results in maps and charts". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
↑"We announce regional MEP candidates for the Euro Elections". UKIP. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Cook, David (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
↑Wallace, Mark (31 July 2013). "Selection results published for European election regional lists". Conservative Home. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
1 2 3 4 5Brookes, Andrew (25 April 2014). "European election candidates revealed – with ousted UKIP county leader bidding for seat". Horncastle News. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑"European Election Candidates 2014". East Midlands Green Party. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑"European selection results – complete". Liberal Democrat Voice. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑"European Election 2009: East Midlands". BBC News.
↑Conservative Party
↑"Labour's 2009 EP candidates". Jon Worth Euroblog. 4 April 2008.
↑UK Independence PartyArchived 8 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
↑Liberal DemocratsArchived 8 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑British National PartyArchived 7 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑"2009 European Elections". www.greenparty.org.uk.
↑"The English Democrats". englishdemocrats.party. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
↑The Christian Party – CPAArchived 9 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑"Libertas East Midlands". libertas-em.blogspot.com.
↑"2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
↑"Our European Election List for the East Midlands Euro-Constituency". British National Party. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑"1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
↑"Under the skin of the BNP". London: BBC News. 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[1] "European Parliament elections 1999 Results and explanations: United Kingdom". Europarl. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[2] "European Elections 10–13 June 2004". Europarl. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[3] Died 31 December 2005

[4] Appointed on 1 January 2006 to replace Phillip Whitehead

[5] 'Disillusioned' Tory MEP Roger Helmer to stand down, BBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2011

[6] Lincolnshire MEP Roger Helmer to quit his seatArchived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine ThisisLincolnshire

[7] "Results by national party: 2019-2024 United Kingdom - Final results". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[kilroy-8] Stares, Justin. Kilroy-Silk does 'little or no work' and should quit, say MEPs, The Telegraph, 13 August 2005. Quote: "A cross-party coalition has called for Robert Kilroy-Silk to quit the European Parliament on the grounds that he seldom attends and does "little or no work" for his East Midlands constituency. [...] His four regional colleagues – Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative), Roger Helmer (Conservative), Phillip Whitehead (Labour) and Derek Clark (Ukip) – said they "deplore" Mr Kilroy-Silk's non-attendance.

[9] Council, Northampton Borough. "Statement of Persons Nominated - European Parliamentary Election on 23 May 2019 | Northampton Borough Council". www.northampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[10] "Brexit Party sweeps to victory in the East Midlands". www.itv.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[11] "European Election 2019: UK results in maps and charts". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[12] "We announce regional MEP candidates for the Euro Elections". UKIP. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[kettering-2014-13] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Cook, David (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". Kettering Borough Council. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[14] Wallace, Mark (31 July 2013). "Selection results published for European election regional lists". Conservative Home. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[horncastlenews-15] 1 2 3 4 5Brookes, Andrew (25 April 2014). "European election candidates revealed – with ousted UKIP county leader bidding for seat". Horncastle News. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[16] "European Election Candidates 2014". East Midlands Green Party. 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[17] "European selection results – complete". Liberal Democrat Voice. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[18] "European Election 2009: East Midlands". BBC News.

[19] Conservative Party

[20] "Labour's 2009 EP candidates". Jon Worth Euroblog. 4 April 2008.

[21] UK Independence PartyArchived 8 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[22] Liberal DemocratsArchived 8 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[23] British National PartyArchived 7 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[24] "2009 European Elections". www.greenparty.org.uk.

[25] "The English Democrats". englishdemocrats.party. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[26] The Christian Party – CPAArchived 9 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[27] "Libertas East Midlands". libertas-em.blogspot.com.

[28] "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.

[29] "Our European Election List for the East Midlands Euro-Constituency". British National Party. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[30] "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.

[31] "Under the skin of the BNP". London: BBC News. 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

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Boundaries

History

Returned members

Complaint against Kilroy-Silk

Election results

2019

2014

2009

2004

1999

References

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