North West England (European Parliament constituency)

North West England was a constituency of the European Parliament. From the 2009 elections it elected 8 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponded to the North West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

History

Following the passing of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, the North West of England formed one constituency from which candidates are elected using the D'Hondt method. In the election preceding that Act, MEPs were elected by the first-past-the-post method in single-member constituencies. The constituency corresponded to the following former European constituencies: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Wirral, Cumbria and Lancashire North, Greater Manchester Central, Greater Manchester East, Greater Manchester West, Lancashire Central, Lancashire South, Merseyside East and Wigan, Merseyside West, and Congleton from Staffordshire West and Congleton.

Returned members

Election results

Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the order candidates were elected and the number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.

2019

2014

2009

2004

1999

External links

European Election 2009 – Results Breakdown for the North West (by district)
"Your MEPs: North West". European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Includes photos, contact information, links to EU website profiles

References

^ Expelled from Conservatives on 13 November 2008
^ Left UKIP on 17 October 2016
^ Defected to the Conservatives on 26 November 2007
^ Resigned on 27 August 2006
^ a b Appointed in 2006 to replace Terry Wynn
^ "Results by national party: 2019-2024 United Kingdom - Final results". European Parliament. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^ "Candidate Information". North West Votes. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ Bernstein, Sir Howard (24 April 2014). "Statement of Persons Nominated". North West Votes. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
^ Labour Party
^ "UK – European election candidates: North West". BBC News. 2 June 2009.
^ "European Election 2009 – UK Results – North West". BBC News. 8 June 2009.
^ Conservative Party^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "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 North West Euro-Constituency". British National Party. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.