West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

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West Midlands was a constituency of the European Parliament. It was represented by seven MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. In 2009, the constituency was reduced to six seats, but also elected a "virtual MEP" who took her seat in the Parliament when the Treaty of Lisbon came into effect. The constituency was represented by seven MEPs prior to the 2009 election, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1999
Dissolved31 January 2020
MEPs8 (1999–2004)
7 (2004–2009)
6 (2009–2011)
7 (2011–2020)
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West Midlands
European Parliament constituency
Map of the 2014 European Parliament constituencies with West Midlands highlighted in red
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown within England
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1999
Dissolved31 January 2020
MEPs8 (1999–2004)
7 (2004–2009)
6 (2009–2011)
7 (2011–2020)
Sources
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Boundaries

A map of the West Midlands region, showing Towns/Cities in Red, Motorways in Blue, AONBs in Light Green and National Parks in Dark Green.

The constituency corresponded to the West Midlands region of England, comprising the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.

History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Birmingham East, Birmingham West, Coventry and North Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire, Midlands West, Worcestershire and South Warwickshire, and parts of Peak District, Staffordshire East and Derby, and Staffordshire West and Congleton.

Returned members

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MEPs for the West Midlands, 1999 onwards
Election 1999 (5th parliament) 2004 (6th parliament) 2009 (7th parliament)[1] 2014 (8th parliament)[1] 2019 (9th parliament)[1]
MEP
Party		 Philip Bushill-Matthews
Conservative		 Seat
Abolished[2]		 Anthea McIntyre
Conservative
MEP
Party		 Philip Bradbourn[3]
Conservative		 Daniel Dalton[4]
Conservative		 Rupert Lowe
Brexit Party
MEP
Party		 Malcolm Harbour
Conservative		 Bill Etheridge
UKIP (2014-2018)
Independent (2018)
Libertarian (2018-2019)
Brexit Party (2019)		 Andrew Kerr
Brexit Party (2019)
Independent (2019-)
MEP
Party		 John Corrie
Conservative		 Mike Nattrass
UKIP (2004–2013)
Independent (2013–2014)
An Independence from Europe (2014)		 Jill Seymour
UKIP (2014-2019)
Brexit Party (2019)		 Martin Daubney
Brexit Party
MEP
Party		 Liz Lynne[5]
Liberal Democrat		 Phil Bennion
Liberal Democrat		 James Carver
UKIP (2014-2018)
Independent (2018-19)		 Phil Bennion
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party		 Neena Gill
Labour		 Nikki Sinclaire
UKIP (2009–10)
Independent (2010–12)
We Demand a Referendum (2012–2014)		 Neena Gill
Labour
MEP
Party		 Michael Cashman
Labour		 Siôn Simon
Labour		 Ellie Chowns
Green
MEP
Party		 Simon Murphy
Labour		 Seat abolished
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Election results

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

2019

Map showing highest polling party by counting area in the 2019 European Parliament election;
  Brexit Party
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
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European Election 2019: West Midlands[6]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Brexit Party Rupert Lowe (1)
Martin Daubney (2)
Andrew England Kerr (5)
Vishal Khatri, Nikki Page, Laura Kevehazi, Katharine Harborne		 507,152
(169,050.67)		 37.66 +37.66
Labour Neena Gill (3)
Siôn Simon, Julia Buckley, Ansar Khan, Zarah Sultana, Sam Hennessy, Liz Clements		 228,298 16.95 −9.76
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion (4)
Ade Adeyemo, Jeanie Falconer, Jenny Wilkinson, Jennifer Gray, Beverley Nielsen, Lee Dargue		 219,982 16.33 +10.77
Green Ellie Chowns (6)
Diana Toynbee, Paul Woodhead, Julian Dean, Louis Stephen, Helen Heathfield, Kefentse Dennis		 143,520 10.66 +5.40
Conservative Anthea McIntyre (7)
Daniel Dalton, Suzanne Webb, Meirion Jenkins, Alex Philips, Mary Noone, Ahmed Ejaz		 135,279 10.04 −14.27
UKIP Ernest Valentine, Paul Williams, Graham Eardley, Paul Allen, Nigel Ely, Joe Smyth, Derek Bennett 66,934 4.97 −26.52
Change UK Stephen Dorrell, Charlotte Gath, Peter Wilding, Amrik Kandola, Joanna McKenna, Victor Odusanya, Lucinda Empson 45,673 3.39 +3.39
Turnout 1,355,222 33.1 Steady
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2014

2014 results
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European Election 2014: West Midlands
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
UKIP Jill Seymour (1)
James Carver (4)
Bill Etheridge (7)
Phil Henrick, Michael Wrench, Michael Green, Lyndon Jones[7][8]		 428,010
(142,670)		 31.5 +10.2
Labour Neena Gill (2)
Siôn Simon (5)
Lynda Waltho, Ansar Ali Khan, Olwen Hamer, Tony Ethapemi, Philippa Louise Roberts[8][9]		 363,033
(181,517)		 26.7 +9.7
Conservative Philip Bradbourn (3)
Anthea McIntyre (6)
Daniel Dalton, Michael Burnett, Sibby Buckle, Daniel Sames, Alex Avern[8][10]		 330,470
(165,235)		 24.3 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion, Jonathan Webber, Christine Tinker, Ayoub Khan, Tim Bearder, Neville Farmer, John Redfern[8][11] 75,648 5.6 −6.4
Green Will Duckworth, Aldo Mussi, Vicky Duckworth, Tom Harris, Karl Macnaughton, Duncan Kerr, Laura Katherine Vesty[8][12] 71,464 5.3 −0.9
An Independence from Europe Mike Nattrass, Mark Nattrass, Joshna Pattni, Carl Henry Humphries, George Viner Forrest, Douglas Stephen Ingram, Paul Alders[8] 27,171 2.0 New
We Demand a Referendum Nikki Sinclaire, Andy Adris, Linda Brown, David Bennett, Judith Smart, Thomas Reid, Amanda Wilson[8][13] 23,426 1.7 New
BNP Michael Coleman, Jennifer Matthys, Kenneth Griffiths, Simon Patten, David Bradnock, Mark Badrick, Phil Kimberley[8][14] 20,643 1.5 −7.1
English Democrat Derek Hilling, Chris Newey, Stephen Paxton, Charles Hayward, Margaret Stoll, David Lane, Fred Bishop[8][15] 12,832 0.9 −1.4
NO2EU Dave Nellist, Pat Collins, Joanne Stevenson, Sophia Hussain, Paul Edward Reilly, Andrew Mark Chaffer, Amanda Jane Marfleet[8][14] 4,653 0.3 −0.7
Harmony Party Reg Mahrra[8] 1,857 0.1 New
Turnout 1,359,210 33.1 −1.7
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Anthea McIntyre became an MEP in November 2011 when the relevant provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon came into effect, her addition being based on the 2009 vote. Phil Bennion became an MEP on the resignation of Liz Lynne.

2009

2009 results
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European Election 2009: West Midlands[16][17]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Philip Bradbourn (1)
Malcolm Harbour (4)
Anthea McIntyre, Michael Burnett, Mark Spelman, Daniel Dalton		 396,847
(198,423.5)		 28.1 +0.8
UKIP Mike Nattrass (2)
Nikki Sinclaire (6)
Jill Seymour, Rustie Lee, Malcolm Hurst, Jonathan Oakton		 300,471
(150,235.5)		 21.3 +3.8
Labour Michael Cashman (3)
Neena Gill, Claire Edwards, Anthony Painter, Victoria Quinn, Mohammed Nazir		 240,201 17.0 −6.4
Liberal Democrats Liz Lynne (5)
Phil Bennion, Susan Juned, Colin Ross, Stephen Barber, William Powell		 170,246 12.0 −1.7
BNP Simon Darby, Alby Walker, Chris Turner, Ken Griffiths, Ellie Walker 121,967 8.6 +1.1
Green Felicity Norman, Peter Tinsley, Chris Williams, Ian Davison, Vicky Dunn, Dave Wall 88,244 6.2 +1.1
English Democrat David Lane, Frederick Bishop, John Lane, Graham Walker, Michael Ellis, Kim Gandy 32,455 2.3 New
Christian David Booth, Samuel Nelson, Abiodun Akiwumi, Yeside Oguntoye, Ade Raji, Maxine Hargreaves 18,784 1.3 New
Socialist Labour John Tyrrell, Satbir Singh Johal, Rajinder Claire, Bhagwant Singh, Surinder Pal Virdee, Shangra Singh Bhatoe 14,724 1.0 +0.4
NO2EU David Nellist, Dyal Singh Bagri, Malcolm Gribbin, Jo Stevenson, Peter MacLaren, Andy Chaffer 13,415 1.0 New
Jury Team Geoffery Coady, Graham Burton, Jeremy Spencer, David Bennett, Colin Thompson 8,721 0.6 New
Libertas Jimmy Millard, Bridget Rose, Zigi Davenport, Andrew Bebbington, David Black, Matthew Lingard 6,961 0.5 New
Turnout 1,413,036 34.8 −1.2
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2004

2004 results
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European Election 2004: West Midlands[18]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative Philip Bushill-Matthews (1)
Philip Bradbourn (5)
Malcolm Harbour (7)
Andrew Griffiths, Peter Butler, Michael John Burnett, Jeremy Lefroy		 392,937
(130,979)		 27.3 −10.6
Labour Michael Cashman (2)
Neena Gill (6)
Sue Hayman, Anthony Paul Carroll, Claire Edwards, Mohammad Nazir, Jane Louise Heggie		 336,613
(168,306.5)		 23.4 −4.6
UKIP Michael Nattrass (3)
Earl of Bradford, Denis Vernon Brookes, Richard John Chamings, Christopher Rupert Kingsley, Greville James Guy Warwick, Andrew Moore		 251,366 17.5 +11.7
Liberal Democrats Liz Lynne (4)
Paul Calvin Tilsley, Phillip Bennion, Martin Marshall Turner, Nicola Sian Davies, Lorely Burt, Michael David Dixon		 197,479 13.7 +2.4
BNP Simon Darby, Simon Charles Smith, Martin David Roberts, Robert Purcell, Mark Andrew Payne, Michael Coleman, William Thomas Locke[19] 107,794 7.5 +5.8
Green Chris Lennard, Felicity Mary Norman, David Wall, Barney Smith, Thomas Christopher Hellberg, Damon Leroy Hoppe, Rebecca Roseff 73,991 5.1 −0.7
Respect John Rees, Salma Yaqoob, Cheryl Jacqueline Naomi Garvey, Mohammad Naseem, Winifred Olive Mary Whitehouse, Anil Seera, Penelope Hicks 34,704 2.4 New
Pensioners Barry Hodgson 33,501 2.3 New
Common Good Dick Rodgers 8,650 0.6 New
Turnout 1,437,035 36.0 +15.0
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1999

1999 results
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European Election 1999: West Midlands[20]
List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev.
Conservative John Corrie (1)
Philip Bushill-Matthews (3)
Malcolm Harbour (5)
Philip Bradbourn (7)
Richard Normington, Virginia Taylor, Mark Greenburgh, Michael Burnett		 321,719
(80,429.75)		 37.9
Labour Simon Murphy (2)
Michael Cashman (4)
Neena Gill (8)
Mike Tappin, David Hallam, Phil Davis, Nuala O'Kane, Brenda Etchells		 237,671
(79,223.67)		 28.0
Liberal Democrats Liz Lynne (6)
Paul Tilsley, Susan Juned, Phillip Bennion, Joan Walmsley, Sardul Marwa, Jamie Calder, John Cordwell		 95,769 11.3
UKIP Mike Nattrass, Paul Garratt, Jonathan Oakton, Richard Charnings, Douglas Hope, Ian Crompton, Richard Adams, Clive Easton 49,621 5.8
Green Felicity Norman, Guy Woodford, Paul Baptie, Hazel Clawley, Richard Mountford, Alan Clawley, Andrew Holtham, Elly Stanton 49,440 5.8
Independent Labour Christine Oddy 36,849 4.3
Liberal Michael Hyde, Robert Wheway, Colin Hallmark, Ann Winfield, Nicholas Brown, Anthony Bourko, David Hallmark, Joyce Millington 14,954 1.8
BNP Sharron Edwards, Simon Darby,[21] Stephen Edwards, Jeffrey Astbury, Keith Axon, Steven Batkin, Tommy Rogers, John Haycock 14,344 1.7
Pro-Euro Conservative Brendan Donnelly, Rob Coppinger, Tim Perkins, Diane Hazeldine, Andrew Notman, John Gretton, Steve Law, John Marshall 11,144 1.3
Socialist Alliance Dave Nellist, John Rothery, Lanne Hubbard, Salman Mirzo, Natasha Millward, Robert Hope, James Cessford, Peter McNally 7,203 0.8
Socialist Labour Sonan Singh, Satbir Singh Johal, Judith Sambrook-Marshall, Surinder Pal Virdee, David Ayrton, Brenda Procter, Carlos Rule, Michael Atherton 5,257 0.6
EDP English Freedom Party Michael Gibbs 3,066 0.4
Natural Law Paul Davis, James Drewster, Huw Meads, Roger Gerrett, Mary Griffin, Roderic McCarthy, Brian Winstanley, Michael Twite 1,647 0.2
Turnout 848,684 21.0
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