South West England (European Parliament constituency).html

South West England European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies

Shown in England, Gibraltar inset
Created	1999
MEP(s)	7 (2004)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2]

South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency consists of the South West England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. The constituency also, with effect from the 2004 European election, includes Gibraltar.

European Parliament election 2009 — South West lists
	Party	Candidates
	Conservative Party	Giles Chichester MEP, Julie Girling, Ashley Fox, Mike Dolley, Don Collier, Zehra Zaidi
	Labour Party	Glyn Ford, Isabel Owen, Keir Dhillon, Dorothea Hodge, Dafydd Emlyn Williams, Eshter Pickup-Keller
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Watson, Kay Barnard, Robin Teverson, Justine McGuinness, Humphrey Temperley, Paul Massey
	UK Independence Party	Trevor Colman, Earl of Dartmouth, Gawain Towler, Jeffrey Beer, Eric Edmond, Julia Reid
	Green Party	Ricky Knight, Roger Creagh-Osborne, Molly-Scott Cato, Richard Lawson, Chloë Somers, David Taylor
	English Democrats	Harry Barstow

The constituency within England as it existed from 1999-2004.

Michael Holmes resigned and was replaced by Graham Booth in 2002.

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European election 2004: South West England
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Parish Caroline Jackson Giles Chichester	457,371 (152,457)	31.6	−10.1
	UK Independence	Graham Booth Roger Knapman	326,684 (163,342)	22.6	+12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Watson	265,619	18.3	+1.8
	Labour	Glyn Ford	209,908	14.5	−3.5
	Green	None	103,821	7.2	−1.1
	British National	None	43,653	3.0	+2.1
	Countryside Party	None	30,824	2.1	N/A
	Respect	None	10,437	0.7	N/A
Turnout			1,453,625	37.8	+10.2

European election 1999: South West England
List		Elected	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson Giles Chichester Alexander Macmillan Neil Parish	434,645 (108,661.25)	41.7	N/A
	Labour	Glyn Ford	188,362	18.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Watson	171,498	16.5	N/A
	UK Independence	Michael Holmes	111,012	10.6	N/A
	Green	None	86,630	8.3	N/A
	Liberal	None	21,645	2.1	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	None	11,134	1.1	N/A
	British National	None	9,752	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	None	5,741	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	None	1,968	0.2	N/A
Turnout			1,042,387	27.6	N/A

v • d • e Constituencies in South West England

Conservative	Bournemouth East • Bournemouth West • Bridgwater • Christchurch • Cotswold • Devizes • East Devon • Forest of Dean • North Dorset • North Wiltshire • Poole • Salisbury • South West Devon • Tewkesbury • Tiverton and Honiton • Torridge and West Devon • Totnes • Wells • West Dorset • Westbury • Weston-super-Mare • Woodspring

Liberal Democrat	Bath • Bristol West • Cheltenham • Falmouth and Camborne • Mid Dorset and North Poole • North Cornwall • North Devon • Northavon • Somerton and Frome • South East Cornwall • St Ives • Taunton • Teignbridge • Torbay • Truro and St Austell • Yeovil

Labour	Bristol East • Bristol North West • Bristol South • Exeter • Gloucester • Kingswood • North Swindon • Plymouth Devonport • Plymouth Sutton • South Dorset • South Swindon • Stroud • Wansdyke

South West England European constituency: Conservative (3) · UKIP (2) · Liberal Democrats (1) · Labour (1)

v • d • e 1999–2004 ← European Parliament constituencies 2004–2009 → 2009–2014

Belgium	Dutch-speaking · French-speaking · German-speaking

France	East · Île-de-France · Massif Central · North-West · Overseas Territories · South-East · South-West · West

Ireland	Dublin · East · North-West · South

Italy	Central · Islands · North-East · North-West · Southern

Poland‡	Pomeranian · Kuyavian-Pomeranian · Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian · Warsaw · Masovian · Łódź · Greater Poland · Lublin · Subcarpathian · Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie · Silesian · Lower Silesian and Opole · Lubusz and West Pomeranian

United Kingdom	East Midlands · East of England · London · North East England · Northern Ireland · North West England · Scotland · South East England · South West England · Wales · West Midlands · Yorkshire and the Humber

National	Austria · Bulgaria† · Cyprus‡ · Czech Republic‡ · Denmark · Estonia‡ · Finland · Germany · Greece · Hungary‡ · Latvia‡ · Lithuania‡ · Luxembourg · Malta‡ · Netherlands · Portugal · Romania† · Slovakia‡ · Slovenia‡ · Spain · Sweden

Key	† = constituency created 2007 ‡ = First elections to European Parliament for these member states