Phil Bennion

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Phil Bennion
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Bennion in 2014
Member of the European Parliament
for West Midlands
In office
2 July 2019  31 January 2020
Conservative Michael Fabricant 20,853 42.9 N/A
Labour Susan Woodward20,61542.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion5,47311.3N/A
Referendum George Seward1,6523.4N/A
Majority 2380.5N/A
Turnout 48,59377.5N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 2001: Lichfield [7] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 20,480 49.1 Increase2.svg 6.2
Labour Martin Machray16,05438.5Decrease2.svg 3.9
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion4,46210.7Decrease2.svg 0.6
UKIP John Phazey6841.6N/A
Majority 4,42610.6Increase2.svg 10.1
Turnout 41,68065.9Decrease2.svg 11.5
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 5.05
General election 2005: Tamworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Jenkins 18,801 43.0 Decrease2.svg 6.0
Conservative Christopher Pincher 16,23237.1Decrease2.svg 0.5
Liberal Democrats Phillip Bennion6,17514.1Increase2.svg 2.4
Veritas Patrick Eston 1,3203.0N/A
UKIP Tom Simpson1,2122.8Increase2.svg 1.1
Majority 2,5695.9Decrease2.svg 6.5
Turnout 43,74061.0Increase2.svg 3.2
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 2.8
General election 2010: Telford [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wright 15,977 38.7 Decrease2.svg 9.5
Conservative Tom Biggins14,99636.3Increase2.svg 3.2
Liberal Democrats Phillip Bennion6,39915.5Increase2.svg 1.4
UKIP Denis Allen2,4285.9Increase2.svg 1.2
BNP Phil Spencer1,5133.7N/A
Majority 9812.4
Turnout 41,31363.5Increase2.svg 4.8
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 6.3
General election 2015: Birmingham Hodge Hill [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam Byrne 28,069 68.4 Increase2.svg 16.4
Conservative Kieran Mullan4,70711.5Decrease2.svg 0.2
UKIP Albert Duffen4,65111.3Increase2.svg 9.7
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion2,6246.4Decrease2.svg 21.3
Green Chris Nash8352.0Steady2.svg
Communist Andy Chaffer1530.4Steady2.svg
Majority 23,36256.9Increase2.svg 32.6
Turnout 41,03954.5Decrease2.svg 1.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 8.3
General election 2017: Birmingham, Hodge Hill [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam Byrne 37,606 81.1 Increase2.svg 12.7
Conservative Ahmereen Reza6,58014.2Increase2.svg 2.7
UKIP Mohammed Khan1,0162.2Decrease2.svg 9.1
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion8051.7Decrease2.svg 4.7
Green Clare Thomas3870.8Decrease2.svg 1.2
Majority 31,02666.9Increase2.svg 10.0
Turnout 46,39461.3Increase2.svg 6.8
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 5.0

European Parliamentary Candidate for West Midlands (European Parliament constituency) in 1999, 2004 and 2009, being elected to No2 on the Liberal Democrats' regional list in 2009 taking his seat in 2012 after Liz Lynne stepped down. Phil was re-elected as no1 on the Liberal Democrats' regional list in 2019.

2019

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Brexit Party
Labour
Liberal Democrats 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom area results (West Midlands).svg
Map showing highest polling party by counting area in the 2019 European Parliament election;
   Labour
2014 results European Parliament election results, 2014 (West Midlands by council areas).svg
2014 results
European Election 2019: West Midlands [15]
ListCandidatesVotesOf 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)
Sion Simon, Julia Buckley, Ansar Khan, Zarah Sultana, Sam Hennessy, Liz Clements
228,29816.95−9.76
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion (4)
Ade Adeyemo, Jeanie Falconer, Jenny Wilkinson, Jennifer Gray, Beverley Nielsen, Lee Dargue
219,98216.33+10.77
Green Ellie Chowns (6)
Diana Toynbee, Paul Woodhead, Julian Dean, Louis Stephen, Helen Heathfield, Kefentse Dennis
143,52010.66+5.40
Conservative Anthea McIntyre (7)
Daniel Dalton, Suzanne Webb, Meirion Jenkins, Alex Philips, Mary Noone, Ahmed Ejaz
135,27910.04−14.27
UKIP Ernest Valentine, Paul Williams, Graham Eardley, Paul Allen, Nigel Ely, Joe Smyth, Derek Bennett66,9344.97−26.52
Change UK Stephen Dorrell, Charlotte Gath, Peter Wilding, Amrik Kandola, Joanna McKenna, Victor Odusanya, Lucinda Empson45,6733.39+3.39
Turnout 1,355,22233.1%Steady2.svg
European Election 2014: West Midlands
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
UKIP Jill Seymour , James Carver , Bill Etheridge
Phil Henrick, Michael Wrench, Michael Green, Lyndon Jones [16] [17]
428,010
(142,670)
31.5+10.2
Labour Neena Gill , Siôn Simon
Lynda Waltho, Ansar Ali Khan, Olwen Hamer, Tony Ethapemi, Philippa Louise Roberts [17] [18]
363,033
(181,517)
26.7+9.7
Conservative Philip Bradbourn , Anthea McIntyre ,
Daniel Dalton, Michael Burnett, Sibby Buckle, Daniel Sames, Alex Avern [17] [19]
330,470
(165,235)
24.33.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion, Jonathan Webber, Christine Tinker, Ayoub Khan, Tim Bearder, Neville Farmer, John Redfern [17] [20] 75,6485.66.4
Green Will Duckworth, Aldo Mussi, Vicky Duckworth, Tom Harris, Karl Macnaughton, Duncan Kerr, Laura Katherine Vesty [17] [21] 71,4645.30.9
An Independence from Europe Mike Nattrass, Mark Nattrass, Joshna Pattni, Carl Henry Humphries, George Viner Forrest, Douglas Stephen Ingram, Paul Alders [17] 27,1712.0N/A
We Demand a Referendum Nikki Sinclaire, Andy Adris, Linda Brown, David Bennett, Judith Smart, Thomas Reid, Amanda Wilson [17] [22] 23,4261.7N/A
BNP Michael Coleman, Jennifer Matthys, Kenneth Griffiths, Simon Patten, David Bradnock, Mark Badrick, Phil Kimberley [17] [23] 20,6431.57.1
English Democrat Derek Hilling, Chris Newey, Stephen Paxton, Charles Hayward, Margaret Stoll, David Lane, Fred Bishop [17] [24] 12,8320.91.4
NO2EU Dave Nellist, Pat Collins, Joanne Stevenson, Sophia Hussain, Paul Edward Reilly, Andrew Mark Chaffer, Amanda Jane Marfleet [17] [23] 4,6530.30.7
Harmony PartyReg Mahrra [17] 1,8570.1N/A
Turnout 1,359,21033.1−1.7

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.

European Election 2009: West Midlands [25] [26]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Conservative Philip Bradbourn , Malcolm Harbour
Anthea McIntyre, Michael Burnett, Mark Spelman, Daniel Dalton
396,847
(198,423.5)
28.1+0.7
UKIP Mike Nattrass , Nikki Sinclaire
Jill Seymour, Rustie Lee, Malcolm Hurst, Jonathan Oakton
300,471
(150,235.5)
21.3+3.8
Labour Michael Cashman
Neena Gill, Claire Edwards, Anthony Painter, Victoria Quinn, Mohammed Nazir
240,20117.06.4
Liberal Democrats Liz Lynne
Phil Bennion, Susan Juned, Colin Ross, Stephen Barber, William Powell
170,24612.01.7
BNP Simon Darby, Alby Walker, Chris Turner, Ken Griffiths, Ellie Walker121,9678.6+1.1
Green Felicity Norman, Peter Tinsley, Chris Williams, Ian Davison, Vicky Dunn, Dave Wall88,2446.2+1.1
English Democrat David Lane, Frederick Bishop, John Lane, Graham Walker, Michael Ellis, Kim Gandy32,4552.3N/A
Christian David Booth, Samuel Nelson, Abiodun Akiwumi, Yeside Oguntoye, Ade Raji, Maxine Hargreaves18,7841.3N/A
Socialist Labour John Tyrrell, Satbir Singh Johal, Rajinder Claire, Bhagwant Singh, Surinder Pal Virdee, Shangra Singh Bhatoe14,7241.0+0.4
NO2EU David Nellist, Dyal Singh Bagri, Malcolm Gribbin, Jo Stevenson, Peter MacLaren, Andy Chaffer13,4151.0N/A
Jury Team (UK) Geoffery Coady, Graham Burton, Jeremy Spencer, David Bennett, Colin Thompson8,7210.6N/A
Libertas Jimmy Millard, Bridget Rose, Zigi Davenport, Andrew Bebbington, David Black, Matthew Lingard6,9610.5N/A
Turnout 1,413,03634.81.2
European Election 2004: West Midlands [27]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Conservative Philip Bushill-Matthews , Philip Bradbourn , Malcolm Harbour
Andrew Griffiths, Peter Butler, Michael John Burnett, Jeremy Lefroy
392,937
(130,979)
27.310.6
Labour Michael Cashman , Neena Gill
Sue Hayman, Anthony Paul Carroll, Claire Edwards, Mohammad Nazir, Jane Louise Heggie
336,613
(168,306.5)
23.44.6
UKIP Michael Nattrass
Earl of Bradford, Denis Vernon Brookes, Richard John Chamings, Christopher Rupert Kingsley, Greville James Guy Warwick, Andrew Moore
251,36617.5+11.8
Liberal Democrats Liz Lynne
Paul Calvin Tilsley, Phillip Bennion, Martin Marshall Turner, Nicola Sian Davies, Lorely Burt, Michael David Dixon
197,47913.7+2.4
BNP Simon Darby, Simon Charles Smith, Martin David Roberts, Robert Purcell, Mark Andrew Payne, Michael Coleman, William Thomas Locke [28] 107,7947.5+5.8
Green Chris Lennard, Felicity Mary Norman, David Wall, Barney Smith, Thomas Christopher Hellberg, Damon Leroy Hoppe, Rebecca Roseff73,9915.10.6
Respect John Rees, Salma Yaqoob, Cheryl Jacqueline Naomi Garvey, Mohammad Naseem, Winifred Olive Mary Whitehouse, Anil Seera, Penelope Hicks34,7042.4N/A
Pensioners Barry Hodgson33,5012.3N/A
Common Good Dick Rodgers8,6500.6N/A
Turnout 1,437,03536.0+15.0
European Election 1999: West Midlands [29]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Conservative John Corrie , Philip Bushill-Matthews , Malcolm Harbour , Philip Bradbourn
Richard Normington, Virginia Taylor, Mark Greenburgh, Michael Burnett
321,719
(80,429.75)
37.9N/A
Labour Simon Murphy , Michael Cashman , Neena Gill
Mike Tappin, David Hallam, Phil Davis, Nuala O'Kane, Brenda Etchells
237,671
(79,223.67)
28.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Liz Lynne
Paul Tilsley, Susan Juned, Phillip Bennion, Joan Walmsley, Sardul Marwa, Jamie Calder, John Cordwell
95,76911.3N/A
UKIP Mike Nattrass, Paul Garratt, Jonathan Oakton, Richard Charnings, Douglas Hope, Ian Crompton, Richard Adams, Clive Easton49,6215.8N/A
Green Felicity Norman, Guy Woodford, Paul Baptie, Hazel Clawley, Richard Mountford, Alan Clawley, Andrew Holtham, Elly Stanton 49,4405.8N/A
Independent Labour Christine Oddy 36,8494.3N/A
Liberal Michael Hyde, Robert Wheway, Colin Hallmark, Ann Winfield, Nicholas Brown, Anthony Bourko, David Hallmark, Joyce Millington14,9541.8N/A
BNP Sharron Edwards, Simon Darby, [30] Stephen Edwards, Jeffrey Astbury, Keith Axon, Steven Batkin, Tommy Rogers, John Haycock14,3441.7N/A
Pro-Euro Conservative Brendan Donnelly, Rob Coppinger, Tim Perkins, Diane Hazeldine, Andrew Notman, John Gretton, Steve Law, John Marshall11,1441.3N/A
Socialist Alliance Dave Nellist, John Rothery, Lanne Hubbard, Salman Mirzo, Natasha Millward, Robert Hope, James Cessford, Peter McNally7,2030.8N/A
Socialist Labour Sonan Singh, Satbir Singh Johal, Judith Sambrook-Marshall, Surinder Pal Virdee, David Ayrton, Brenda Procter, Carlos Rule, Michael Atherton5,2570.6N/A
EDP English Freedom PartyMichael Gibbs3,0660.4N/A
Natural Law Paul Davis, James Drewster, Huw Meads, Roger Gerrett, Mary Griffin, Roderic McCarthy, Brian Winstanley, Michael Twite1,6470.2N/A
Turnout 848,68421.0N/A

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