South East England | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1999 |
Dissolved | 31 January 2020 |
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South East England was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 10 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
The constituency corresponded to South East England, in the south east of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex.
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East, East Sussex and Kent South, Hampshire North and Oxford, Itchen, Test and Avon, Kent East, Kent West, South Downs West, Surrey, Sussex South and Crawley, Thames Valley, Wight and Hampshire South, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, Cotswolds, and London South and Surrey East.
Party | Faction in European Parliament | |||||
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Brexit Party | 29 | Non-Inscrits | 57 | |||
DUP | 1 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | Renew Europe | 108 | ||
Alliance | 1 | |||||
Green | 7 | 11 | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 | ||
SNP | 3 | |||||
Plaid Cymru | 1 | |||||
Labour | 10 | Socialists and Democrats | 154 | |||
Conservative | 4 | European Conservatives and Reformists | 62 | |||
Sinn Féin | 1 | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 | |||
Total | 73 | Total | 750 |
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the order candidates were elected and the number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.
2019: South East England [9] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
Brexit Party | Nigel Farage (1) Alexandra Lesley Phillips (3) Robert Andrew Rowland (6) Belinda Claire De Camborne Lucy (8) James Gilbert Bartholomew, Christopher Graham Ellis, John Kennedy, Matthew Peter Taylor, George Thomas Stahel Farmer, Peter David Wiltshire | 915,686 (228,921.5) | 36.07 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Bearder (2) Antony Hook (5) Judith Bunting (9) Martin Paul Niebuhr Tod, Elizabeth Pendrill Raphael Leffman, Christopher Alan Bowers, Giles Damian Goodall, Ruvi Ziegler, Nicholas David Stanford Perry, John William Vincent | 653,743 (217,914.33) | 25.75 | +17.71 | |
Green | Alexandra Phillips (4) Elise Danielle Benjamin, Vix Lowthion, Leslie Christine Groves Williams, Phelim Mac Cafferty, Jan Hendrik Jamison Doerfel, Larry Sanders, Isabella Lina Marie Moir, Oliver Sykes, Jonathan Christopher St.Aubyn Essex | 343,249 | 13.52 | +4.46 | |
Conservative | Daniel Hannan (7) Nirj Deva, Richard McDonald Robinson, Mike Whiting, Juliette Katherine Christie Ash, Anna Firth, Adrian Pepper, Clarence Mitchell, Neva Sadikoglu-Novaky, Caroline Anne Newton | 260,277 | 10.25 | −20.70 | |
Labour | John Howarth (10) Cathy Shutt, Arran Richard Neathey, Emma Christina Turnbull, Rohit K. Dasgupta, Amy Lauren Fowler, Duncan Shaw Thomas Enright, Lubna Aiysha Arshad, Simon Guy Burgess, Rachael Eowyn Ward | 184,678 | 7.27 | −7.39 | |
Change UK | Richard Ashworth, Victoria Groulef, Warren Morgan, Eleanor Mary Fuller, Robin John Bextor, Nicholas Mazzei, Suzana Carp, Phil Murphy, Heather Marion Allen, Diane Helen Yeo | 105,832 | 4.17 | New | |
UKIP | Piers Wauchope, Elizabeth Fletcher Philips, Daryll James Pitcher, Martin Toby Brothers, Tony Gould, Clive Keith Egan, Troy De Leon, Alan Harvey Stone, Judy Moore, Patricia Ann Mountain | 56,487 | 2.22 | −29.91 | |
UKEU | Pacelli Ndikumana, Clinton Powe | 7,645 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Jason Guy Spencer McMahon | 3,650 | 0.14 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Mandy Bruce, Raymond Dennis Carr, David Stanley Chesham, Robert Alexander Cox, Michael Foster, Stephen Harper, Neil Kirk, Anton Charles Pruden, Andrew Brian Thomas-Emans, Darren James Williams | 3,505 | 0.14 | −0.1 | |
Independent | David Victor Round | 2,606 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | Michael Jeffrey Turberville | 1,587 | 0.06 | New | |
Turnout | 2,538,945 |
2014: South East England [10] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage , Janice Atkinson , Diane James , Ray Finch Donna Edmunds, Patricia Culligan, Nigel Jones, Alan Stevens, Simon Strutt, Barry Cooper [11] [12] | 751,439 (187,860) | 32.14 | +13.29 | |
Conservative | Daniel Hannan , Nirj Deva , Richard Ashworth Marta Andreasen, Richard Robinson, Graham Knight, Julie Marson, George Jeffrey, Rory Love, Adrian Pepper [12] | 723,571 (241,190) | 30.95 | −3.84 | |
Labour | Anneliese Dodds John Howarth, Emily Westley, James Swindlehurst, Farah Nazeer, James Watkins, Maggie Hughes, Chris Clark, Karen Landles, Tracey Hill [12] | 342,775 | 14.66 | +6.41 | |
Green | Keith Taylor , Alexandra Phillips, Derek Wall, Jason Kitcat, Miriam Kennet, Beverley Golden, Jonathan Essex, Jonathan Kent, Stuart Jeffrey, Ray Cunningham [12] | 211,706 | 9.05 | −2.57 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Bearder Antony Hook, Dinti Batstone, Giles Goodall, Ian Bearder, Allis Moss, Steve Sollitt, Bruce Tennent, John Vincent, Alan Bullion [12] | 187,876 | 8.04 | −6.11 | |
Independence from Europe | Laurence Stassen, Joyce Nattress, Paul Godfrey, Alan Sheath, Ken Holton, Mark Henry, Keith Vernon, Michaelina Argy, Seana Connolly, Dorothy Sheath [12] | 45,199 | 1.93 | New | |
English Democrat | Steve Uncles, Julia Gasper, Amanda Hopwood, Simone Clark, Steve Clegg, Milly Uncles, Mike Russell, Mike Tibby, Doreen Dye, William James [12] | 17,771 | 0.76 | −1.49 | |
BNP | John Robinson, Gavin Miller, Eric Elliot, John Moore, Alwyn Deacon, Anthony Banner, Brenda Waterhouse, Mark Jones, Jack Renshaw, Yvonne Deacon [12] | 16,909 | 0.72 | −3.64 | |
CPA | Norman Burnett, Suzanne Fernandes, Flora Amar, Rev Anthony, Dorothy Mugara, Kayode Shedowo, Bridget Oyekan, Nnenna St Luce, Chukka Roja [12] | 14,893 | 0.64 | −0.89 | |
Peace | John Morris, Jim Duggan, Julie Roxburgh, Jeff Bolam, Geoff Pay, David Brown, Keith Scott, Imdad Hussain, Minim Chowdhury, Charles Wilkinson [12] | 10,130 | 0.43 | +0.02 | |
Socialist (GB) | Dave Chesham, Rob Cox, Les Courtney, Sean Deegan, Max Hess, Claudia Hogg-Blake, Danny Lambert, Andy Matthews, Howard Pilott, Mike Young [12] | 5,454 | 0.23 | New | |
Roman Party | Jean-Louis Pascual [12] | 2,997 | 0.13 | −0.11 | |
YOURvoice | Julian James, Rachel Ling, Fulvia James [13] [12] | 2.932 | 0.12 | New | |
Liberty GB | Paul Weston, Enza Ferreri, Jack Buckby [12] | 2,494 | 0.10 | New | |
Harmony Party | Tony Leach, Raymond Crick [12] | 1,904 | 0.08 | New | |
Turnout | 2,348,168 | 36.5 | −1.0 |
2009: South East England [14] [15] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
Conservative | Daniel Hannan , Richard Ashworth , Nirj Deva , James Elles Thérèse Coffey, Sarah Richardson, Richard Robinson, Tony Devenish, Niina Kaariniemi, Marc Brunel-Walker | 812,288 (203,072) | 34.8 | −0.4 | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage , Marta Andreasen Steve Harris, Phillip Van der Elst, Harry Aldridge, Victor Webb, Christopher Browne, Andrew Moncreiff, Mark Stroud, Rob Burberry, Mahzar Manzoor, Ray Finch | 440,002 (220,001) | 18.8 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Bowles , Catherine Bearder Ben Abbots, Jim Barnard, Antony Hook, Zoe Patrick, Gary Lawson, David Grace, John Vincent, James Walsh | 330,340 (165,170) | 14.1 | −1.2 | |
Green | Caroline Lucas Keith Taylor, Derek Wall, Miriam Kennet, Jason Kitcat, Hazel Dawe, Jonathan Essex, Matthew Ledbury, Steve Dawe, Beverley Golden | 271,506 | 11.6 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Peter Skinner Janet Sully, Bob Fromont, Lisa Homan, Stephen Alambritis, Janet Keene, Munir Malik, Silke Thomson-Pottebohm, Rajinder Sandhu, Sukhi Dhaliwal | 192,592 | 8.2 | −5.5 | |
BNP | Tim Rait, Donna Bailey, Mark Burke, Andrew Emerson, Lynne Mozar, David Little, Peter Lane, Brian Horne, Adam Champneys, Andy McBride | 101,769 | 4.4 | +1.5 | |
English Democrat | Steve Uncles, David Knight, Mike Tibby, Sean Varnham, Cllr Clive Maltby, Laurence Williams, Elizabeth Painter, Gerald Lambourne, John Griffiths, George Herbert | 52,526 | 2.2 | +0.9 | |
Christian | Anthony May, Peter Joyce, Christabel McLean-Bacchus, William Thompson, David Ashton, Alexander Wilson, David Hews, Debra Smith-Gorick, Je'ran Cherub, Kenneth Scrimshaw | 35,712 | 1.5 | New | |
NO2EU | Dave Hill, Garry Hassell, Kevin Hayes, Owen Morris, Gawain Little, Robert Wilkinson, Jacqui Berry, Nick Wright, Nick Chaffey, Sarah Wrack | 21,455 | 0.9 | New | |
Libertas | Kevin O'Connell, Daniel Hill, Neil Glass, Chloe Woodhead, Guy Lambert, Graheme Leon-Smith, Peter Grace, Nicholas Heather, David Peace | 16,767 | 0.7 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Derek Isaacs, Paramjit Singh Bahia, John McLeod, Ian Fyvie, Patricia Ruiz, Richard Mooney, Maureen Stubbings, Derek Stubbings, Mary Byrne, Eleanor Little | 15,484 | 0.7 | New | |
UK First | Petrina Holdsworth, John Petley, Martin Haslam, Jennifer Parsons | 15,261 | 0.7 | New | |
Jury Team (UK) | Nick Trew, Nonie Bouverat, Lyn Tofari, Geoff Howard, Gerry Brierley, Anant Vyas, Michael Guest, Tony Sansum, John Lenton | 14,172 | 0.6 | New | |
Peace | John Morris, Geoffery Pay, Jim Duggan, Julie Roxburgh, Keith Scott, Shafaq Iqbal, Jenny Watson, Marcus Trower, Jeff Bolam, David Brown | 9,534 | 0.4 | −0.2 | |
Roman Party | Jean-Louis Pascal | 5,450 | 0.2 | New | |
Turnout | 2,334,858 | 37.5 | +1.0 |
2004: South East England [16] [17] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
Conservative | Daniel Hannan , Nirj Deva , James Elles , Richard Ashworth Roy Perry, Thérèse Coffey, David Logan, Ferris Cowper, Richard Robinson | 776,370 (194,092.5) | 35.2 | −9.2 | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage , Ashley Mote David Lott, Craig Mackinlay, Timothy Cross, Petrina Holdsworth, David Abbott, Stephen Harris, Michael Wigley, Lisa Hawkins | 431,111 (215,555.5) | 19.5 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Huhne , Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Sharon Bowles, Catherine Bearder, James Walsh, Ann Lee, John Vincent, John Ford, Charles Fraser-Fleming, James Barnard | 338,342 (169,171) | 15.3 | 0.0 | |
Labour | Peter Skinner Mark Watts, Ann Davison, Simon Burgess, Janet Sully, Mark Muller, Josephine Wood, Raj Chandarana, Gillian Roles, David Menon | 301,398 | 13.7 | −5.9 | |
Green | Caroline Lucas Mike Woodin, Miriam Kennet, Keith Taylor, Alan Francis, Xanthe Bevis, Hazel Dawe, Derek Wall, Anthony Cooper, Michael Stimson | 173,351 | 7.9 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Brian Galloway, Julie Russell, Timothy Rait, Peter Lane, Roger Robertson, Julian Crewe, Adam Champneys, Ian Johnson, Dennis Whiting, Vernon Atkinson [18] | 64,877 | 2.9 | +2.1 | |
Senior Citizens | Grahame Leon-Smith, David Gray, Patrick Eston, Rona Brown, Paresh Kotecha, Larry Kreeger, Michael Devine, Terry Patinson, Ian Murdoch, Alfred Egleton | 42,861 | 1.9 | New | |
English Democrat | Steven Uncles, Robert Sulley, Courtney Williams, Richard Sutton, Jacqueline Brookman, David Uncles, Louise Uncles | 29,126 | 1.3 | New | |
Respect | Ingrid Dodd, Patrick O'Keeffe, Muriel Hirsch, Ajaz Khan, Sally Watkins, Jonathan Molyneux, Norman Thomas, Ella Noyes, Bunny La Roche, Angelina Rai | 13,426 | 0.9 | New | |
Peace | John Morris, Caroline O'Reilly, Geoffrey Pay, Rachel Hancock, James Duggan, Kate Hebden, Cyril Bolam, Carol Morris, Anne Brewer | 12,572 | 0.6 | New | |
CPA | David John Bamber, David Campanale, Gladstone Macaulay | 11,733 | 0.5 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Dominica Roberts, Gillian Duval, Josephine Quintavalle, Penelope Orford, Mark Carroll, Rebecca Ng, John Dixon, Francis O'Brien, Yvonne Windsor, Carl St John | 6,579 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Philip Rhodes | 5,671 | 0.3 | New | |
Turnout | 2,207,417 | 36.5 | +11.8 |
1999: South East England [19] | |||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. | |
Conservative | James Provan , Roy Perry , Daniel Hannan , James Elles , Nirj Deva Bryony, Baroness Bethell, Edward Kellett-Bowman, Alison Parry, Jeremy Mayhew, Barry Tanswell, Richard Ashworth | 661,932 (132,386.4) | 44.4 | ||
Labour | Peter Skinner , Mark Watts Anita Pollack, Anne Snelgrove, Parmjit Dhanda, Ann Davison, Tamara Flanagan, John Howarth, Liz Clements, Alison Chapman, Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 292,146 (146,073) | 19.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne , Chris Huhne Sharon Bowles, David Bellotti, Jo Hawkins, James Walsh, Barbara Hewett-Silk, Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Catherine Bearder, Christopher Berry, Dorothy Webb | 228,136 (114,068) | 15.3 | ||
UKIP | Nigel Farage Christopher Skeate, Tony Stone, Michael Phillips, Bernard Collignon, Ron Walters, Lynda Ross, Harold Green, Kim Rose, Michael Knight, Rob McWhirter | 144,514 | 9.7 | ||
Green | Caroline Lucas Mike Woodin, Alan Francis, Pete West, Hazel Dawe, Steve Dawe, Alastair Stark, Johnny Denis, Lorraine E. Serrecchia, Laurence Littman, Julian Salmon | 110,571 | 7.4 | ||
Pro-Euro Conservative | John Stevens, Richard Basset, Anthony Frost, Anahita Gonzalez-Moreno, Mark Littlewood, Rebecca Pickering, Peter Sutters, Alan Armitage, Jonathan Swift, David Hurford-Jones, Richard Carswell | 27,305 | 1.8 | ||
BNP | Michael Easter, Dennis Whiting, Robert Andrews, Gordon Callow, Mark Cray, Ian Dell, Matthew Gould, Richard Molesworth, Margaret Stones, Christopher Telford, Kevin Yates | 12,161 | 0.8 | ||
Socialist Labour | Katrina Howse, Ian Fyvie, Nathan Parkin, Hannah Williams, Ken King, Sarah Hipperson, Monica Anne Parkin, John McCleod, Kenneth Ray, John Hayward, Michael Allen | 7,281 | 0.5 | ||
Natural Law | Peter Warburton, Nigel Kahn, John Oldbury, Jeremy Bowler, John Douglas-Small, Paul Cragg, Paul Levy, Bernard Bence, William Treend, Robert Stephens, John Hunter Thompson | 2,767 | 0.2 | ||
Open Democracy for Stability | Brian Bundy | 1,857 | 0.1 | ||
Making a Profit in Europe | John Goss | 1,400 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,490,069 | 24.7 |
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