East of England (European Parliament constituency)

East of England was a constituency of the European Parliament that was coterminous with the East of England region. It returned 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

East of England
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown within England
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1999
Dissolved	31 January 2020
MEPs	8 (1999–2004) 7 (2004–2020)
Sources
[1][2]

Boundaries

The constituency corresponded to the East of England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. At the time of their abolition in 1999, these were Cambridgeshire, Essex North and Suffolk South, Essex South, Essex West and Hertfordshire East, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and South West Norfolk, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.

MEPs for former East of England constituencies, 1979–1999
Election		1979–1984		1984–1989		1989–1994		1994–1999
Cambridgeshire (1979–1984) Cambridge and Bedfordshire North (1984–1994) Cambridgeshire (1994–1999)		Fred Catherwood Conservative						Robert Sturdy Conservative
Essex North East (1979–1994) Essex North and Suffolk South (1994–1999)		David Curry Conservative				Anne McIntosh Conservative
Bedfordshire (1979–1984) Bedfordshire South (1984–1994) Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes (1994–1999)		Peter Beazley Conservative						Eryl McNally Labour
Essex South West (1979–1994) Essex West and Hertfordshire East (1994–1999)		Dr. Alexander Sherlock Conservative				Patricia Rawlings Conservative		Hugh Kerr Labour (1994–1997)[3] Scottish Socialist Party (1997–1999)
Hertfordshire (1979–1999)		Derek Prag Conservative						Peter Truscott Labour
Norfolk (1979–1999)		Paul Howell Conservative						Clive Needle Labour
Suffolk (1979–1994) Suffolk and South West Norfolk (1994–1999)		Amédée Turner Conservative						David Thomas Labour
Essex South (1994–1999)	Seat not established							Richard Howitt Labour

Returned members

MEPs for the East of England, 1999 onwards
Election		1999 (5th parliament)		2004 (6th parliament)		2009 (7th parliament)		2014 (8th parliament)					2019 (9th parliament)
MEP Party		Geoffrey Van Orden Conservative
MEP Party		Christopher Beazley Conservative				Vicky Ford Conservative (2009–2017)					John Flack[4] Conservative (2017–2019)		Barbara Gibson Liberal Democrat
MEP Party		Bashir Khanbhai Conservative		Tom Wise UKIP (2004–2009) Independent (2009)		David Campbell Bannerman UKIP (2009–2011) Conservative (2011–2019)							Lucy Nethsingha Liberal Democrat
MEP Party		Robert Sturdy Conservative						Patrick O'Flynn UKIP (2014–2018) SDP (2018–2019)					Richard Tice Brexit Party
MEP Party		Jeffrey Titford UKIP				Stuart Agnew UKIP							Michael Heaver Brexit Party
MEP Party		Andrew Duff Liberal Democrat						Tim Aker UKIP (2014–2018) Thurrock Independents (2018–2019) Brexit Party (2019)					June Mummery Brexit Party
MEP Party		Richard Howitt Labour (1999–16)									Alex Mayer[5] Labour (2016–2019)		Catherine Rowett Green Party
MEP Party		Eryl McNally Labour	Seat abolished

Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)[6] v t e
Party				Faction in European Parliament
	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 Group	62
	Sinn Féin	1			European United Left–Nordic Green Left	41
Total		73		Total		750

Election results

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

2019

Popular vote winners by district, 2019

European election 2019: East of England[7] (results)
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Brexit Party	Richard Tice (1) Michael Heaver (3) June Mummery (5) Paul Hearn, Priscilla Huby, Sean Lever, Edmund Fordham	604,715 (201,391.67)	37.83	New
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Gibson (2) Lucy Nethsingha (6) Fionna Tod, Stephen Robinson, Sandy Walkington, Marie Goldman, Jules Ewart	361,563 (180,751.5)	22.62	+15.72
	Green	Catherine Rowett (4) Rupert Read, Martin Schmierer, Fiona Radic, Paul Jeater, Pallavi Devulapalli, Jeremy Caddick	202,460	12.67	+4.17
	Conservative	Geoffrey Van Orden (7) John Flack, Joe Rich, Thomas McLaren, Joel Charles, Wazz Mughal, Thomas Smith	163,830	10.25	−18.15
	Labour	Alex Mayer, Chris Vince, Sharon Taylor, Alvin Shum, Anna Smith, Adam Scott, Javeria Hussain	139,490	8.73	−8.57
	Change UK	Emma Taylor, Neil Carmichael, Bhavna Joshi, Michelle de Vries, Amanda Gummer, Thomas Graham, Roger Casale	58,274	3.65	New
	UKIP	Stuart Agnew, Paul Oakley, Elizabeth Jones, William Ashpole, Alan Graves, John Wallace, John Whitby	54,676	3.42	−31.08
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, Bridget Vickers, Paul Wiffen	10,217	0.64	−1.09
	Independent	Attila Csordas	3,230	0.20	New
Rejected ballots			9,589
Turnout			1,603,017	36.37	+0.5

2014

Popular vote winners by district, 2014

European election 2014: East of England (results)
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	UKIP	Patrick O'Flynn, Stuart Agnew, Tim Aker Michael Heaver, Mick McGough, Andy Monk, Mark Hughes[8][9]	542,812 (180,937)	34.5	+14.9
	Conservative	Vicky Ford, Geoffrey van Orden, David Campbell Bannerman John Flack, Tom Hunt, Margaret Simons, Jonathan Collett[9][10]	446,569 (148,856)	28.4	−2.8
	Labour	Richard Howitt Alex Mayer, Sandy Martin, Bhavna Joshi, Paul Bishop, Jane Basham, Chris Ostrowski[11][9]	271,601	17.3	+6.8
	Green	Rupert Read, Mark Ereira-Guyer, Jill Mills, Ash Haynes, Marc Scheimann, Robert Lindsay, Fiona Radic [12][9]	133,331	8.5	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff, Josephine Hayes, Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Stephen Robinson, Michael Green, Linda Jack, Hugh Annand [13][9]	108,010	6.9	−6.9
	An Independence from Europe	Paul Kevin Wiffen, Karl Berresford Davies, Raymond Charles Mitchell Spalding, Edmond Max Rosenthal, Rupert Smith, Dennis James Wiffen, Betty Patricia Wiffen[9]	26,564	1.7	New
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, Stephen Goldspink, Maria Situmbeko, Bridget Cowan, Don Whitbread, Jeremy Moreton-Moss[14][10][9]	16,497	1.1	−1.0
	BNP	Richard Andrew Perry, Christopher Eric Livingstone, Mark James Burmby, Paul Stephen Hooks, Stephen Leonard Smith, Philip David Howell, Michael Edward Braun[9][10]	12,465	0.8	−5.3
	CPA	Carl Shaun Clark, Mark Anthony Clamp, Chris Olley, Stephen John Todd, Jane Elizabeth Clamp, Kirsty Evans, Kevin John Austin[9]	11,627	0.7	New
	NO2EU	Brian Denny, Frank Jepson, Steve Glennon, Phil Katz, Eleanor Donne, Pete Relph, Ron Rodwell[15]	4,870	0.3	−0.6
Turnout			1,574,346	35.9	−1.8

2009

Popular vote winners by district, 2009

European election 2009: East of England[16]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Conservative	Geoffrey van Orden, Robert Sturdy, Vicky Ford John Flack, Jonathan Morgan, Claire Strong, Clare Wheelan[17]	500,331 (166,777)	31.2	+0.4
	UKIP	David Campbell Bannerman, Stuart Agnew Andrew Smith, Stuart Gulleford, Amy O'Boyle, Mick McGough, Michael Baker, Marion Mason[18]	313,921 (156,960)	19.6	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff Linda Jack, Ian Mack, Peter Welch, Earnshaw Palmer, Andrew Houseley, Qurban Hussain[19]	221,235	13.8	−0.2
	Labour	Richard Howitt Beth Kelly, Nigel Gardner, Sherma Batson, James Valentine, Kate Curtis, Chris Ostrowski[20]	167,833	10.5	−5.7
	Green	Rupert Read, Peter Lynn, James Abbott, Marc Scheimann, Angela Thomson, Andrew Stringer, Amy Drayson[21]	141,016	8.8	+3.2
	BNP	Eddy Butler, Emma Colgate, Stephen McCole, David Fleming, David Lucas, Mark Fuller, Seamus Dunne[22]	97,013	6.1	+1.8
	UK First	Robin Page, Peter Cole, Charles Lawson, John West, Arthur Baynes[23]	38,185	2.4	New
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook, Charles Vickers, John Cooper, Raymond Brown, Adrian Key, Nicholas Capp, Patrick Harris[24]	32,211	2.0	+0.2
	Christian	Jeremy Tyrrell, Kim Christofi, John Jackson, Grace Oghenegare, Rev Dr Albert Usikaro, Douglas Suckling, Sally Craig[25]	24,646	1.5	New
	NO2EU	Brian Denny, Frank Jepson, Steve Glennon, Phil Katz, Eleanor Donne, Pete Relph, Ron Rodwell[15]	13,939	0.9	New
	Socialist Labour	James Dry, Patricia Bowen, Paul Hardman, Martha Page-Harries, Jacob Bowen, Miriam Scale, Andrew Jordan	13,599	0.8	New
	Animal Welfare	Jasmijn de Boo, Alexander Bourke, Richard Deboo	13,201	0.8	New
	Libertas	Andrew Jamieson, Peter Mason, John Dowdale, Carlo de Chair, Henry Burton, John Harmer, Peter Robbins	9,940	0.6	New
	Independent	Peter Rigby	9,916	0.6	New
	Jury Team (UK)	Andrew Armes, Ian Tyes, Stephen Garton, Jules Sherrington, Andrew Parker, Michael Yates[26]	6,354	0.4	New
Turnout			1,603,340	37.7	+1.2

2004

Popular vote winners by district, 2004

European election 2004: East of England[27]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Conservative	Geoffrey van Orden, Robert Sturdy, Christopher Beazley Jonathan Morgan, Claire Strong, Richard Normington	465,526 (155,175.33)	30.8	−11.9
	UKIP	Jeffrey Titford, Tom Wise Robin Page, Stuart Agnew, Bryan Smalley, Brian Aylett, Roger Lord	296,160 (148,080)	19.6	+10.7
	Labour	Richard Howitt Elizabeth Kelly, Clive Needle, Sandra Griffiths, Nigel Gardner, Valerie Liddiard, Mark Wells	244,929	16.2	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff Christopher White, Anne Pollard, Rosalind Gill, Guillaume McLaughlin, Earnshaw Palmer, Nahid Boethe	211,378	14.0	+2.1
	Independent	Martin Bell	93,028	6.2	New
	Green	Margaret Wright, Adrian Ramsay, James Abbott, Marc Scheimann, Ingo Wagenknecht, Stephen Rackett, Stephen Lawrence	84,068	5.6	−0.6
	BNP	Matthew Single, Paul Goodchild, Ramon Johns, Bernard Corby, Sidney Chaney, Peter Turpin[28]	65,557	4.3	+3.4
	English Democrat	Robert Kay, James Samuels, Adrian Key, Gloria Meredew, Michael Blundell	26,807	1.8	New
	Respect	Jim Rogers, Maz Cook, Adrian Clarke, Hasna Matin, Paul Turnbull, Marie Bunting, Timothy Sneller	13,904	0.9	New
	Independent	Jim Naisbitt	5,137	0.3	New
	ProLife Alliance	Sarah Bell, Thomas Hoey, Beata Klepacka, John Matthews, Michael McBrien, Gregory Tagney, Clare Underwood	3,730	0.3	New
Turnout			1,510,224	36.5	+11.8

1999

Popular vote winners by district, 1999

European election 1999: East of England[29]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	± from prev.
	Conservative	Robert Sturdy, Christopher Beazley, Bashir Khanbhai, Geoffrey van Orden Robert Gordon, Kay Twitchen, Graham Bright, Charles Rose	425,091 (106,272.75)	42.7
	Labour	Eryl McNally, Richard Howitt Clive Needle, Peter Truscott, David Thomas, Virginia Bucknor, Beth Kelly, Ruth Bagnall	250,132 (125,066)	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff Rosalind Scott, Robert Browne, Lorna Spenceley, Chris White, Charlotte Cane, Paul Burall, Rosalind Gill	118,822	11.9
	UKIP	Jeffrey Titford Bryan Smalley, Brian Lee, Tom Wise, Roger Lord, Charles Lawman, Ashley Banks, William Vinyard	88,452	8.9
	Green	Margaret Wright, Marc Scheimann, Eleanor Burgess, Malcolm Powell, James Abbott, Jennifer Berry, Angela Thomson, Adrian Holmes	61,334	6.2
	Liberal	Brian Lynch, Michael Wheeler, Raymond Pobgee, Vernon Wilkinson, Adrian Miners, John Tyler, Edgar Davis, Christopher Ash	16,861	1.7
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Paul Howell, Brian Hughes, Jackie Sheppard, Chris Cooke, Marilyn Munn, Mark McCartney, Tim Chisnall, Tim Price	16,340	1.6
	BNP	David King, Paul Ferguson, John Morse, Ramon Johns, Paul Henderson, Matthew Palmer, John Cope, Thomas Stone	9,356	0.9
	Socialist Labour	Charles De Carteret, Nicola Harau, Paul Lockwood, Stephanie Gardner, Michael Benwell, Mick Rose, Jean Fawcett, Andrew Yates	6,143	0.6
	Natural Law	Patrice Gladwyn, Bryan Parsons, Angela Holland, Peter While, Stephanie Bennell, Alistair Shearer, Ann Keenan, Christopher Edwards	1,907	0.2
Turnout			994,438	24.7