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.

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 CatherwoodConservative Robert SturdyConservative Essex North East (1979–1994)Essex North and Suffolk South (1994–1999) David CurryConservative Anne McIntoshConservative Bedfordshire (1979–1984)Bedfordshire South (1984–1994)Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes (1994–1999) Peter BeazleyConservative Eryl McNallyLabour Essex South West (1979–1994)Essex West and Hertfordshire East (1994–1999) Dr. Alexander SherlockConservative Patricia RawlingsConservative Hugh KerrLabour (1994–1997)Kerr was expelled from the Labour Party in December 1997Scottish Socialist Party (1997–1999) Hertfordshire (1979–1999) Derek PragConservative Peter TruscottLabour Norfolk (1979–1999) Paul HowellConservative Clive NeedleLabour Suffolk (1979–1994)Suffolk and South West Norfolk (1994–1999) Amédée TurnerConservative David ThomasLabour Essex South (1994–1999) Seat not established Richard HowittLabour

Returned members MEPs for the East of England, 1999 onwards Election MEPParty Geoffrey Van OrdenConservative MEPParty Christopher BeazleyConservative Vicky FordConservative (2009–2017) John FlackReplaced Vicky Ford in 2017 when she was elected in the UK general election that year.Conservative (2017–2019) Barbara GibsonLiberal Democrat MEPParty Bashir KhanbhaiConservative Tom Wise UKIP (2004–2009) Independent (2009) David Campbell BannermanUKIP (2009–2011) Conservative (2011–2019) Lucy NethsinghaLiberal Democrat MEPParty Robert SturdyConservativePatrick O'FlynnUKIP (2014–2018) SDP (2018–2019) Richard TiceBrexit Party MEPParty Jeffrey TitfordUKIP Stuart AgnewUKIP Michael HeaverBrexit Party MEPParty Andrew DuffLiberal Democrat Tim Aker UKIP (2014–2018) Thurrock Independents (2018–2019)Brexit Party (2019) June MummeryBrexit Party MEPParty Richard HowittLabour (1999–16) Alex MayerReplaced Richard Howitt in 2016 when he resigned.Labour (2016–2019) Catherine RowettGreen Party MEPParty Eryl McNallyLabour Seat abolished

Election results

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

2019

2014

2009

2004

1999

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