London (European Parliament constituency)
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| London European Parliament constituency |
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| Location amongst the 2007 constituencies | |
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| Shown in the United Kingdom | |
| Created | 1999 |
| MEP(s) | 9 (2004) |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
London is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency corresponds to Greater London, in the south east of the United Kingdom.
[edit] Candidates
| European Parliament election 2009 — London lists | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | |||||||
| Conservative Party | Dr Charles Tannock MEP, Syed Kamall MEP, Marina Yannakoudakis, JP Floru, Warwick Lightfoot, Bob Seeley, Graham Postles, Alison Sproule | |||||||
| Labour Party | Claude Moraes MEP, Mary Honeyball MEP, Robert Evans MEP, Anne Fairweather, Kevin McGrath, Emma Jones, Raj Jethwa, Nilgun Canver | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Ludford MEP, Jonathan Fryer, Dinti Batstone, Christopher Le Breton, John Pindar, Simon James, Caroline Persson, Ben Jones | |||||||
[edit] Sources
Liberal Democrats Conservative Party Labour Party
[edit] Members of the European Parliament
[edit] 2004 - present (6th term)
- Gerard Batten, United Kingdom Independence Party
- John Bowis, Conservative Party
- Robert Evans, Labour Party
- Syed Kamall, Conservative Party
- Mary Honeyball, Labour Party
- Jean Lambert, Green Party
- Sarah Ludford, Liberal Democrat Party
- Claude Moraes, Labour Party
- Charles Tannock, Conservative Party
[edit] Changes
- From May 2005 Syed Kamall Conservative Party replaced Theresa Villiers when she was elected to the Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency) in the 2005 general election.
[edit] 1999 - 2004 (5th term)
- Richard Balfe, Labour (1999 - 2002), Conservative Party (2002 - 2004)
- John Bowis, Conservative Party
[edit] Election results
| European Election 2004: London | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Theresa Villiers John Bowis Charles Tannock |
504,941 (168,313.67) | 26.8 | −5.9 | |
| Labour | Claude Moraes Mary Honeyball Robert Evans |
466,584 (155,528) | 24.8 | −10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sarah Ludford | 288,790 | 15.3 | +3.7 | |
| UK Independence | Gerard Batten | 232,633 | 12.3 | +6.9 | |
| Green | Jean Lambert | 158,986 | 8.4 | +0.8 | |
| Respect | None | 91,175 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| British National Party | None | 76,152 | 4.0 | +2.5 | |
| Christian Peoples | None | 45,038 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| English Democrats | None | 15,945 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| People's Party for Better Government Christopher Prior |
None | 5,205 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,903,354 | 37.7 | +14.6 | ||
| European Election 1999: London | |||||
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| List | Elected | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Pauline Green Claude Moraes Robert Evans Richard Balfe |
399,466 (99,866.5) | 35.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Theresa Villiers Charles Tannock Nicholas Bethell John Bowis |
372,989 (93,247.25) | 32.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sarah Ludford | 133,058 | 11.7 | N/A | |
| Green | Jean Lambert | 87,545 | 7.7 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | None | 61,741 | 5.4 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | None | 19,632 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| British National Party | None | 17,960 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | None | 16,951 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Pro-Euro Conservative | None | 16,383 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Architect, Human Rights Peace in Europe George Hajifanis |
None | 4,851 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Anti-Value Added Tax Erol Basarik |
None | 2,596 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Humanist Party | None | 2,586 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| The Hemp Coalition Gordon Webster |
None | 2,358 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | None | 2,263 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Weekly Worker | None | 846 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,141,225 | 23.1 | N/A | ||
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