European Parliament Elections 2014

Updated 12 March 2014

Overview of Candidates in the United Kingdom

Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION ...... 2 2.0 CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS ...... 2 3.0 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: VOTING METHOD IN THE UK ...... 3 4.0 PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW OF CANDIDATES BY UK CONSTITUENCY ...... 3 5.0 ANNEX: LIST OF SITTING UK MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ...... 16 6.0 ABOUT US ...... 17

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1.0 Introduction

This briefing is part of DeHavilland EU’s Foresight Report series on the 2014 European elections and provides a preliminary overview of the candidates standing in the UK for election to the European Parliament in 2014. In the United Kingdom, the election for the country’s 73 Members of the European Parliament will be held on Thursday 22 May 2014.

The elections come at a crucial junction for UK-EU relations, and are likely to have far-reaching consequences for the UK’s relationship with the rest of Europe: a surge in support for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) could lead to a Britain that is increasingly dis-engaged from the EU policy-making process. In parallel, the current UK Government is also conducting a review of the EU’s powers and Prime Minister David Cameron has repeatedly pushed for a ‘repatriation’ of powers from the European to the national level.

These long-term political developments aside, the elections will also have more direct and tangible consequences. All three of Britain’s current Parliamentary Committee chairs – Sharon Bowles, Brian Simpson and Malcolm Harbour – are standing down, potentially leaving a void that a new intake of British MEPs may struggle to fill.

2.0 Candidate Selection Process

All major UK political parties (the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrat, and UKIP) have concluded their candidate selection processes for all British regions where they are standing and determined the ranking of individual candidates on the ballot. Candidates for other parties such as the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru have also been included in this briefing where relevant.

For the purposes of the European elections, the UK has been divided into twelve constituencies. To find out more about the candidates in each of these constituencies, please use the overview on page 3. The annex to this briefing also provides an overview of all current British MEPs to indicate who is running for re-election and those who are standing down in 2014.

All information in this document is of a provisional nature only.

More information on the candidate selection process in all 28 EU Member States will be published by DeHavilland EU on an on-going basis on our website. For further questions, please email [email protected].

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3.0 European Elections: Voting Method in the UK

For the European elections, the United Kingdom is divided into twelve constituencies which each elect between 3 and 10 Members of the European Parliament. These constituencies correspond to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, while England is divided into 9 regional constituencies. The UK employs two voting methods for elections to the European Parliament: Closed Party Lists under Proportional Representation in England, Wales and Scotland, and the Single Transferable Vote (STV) in Northern Ireland.

3.1 Closed Party Lists under Proportional Representation

Under Closed Party Lists, voters mark a cross on the ballot paper next to the party’s name they wish to support in their constituency. Once the ballot papers have been counted, each party gets the number of seats proportionate to the number of votes it has received in each constituency. As voters choose parties rather than candidates, it is for the parties to determine the order in which candidates appear on the list and are then elected. As such, the voters cannot influence or alter the order in which candidates appear as there is no possibility of voting for an individual candidate.

3.2 Single Transferable Vote (STV)

Under STV, voters rank candidates in order of preference by marking 1, 2 and 3 next to the names of candidates on a ballot paper. A voter can rank as many or as few candidates as they like or just vote for one candidate. Each candidate needs a minimum number of votes to be elected. This number is calculated according to the number of seats (3 in the case of Northern Ireland’s elections for the European Parliament) and votes cast, and is called a quota. The first preference votes for each candidate are added up and any candidate who has achieved this quota is elected.

If a candidate has more votes than are needed to fill the quota, that candidate’s surplus votes are transferred to the remaining candidates. Votes that would have gone to the winner instead go to the second preference listed on those ballot papers. If candidates do not meet the quota, the candidate with the fewest first preference votes is eliminated and the second preference votes are transferred to other candidates. These processes are repeated until all the seats are filled.

4.0 Preliminary Overview of Candidates by UK Constituency

The pages below provide an overview of the basic details about each of the 12 constituencies into which the UK is divided for the purposes of the European Parliament elections. For each constituency, the names of known candidates are given, as well as the names of current Members of the European Parliament who have indicated they will not stand for re-election in 2014.

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England

Constituency profile: East Midlands Population 4.5 million Number of MEPs: 5 Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Counties covered: Lincolnshire (partial), Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland Major settlements Nottingham, Derby Conservatives 1 Labour 1 Liberal Democrats 1 Current division of seats: UK Independence Party 2 Greens 0

Total 5

MEPs standing down: Derek Clark (UKIP)

Candidates for the East Midlands Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Emma McClarkin 1. Glennis Wilmott 1. Bill Newton-Dunn 1. Roger Helmer 1. Katharina Boettge 2. Andrew Lewer 2. Rory Palmer 2. Issan Ghazni 2. Margot Parker 2. Sue Mallender 3. Rupert Matthews 3. Linda Wooding 3. Phil Knowles 3. Jonathan Bullock 3. Peter Allan 4. Stephen Castens 4. Khalid Hadadi 4. George Smid 4. Nigel Wickens 4. Richard Mallender 5. Brendan Clarke-Smith 5. Nicki Brooks 5. Deborah Newton-Cook 5. Barry Mahoney 5. Simon Hales

Liberal Democrat MEP Bill Newton-Dunn, who is expected to head his party’s list in the East Midlands in 2014, previously served as a Conservative Member of the European Parliament from the first direct elections in 1979 until 1994. He crossed the floor to his current party in 2000 out of frustration that then-Conservative leader William Hague had “overturned 40 years of constructive engagement” by Britain in Europe.

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England

Constituency profile: East of England Population 5.8 million Number of MEPs: 7 Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Counties covered: Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk Major settlements: Norwich, Cambridge Conservatives 4 Labour 1 Current division of Liberal Democrats 1 seats: UK Independence Party 1

Greens 0

MEPs standing down: Robert Sturdy (Conservatives)

Candidates for the East of England Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Vicky Ford 1. Richard Howitt 1. Andrew Duff 1. Patrick O’Flynn 1. Rupert Read 2. Geoffrey Van Orden 2. Alex Mayer 2. Josephine Hayes 2. Stuart Agnew 2. Mark Ereira-Guyer 3. David Campbell 3. Sandy Martin 3. Belinda Brooks-Gordon 3. Tim Aker 3. Jill Mills Bannerman 4. Bhavna Joshi 4. Stephen Robinson 4. Michael Heaver 4. Ash Haynes 4. John Flack 5. Paul Bishop 5. Michael Green 5. Andrew Smith 5. Marc Scheimann 5. Tom Hunt 6. Naseem Ayub 6. Linda Jack 6. Mick McGough 6. Robert Lindsay 6. Margaret Simons 7. Chris Ostrowski 7. Hugh Annand 7. Andy Monk 7. Fiona Radic 7. Jonathan Collett

East of England Tory MEP David Campbell-Bannerman (“DCB”) sat for UKIP between 2009 and 2011, having previously stood as a candidate for the Westminster Parliament for the Conservatives in 1997 and 2001. In 2011 he re-joined the Conservatives in the European Parliament, and he is third on the ballot for the 2014 elections. UKIP candidate Patrick O’Flynn is the political editor of the British newspaper The Daily Express.

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England

Constituency profile: London Population: 8.1 million Number of MEPs: 8 Counties covered: Greater London Major settlements: London Conservatives 3 Labour 2 Current division of Liberal Democrats 1 seats: UK Independence Party 1

Greens 1

MEPs standing down: To be confirmed

Candidates for the London Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Syed Kamall 1. Claude Moraes 1. Sarah Ludford 1. Gerard Batten 1. Jean Lambert 2. Charles Tannock 2. Mary Honeyball 2. Jonathan Fryer 2. Paul Oakley 2. Caroline Allen 3. Marina Yannakoudakis 3. Lucy Anderson 3. Richard Davis 3. Elizabeth Jones 3. Haroon Saad 4. Caroline Attfield 4. Seb Dance 4. Anuja Prashar 4. Lawrence Webb 4. Shahrar Ali 5. Lynne Hack 5. Ivana Bartoletti 5. Rosina Robson 5. Alastair McFarlane 5. Danny Bates 6. Sheila Lawlor 6. Kamaljeet Jandu 6. Turhan Ozen 6. Andrew McNeilis 6. Tracey Hague 7. Glyn Chambers 7. Sanchia Alasia 7. Simon James 7. Anthony Brown 7. Violeta Vajda 8. Annesley Abercorn 8. Andrea Biondi 8. Matt McLaren 8. Peter Whittle 8. Amelia Womac

All three sitting Conservative MEPs are running for re-election; in 2009 the party was easily the biggest winner in London, taking over 27% of the vote with Labour a distant second at 21%.

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England

Constituency profile: North East England Population: 2.6 million Number of MEPs: 3 County Durham, Northumberland, Counties covered: North Yorkshire (partial), Teesside, Tyne and Wear Major settlements: Newcastle, Durham Conservatives 1 Labour 1 Current division of Liberal Democrats 1 seats: UK Independence Party 0

Greens 0 MEPs standing down: Fiona Hall (Liberal Democrats), Stephen Hughes (Labour)

Candidates for the North East England Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot. Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Martin Callanan 1. Judith Kirton-Darling 1. Angelika Schneider 1. Jonathan Arnott 1. Shirley Ford 2. Ben Houchen 2. Paul Brannen 2. Owen Temple 2. Richard Elvin 2. Alison Whalley 3. Andrew Lee 3. Jayne Shotton 3. Christian Vassie 3. John Tennant 3. Caroline Robinson

Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats are losing their sitting MEPs in this region, as neither Stephen Hughes nor Fiona Hall are standing for re-election.

The North East is the only English region that did not elect a UKIP candidate to the European Parliament in 2009. Together with Scotland and Northern Ireland, it was the only UK constituency where the party failed to win a seat.

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England

Constituency profile: North West England Population: 7 million Number of MEPs: 8 Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Counties covered: Lancashire, Merseyside Major settlements: Manchester, Liverpool Conservatives 3 Labour 2 Liberal Democrats 1 Current division of seats: UK Independence Party 1 Greens 0

British National Party 1 MEPs standing down: Robert Atkins (Conservatives), Brian Simpson (Labour), Arlene McCarthy (Labour)

Candidates for the North West England Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Jacqueline Foster 1. Theresa Griffin 1. Chris Davies 1. Paul Nuttall 1. Peter Cranie 2. Sajjad Karim 2. Afzal Khan 2. Helen Foster-Grime 2. Louise Bours 2. Gina Dowding 3. Joe Barker 3. Julie Ward 3. Jo Crotty 3. Steven Woolfe 3. Laura Bannister 4. Kevin Beatty 4. Wajid Khan 4. Qassim Afzal 4. Shneur Odze 4. Jill Perry 5. Deborah Dunleavy 5. Angeliki Stogia 5. Jane Brophy 5. Michael McManus 5. John Knight 6. Daniel Hamilton 6. Steve Carter 6. Sue McGuire 6. Lee Slaughter 6. Ulrike Zeshan 7. Gregory Morgan 7. Pascale Lamb 7. Gordon Lishman 7. Simon Noble 7. Lewis Coyne 8. James Walsh 8. Neil Christian 8. Peter Harper 8. Jake Welsh 9. Chris Whiteside

North West Labour MEP Brian Simpson has been chair of the Parliament’s Transport & Tourism Committee since 2009. He previously served as MEP from 1989 until 2004, but lost his seat that year before being re-elected five years later. He is stepping down in 2014.

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England

Constituency profile: South East England Population: 8.6 million Number of MEPs: 10 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Counties covered: Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex Major settlements: Southampton, Brighton Conservatives 5 Labour 1 Current division of Liberal Democrats 2 seats: UK Independence Party 1

Greens 1

MEPs standing down: Sharon Bowles (Liberal Democrats), James Elles (Conservatives), Peter Skinner (Labour)

Candidates for the South East England Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Daniel Hannan 1. Anneliese Dodds 1. Catherine Bearder 1. Nigel Farage 1. Keith Taylor 2. Nirj Deva 2. John Howarth 2. Antony Hook 2. Janice Atkinson 2. Alexandra Phillips 3. Richard Ashworth 3. Emily Westley 3. Dinti Batstone 3. Diane James 3. Derek Wall 4. Marta Andreasen 4. Farah Nazeer 4. Giles Goodall 4. Ray Finch 4. Jason Kitcat 5. Richard Robinson 5. James Swindlehurst 5. Ian Bearder 5. Donna Edmunds 5. Miriam Kennet 6. Graham Knight 6. Maggie Hughes 6. Allis Moss 6. Patricia Culligan 6. Beatrix Campbell 7. Julie Marson 7. James Watkins 7. Steve Sollitt 7. Nigel Jones 7. Jonathan Essex 8. George Jeffrey 8. Karen Landles 8. Bruce Tennent 8. Alan Stevens 8. Beverley Golden 9. Rory Love 9. TBC 9. John Vincent 9. Simon Strutt 9. Jonathan Kent 10. Adrian Pepper 10. Alan Bullion 10. Barry Cooper 10. Andrea Claire- Smith

Sharon Bowles, the veteran Liberal Democrat MEP and current chair of the European Parliament’s influential Economic & Monetary Affairs Committee, has announced she will not run for re-election in 2014.

The original number 4 on the Labour candidate list, Del Singh, was killed in a suicide attack by the Taliban in Afghanistan in January 2014.

Conservative MEPs Richard Ashworth and Marta Andreasen were deselected by their regional party association, but succeeded in getting a ballot place through the regional vote.

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England

Constituency profile: South West England Population: 5.3 million Number of MEPs: 6 Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gibraltar, Counties covered: Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire Major settlements: Brighton, Exeter Conservatives 3 Labour 0 Current division of Liberal Democrats 1 seats: UK Independence Party 2

Greens 0

MEPs standing down: Giles Chichester (Conservatives)

Candidates for the South West England Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot. Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens 1. Ashley Fox 1. Clare Moody 1. Graham Watson 1. William Dartmouth 1. Molly Scott Cato 2. Julie Girling 2. Glyn Ford 2. Kay Barnard 2. Julia Reid 2. Emily McIvor 3. Georgina Butler 3. Ann Reeder 3. Brian Matthew 3. Gawain Towler 3. Ricky Knight 4. Don Collier 4. Hadleigh Roberts 4. Andrew Wigley 4. Tony McIntyre 4. Audaye Elesedy 5. James Cracknell 5. Jude Robinson 5. Jay Risbridger 5. Robert Smith 5. Henry Gent 6. Melissa Maynard 6. Junab Ali 6. Lyana Armstrong- 6. Keith Crawford 6. Judy Maciejowska 7. Virginia Morris Emery 8. Sophie Swire

The South West England constituency includes Gibraltar, the UK’s only overseas territory that is part of the European Union.

Labour candidate Glyn Ford was an MEP for this region from 1999 until 2009, and previously represented Manchester in the European Parliament since 1984. He lost his seat after Labour failed to win enough votes for a single seat in the South West in the last elections.

It was rumoured in 2012 that former MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine Hamilton would be UKIP candidates for the South West, but both have since denied this.

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England

Constituency profile: West Midlands Population: 5.6 million Number of MEPs: 7 Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Counties covered: Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire Major settlements: Birmingham, Worcester Conservatives 3 Labour 1 Liberal Democrats 1 Current division of seats: UK Independence Party 1

Greens 0

Other 1 MEPs standing down: Michael Cashman (Labour), Malcolm Harbour (Conservatives), Mike Nattrass (UKIP)

Candidates for the West Midlands Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Phil Bradbourn 1. Neena Gill 1. Phil Bennion 1. Jill Seymour Will Duckworth 2. Andrea McIntyre 2. Sion Simon 2. Jon Webber 2. James Carver Aldo Mussi 3. Susan Arnold 3. Lynda Waltho 3. Christine Tinker 3. Bill Etheride 4. Sibby Buckle 4. Ansar Ali Khan 4. Ayoyub Khan 4. Phil Henrick 5. Michael Burnett 5. Olwen Hamer 5. Tim Bearder 5. Michael Wrench 6. Daniel Dalton 6. Anthony Ethapemi 6. Joanna Corbin 6. Michael Green 7. Ian Jamie 7. Claire Edwards 7. Neville Farmer 7. Lyndon Jones 8. David Price 9. Daniel Sames

Malcolm Harbour, the experienced Conservative MEP and chair of the Parliament’s Internal Market Committee, will not seek re-election next year. The Conservatives also gained an additional MEP in this constituency after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, which included an extra seat for the West Midlands. Neena Gill, a Labour candidate, was previously already an MEP representing the West Midlands between 1999 and 2009.

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England

Constituency profile: Yorkshire and the Humber Population 5.3 million Number of MEPs: 6 East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire (partial), Counties covered: North Yorkshire (partial), South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire Major settlements: York, Hull, Halifax Conservatives 1 Labour 1 Liberal Democrats 2 Current division of seats: UK Independence Party 1 Greens 0

British Democratic Party 1

MEPs standing down: Godfrey Bloom (UKIP), Rebecca Taylor (Liberal Democrats)

Candidates for the Yorkshire and the Humber Constituency Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens

1. Timothy Kirkhope 1. Linda McAvan 1. Edward McMillan- 1. Jane Collins 1. Andrew Cooper 2. Alex Story 2. Richard Corbett Scott 2. Anjad Bashir 2. Shan Oakes 3. John Procter 3. Eleanor Tunnicliffe 2. James Monaghan 3. Mike Hookem 3. Vicky Dunn 4. Carolyn Abbott 4. Asghar Khan 3. Joe Otten 4. Gary Shores 4. Martin Hemingway 5. Michael Naughton 5. Helen Mirfin -Boukouris 4. Chris Foote-Wood 5. Jason Smith 5. Denise Craghill 6. TBC 6. Daren Hughes 5. Jacquie Bell 6. Anne Murgatroyd 6. Aqila Choudhry

Labour candidate Richard Corbett previously served as MEP for Merseyside and Yorkshire between 1996 and 2009, but he lost his seat in the 2009 elections and has since worked as an adviser for European Council President Herman van Rompuy.

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Northern Ireland

Population: 1.8 million Number of MEPs: 3 Major settlements: Belfast, Derry Constituencies: Northern Ireland forms a single constituency Conservatives / UUP 1 Labour 0

Current division of Liberal Democrats 0 seats: UK Independence Party 0 Sinn Fein 1

DUP 1 MEPs standing down: None

Candidates Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives / Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Sinn Fein DUP UUP Jim Nicholson - - Henry Reilly Martina Anderson Diane Dodds

Northern Ireland is the only UK constituency to use the Single Transferable Vote system for the European elections. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) are considering joining forces to ensure their candidates reach the top two slots at the ballot.

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Scotland

Population: 5.3 million Number of MEPs: 6 Major settlements: Glasgow, Edinburgh Constituencies: Scotland forms a single constituency Conservatives 1 Labour 2 Liberal Democrats 1 Current division of seats: UK Independence Party 0 Greens 0

Scottish National Party 2

MEPs standing down: Struan Stevenson (Conservatives)

Candidates Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens SNP

1. Ian Duncan 1. David Martin 1. George Lyon 1. David Coburn Maggie Chapman 1. Ian Hudghton 2. Belinda Don 2. Catherine Stihler 2. Christine Jardine 2. Kevin Newton 2. Alyn Smith 3. Nosheena Mobarik 3. Derek Munn 3. Lisa Strachan 3. Otto Inglis 3. Tasmina Ahmed 4. Jamie Gardiner 4. Katrina Murray 4. Richard Brodie 4. Denise Baykal 4. Stephen Gethins 5. Iain McGill 5. Asim Khan 5. Jade Holden 5. Hugh Hatrick 5. Toni Giugliano 6. Stuart McIntyre 6. Kirsty O’Brien 6. Malcolm 6. Chris Stephens Mackay

Scottish Labour MEP David Martin has served in the European Parliament since 1984, making him the most senior British MEP.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage had said he expects his party to make gains in Scotland in the 2014 elections, predicting at least two UKIP candidates will represent Scotland in the European Parliament from next year. However, in November 2013 seven of the party’s nine original candidates in Scotland resign in protest at what they saw as an ‘unfair advantage’ for David Coburn, the lead candidate who is reportedly close to Farage.

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Wales

Population: 3 million Number of MEPs: 4 Major settlements: Cardiff, Swansea Constituencies: Wales forms a single constituency Conservatives 1 Labour 1 Liberal Democrats 0 Current division of seats: UK Independence Party 1 Greens 0

Plaid Cymru 1

MEPs standing down: John Bufton (UKIP)

Candidates Sitting MEPs are highlighted in bold. Numbers indicate the final ranking on the ballot.

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Greens Plaid Cymru

1. Kay Swinburne 1. Derek Vaughan 1. Alec Dauncey 1. Nathan Gill 1. Pippa Bartolotti 2. Jill Evans 2. Dan Boucher 2. Jayne Bryant 2. Rob Speht 2. James Cole 3. Marc Jones 3. Aled Davies 3. Alex Thomas 3. Anna White 3. Caroline Jones 4. Stephen 4. Richard Hopkin 4. Christina Rees 4. Bruce Roberts 4. David Rowlands Cornelius 5. Steve Haggett 5. Ioan Bellin 6. Gwynfor Owen

In 2009, the Conservatives were Wales’ most popular party in the European elections, gaining 21% of the vote against Labour’s 20%. The Liberal Democrats failed to win any seats at all, having been pushed into fifth place by UKIP candidate John Bufton.

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5.0 Annex: List of sitting UK Members of the European Parliament

The table below lists all 73 current UK Members of the European Parliament in alphabetical order and indicates whether they are running for re-election in 2014.

Last name First name Constituency Party Standing in 2014

Agnew Stuart UK - England, Eastern UKIP Yes

Anderson Martina UK - Northern Ireland Sinn Fein No

Andreasen Marta UK - England, South East Conservatives Yes

Ashworth Richard UK - England, South East Conservatives Yes

Atkins Robert UK - England, North West Conservatives No

Batten Gerard UK - England, London UKIP Yes

Bearder Catherine UK - England, South East Liberal Democrats Yes

Bennion Phillip UK - England, West Midlands Liberal Democrats Yes

Bloom Godfrey UK - England, Yorkshire and the Humber UKIP Yes

Bowles Sharon UK - England, South East Liberal Democrats No

Bradbourn Philip UK - England, West Midlands Conservatives Yes

Brons Andrew UK - England, Yorkshire and the Humber BNP TBC

Bufton John UK - Wales UKIP No

Callanan Martin UK - England, North East Conservatives Yes

Campbell Bannerman David UK - England, Eastern Conservatives Yes

Cashman Michael UK - England, West Midlands Labour No

Chichester Giles UK - England, South West Conservatives No

Clark Derek Roland UK - England, East Midlands UKIP No

Colman Trevor UK - England, South West UKIP No

Dartmouth William UK - England, South West UKIP Yes

Davies Chris UK - England, North West Liberal Democrats Yes

Deva Nirj UK - England, South East Conservatives Yes

Dodds Diane UK - Northern Ireland DUP Yes

Duff Andrew UK - England, Eastern Liberal Democrats Yes

Elles James UK - England, South East Conservatives No

Evans Jillian UK - Wales Plaid Cymru Yes

Farage Nigel UK - England, South East UKIP Yes

Ford Vicky UK - England, Eastern Conservatives Yes

Foster Jacqui UK - England, North West Conservatives Yes

Fox Ashley UK - England, South West Conservatives Yes

Girling Julie UK - England, South West Conservatives Yes

Griffin Nick UK - England, North West BNP Yes

Hall Fiona UK - England, North East Liberal Democrats No

Hannan Daniel UK - England, South East Conservatives Yes

Harbour Malcolm UK - England, West Midlands Conservatives No

Helmer Roger UK - England, East Midlands UKIP Yes

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Last name First name Constituency Party Standing in 2014

Honeyball Mary UK - England, London Labour Yes

Howitt Richard UK - England, Eastern Labour Yes

Hudghton Ian UK - Scotland SNP Yes

Hughes Stephen UK - England, North East Labour No

Kamall Syed UK - England, London Conservatives Yes

Karim Sajjad UK - England, North West Conservatives Yes

Kirkhope Timothy UK - England, Yorkshire and the Humber Conservatives Yes

Lambert Jean UK - England, London Greens Yes

Ludford Sarah UK - England, London Liberal Democrats Yes

Lyon George UK - Scotland Liberal Democrats Yes

Martin David UK - Scotland Labour Yes

McAvan Linda UK - England, Yorkshire and the Humber Labour Yes

McCarthy Arlene UK - England, North West Labour No

McClarkin Emma UK - England, East Midlands Conservatives Yes

Mcintyre Anthea UK - England, West Midlands Conservatives Yes

McMillan-Scott Edward UK - England, Yorkshire and the Humber Liberal Democrats Yes

Moraes Claude UK - England, London Labour Yes

Nattrass Mike UK - England, West Midlands UKIP No

Newton-Dunn Bill UK - England, East Midlands Liberal Democrats Yes

Nicholson James UK - Northern Ireland Conservatives Yes

Nuttall Paul UK - England, North West UKIP Yes

Simpson Brian UK - England, North West Labour No

Sinclaire Nikki UK - England, West Midlands None Yes

Skinner Peter UK - England, South East Labour No

Smith Alyn UK - Scotland SNP Yes

Stevenson Struan UK - Scotland Conservatives No

Stihler Catherine UK - Scotland Labour Yes

Sturdy Robert UK - England, Eastern Conservatives No

Swinburne Kay UK - Wales Conservatives Yes

Tannock Charles UK - England, London Conservatives Yes

Taylor Keith UK - England, South East Greens Yes

Taylor Rebecca UK - England, Yorkshire and the Humber Liberal Democrats No

Van Orden Geoffrey UK - England, Eastern Conservatives Yes

Vaughan Derek UK - Wales Labour Yes

Watson Graham UK - England, South West Liberal Democrats Yes

Willmott Glenis UK - England, East Midlands Labour Yes

Yannakoudakis Marina UK - England, London Conservatives Yes

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