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1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 1 of 7 1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 1 of 7 UK Office of the European Parliament Home > 1999 > 1999 Election Results Eastern East Midlands London North East North West South East South West West Midlands Yorkshire and Humber Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Eastern Christopher Beazley (Conservative) Andrew Duff (Liberal Democrat) Richard Howitt (Labour) Bashir Khanbhai (Conservative) Eryl McNally (Labour) Robert Sturdy (Conservative) Jeffrey Titford (UK Independence) Geoffrey Van Orden (Conservative) Results in this region Party Number of votes Percentage of votes Conservative 425,091 42.75 Labour 250,132 25.15 Liberal Democrat 118,822 11.95 UK Independence 88,452 8.89 Green 61,334 6.17 Liberal 16,861 1.70 Pro Euro Conservative 16,340 1.64 British National 9,353 0.94 Socialist Labour 6,143 0.62 Natural Law 1,907 0.19 Total of votes: 994,435 Turnout: 24.45% Electorate: 4,067,524 East Midlands Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) Christopher Heaton-Harris (Conservative) Roger Helmer (Conservative) Bill Newton-Dunn (Conservative) Mel Read (Labour) Philip Whitehead (Labour) http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999 -election -results 24/08/2011 1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 2 of 7 Results in this region Number of Percentage of Party votes votes Conservative 285,662 39.47 Labour 206,756 28.57 Liberal Democrat 92,398 12.77 UK Independence 54,800 7.57 Green 38,954 5.38 Alternative Labour List Supporting Left 17,409 2.41 Alliance Pro Euro Conservative 11,359 1.57 British National 9,342 1.29 Natural Law 1,525 0.21 Socialist Labour 5,528 0.76 Total of votes: 723,733 Turnout: 22.61% Electorate: 3,199,711 London Richard Balfe (Labour) Lord Bethell (Conservative) John Bowis (Conservative) Robert Evans (Labour) Pauline Green (Labour) Jean Lambert (Green) Baroness Sarah Ludford (Liberal Democrat) Claude Moraes (Labour) Dr Charles Tannock (Conservative) Theresa Villiers (Conservative) Results in this region Number of Percentage of Party votes votes Labour 399,466 35 Conservative 372,989 32.68 Liberal Democrat 133,058 11.66 Green 87,545 7.67 UK Independence 61,741 5.41 Socialist Labour 19,632 1.72 British National 17,960 1.57 Liberal 16,951 1.49 Pro Euro Conservative 16,383 1.44 Architect, Human Rights Peace in Europe, 4,851 0.43 George Hajifanis Anti Value Added Tax, Erol Basarik 2,596 0.23 The Humanist 2,586 0.23 The Hemp Coalition, Gordon Webster 2,358 0.21 Natural Law 2,263 0.2 Weekly Worker 846 0.07 Total of votes: 1,141,225 Turnout: 22.95% Electorate: 4,972,495 http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999 -election -results 24/08/2011 1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 3 of 7 North East Martin Callanan (Conservative) Alan Donnelly (Labour) Stephen Hughes (Labour) Mo O'Toole (Labour) Results in this region Party Number of votes Percentage of votes Labour 162,573 42.15 Conservative 105,573 27.37 Liberal Democrat 52,070 13.50 UK Independence 34,063 8.83 Green 18,184 4.71 Socialist Labour 4,511 1.17 British National 3,505 0.91 Pro Euro Conservative 2,926 0.76 The Socialist Party (GB) 1,510 0.39 Natural Law 826 0.21 Total of votes: 385,741 Turnout: 19.58% Electorate: 1,969,966 North West Rt Hon Sir Robert Atkins (Conservative) Chris Davies (Liberal Democrat) Densmore Dover (Conservative) Jacqueline Foster (Conservative) Lord Inglewood (Conservative) Arlene McCarthy (Labour) Brian Simpson (Labour) David Sumberg (Conservative) Gary Titley (Labour) Terry Wynn (Labour) Results in this region Number of Percentage of Party votes votes Conservative 360,027 35.39 Labour 350,511 34.46 Liberal Democrat 119,376 11.74 UK Independence 66,779 6.57 Green 56,828 5.59 Liberal 22,640 2.23 British National 13,587 1.34 Socialist Labour 11,338 1.11 Pro Euro Conservative 9,816 0.97 Anti-Corruption Pro-Family Christian Alliance 2,251 0.22 David Braid Natural Law 2,114 0.21 English Independent Humanist Party Douglas 1,049 0.10 Firkin-Flood Weekly Worker 878 0.09 Total of votes: 1,017,194 Turnout: 19.4% Electorate: 5,240,321 http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999 -election -results 24/08/2011 1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 4 of 7 South East Nirj Deva, DL, FRSA (Conservative) James Elles (Conservative) Nigel Farage (UK Independence) Daniel Hannan (Conservative) Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) Dr Caroline Lucas (Green) Baroness Emma Nicholson (Liberal Democrat) Roy Perry (Conservative) James Provan (Conservative) Peter Skinner (Labour) Mark Watts (Labour) Results in this region Number of Percentage of Party votes votes Conservative 661,932 44.42 Labour 292,146 19.61 Liberal Democrat 228,136 15.31 UK Independence 144,514 9.70 Green 110,571 7.42 Pro Euro Conservative 27,305 1.83 British National 12,161 0.81 Socialist Labour 7,281 0.49 Natural Law 2,767 0.19 Open Democracy for Stability, Brian Bundy 1,857 0.12 Making a profit in Europe, John Michael 1,400 0.09 Goss Total of votes: 1,490,069 Turnout: 24.73% Electorate: 6,023,991 South West Giles Chichester (Conservative) Glyn Ford (Labour) Michael Holmes (UK Independence) Dr Caroline Jackson (Conservative) Neil Parish (Conservative) The Earl of Stockton (Conservative) Graham Watson (Liberal Democrat) Results in this region Party Number of votes Percentage of votes Conservative 434,645 41.70 Labour 188,362 18.07 Liberal Democrat 171,498 16.45 UK Independence 111,012 10.65 Green 86,630 8.31 Liberal 21,645 2.08 Pro Euro Conservative 11,134 1.07 British National 9,752 0.94 Socialist Labour 5,741 0.55 Natural Law 1,968 0.19 Total of votes: 1,042,387 Turnout: 27.61% Electorate: 3,775,332 http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999 -election -results 24/08/2011 1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 5 of 7 West Midlands Philip Bradbourn (Conservative) Philip Bushill-Matthews (Conservative) Michael Cashman (Labour) John Corrie (Conservative) Neena Gill (Labour) Malcolm Harbour (Conservative) Liz Lynne (Liberal Democrat) Simon Murphy (Labour) Results in this region Party Number of votes Percentage of votes Conservative 321,719 37.91 Labour 237,671 28.00 Liberal Democrat 95,769 11.28 UK Independence 49,621 5.85 Green 49,440 5.83 Independent Labour Christine Oddy 36,849 4.34 Liberal 14,954 1.76 British National 14,344 1.69 Pro Euro Conservative 11,144 1.31 Socialist Alliance 7,203 0.85 Socialist Labour 5,257 0.62 EDP English Freedom Charles Gibbs 3,066 0.36 Natural Law 1,647 0.19 Total of votes: 848,684 Turnout: 21.03% Electorate: 4,034,992 Yorkshire and Humber David Bowe (Labour) Richard Corbett (Labour) Robert Goodwill (Conservative) Timothy Kirkhope (Conservative) Linda McAvan (Labour) Edward McMillan-Scott (Conservative) Diana Wallis (Liberal Democrat) Results in this region Number of Percentage of Party votes votes Conservative 272,653 36.64 Labour 233,024 31.32 Liberal Democrat 107,168 14.40 UK Independence 52,824 7.10 Green 42,604 5.73 Alternative Labour List Supporting Left 9,554 1.28 Alliance British National 8,911 1.20 Pro Euro Conservative 8,075 1.09 Socialist Labour 7,650 1.03 Natural Law 1,604 0.22 Total of votes: 744,067 Turnout: 19.60% Electorate: 3,795,388 http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999 -election -results 24/08/2011 1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 6 of 7 Scotland Elspeth Attwooll (Scottish Liberal Democrat) Ian Hudghton (SNP) Neil MacCormick (SNP) David Martin (Labour) Bill Miller (Labour) John Purvis (Scottish Conservative and Unionist) Struan Stevenson (Scottish Conservative and Unionist) Catherine Taylor (Labour) Results in this region Number of Percentage of Party votes votes Labour 283,490 28.68 SNP 268,528 27.17 Scottish Conservative and Unionist 195,296 19.76 Scottish Liberal Democrat 96,971 9.81 Scottish Green 57,142 5.78 Scottish Socialist (Convenor Tommy 39,720 4.02 Sheridan) Pro Euro Conservative 17,781 1.80 UK Independence 12,549 1.27 Socialist Labour 9,385 0.95 British National 3,729 0.38 Natural Law 2,087 0.21 Accountant for Lower Taxes, Charles 1,632 0.17 Lawson Total of votes: 988,310 Turnout: 24.7% Electorate: 3,999,623 Wales Jill Evans (Plaid Cymru) Jonathan Evans (Conservative) Glenys Kinnock (Labour) Eluned Morgan (Labour) Eurig Wyn (Plaid Cymru) Results in this region Party Number of votes Percentage of votes Labour 199,690 31.88 Plaid Cymru Party of Wales 185,235 29.57 Conservative 142,631 22.77 Liberal Democrat Party Wales 51,283 8.19 UK Independence 19,702 3.15 Green 16,146 2.58 Pro Euro Conservative 5,834 0.93 Socialist Labour Party 4,283 0.68 Natural Law Party of Wales 1,621 0.26 Total of votes: 626,425 Turnout: 28.99% Electorate: 2,229,826 http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999 -election -results 24/08/2011 1999 Election Results | European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom Page 7 of 7 Northern Ireland Ian Paisley (DUP) John Hume (SDLP) Jim Nicholson (UUP) Results in this region Party Number of votes Percentage of votes DUP 192,762 28.40 SDLP 190,731 28.10 UUP 119,507 17.61 SF 117,643 17.33 PUP 22,494 3.31 UKU 20,283 2.99 Alliance 14,391 2.12 NLP 998 0.15 Total of votes: 687,573 Turnout 57.77% Electorate: 1,190,160 European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom, Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU Tel: 020 7227 4300 Fax: 020 7227 4302 http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999 -election -results 24/08/2011.
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