Yorkshire and the Humber was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected six Members of the European Parliament (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 Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
History It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Humberside, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Sheffield, Yorkshire South, Yorkshire South West, Yorkshire West, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond and Lincolnshire and Humberside South.
MEPs for former Yorkshire and the Humber constituencies, 1979–1999 Election 1979–1984 1984–1989 1989–1994 1994–1999 Cleveland (1979–1984)Cleveland and Yorkshire North (1984–1994)Cleveland and Richmond (1994–1999) Peter VanneckConservative David BoweLabour Humberside Robert BattersbyConservative Peter CramptonLabour Leeds Derek EnrightLabour Michael McGowanLabour Lincolnshire (1979–1994)Lincolnshire and Humberside South (1994–1999) Bill Newton DunnConservative Veronica HardstaffLabour Sheffield Richard CabornLabour Bob CryerLabour Roger BartonLabour Yorkshire North (1979–1984)York (1984–1994)North Yorkshire (1994–1999) Neil BalfourConservative Edward McMillan-ScottConservative Yorkshire South Brian KeyLabour/Co-operative Norman WestLabourto 1998 Linda McAvanLabourfrom 1998 Yorkshire South West Thomas MegahyLabour Yorkshire West Barry SealLabour
Returned members MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, 1999 onwards Election MEPParty Diana Wallis1Liberal Democrat Rebecca TaylorLiberal Democrat Mike HookemUKIP Shaffaq MohammedLiberal Democrat MEPParty Edward McMillan-ScottConservative (1999–2009)Liberal Democrat (2010–2014) Jane Collins UKIP (2014–2019) Brexit Party (2019) John LongworthBrexit Party (May–December 2019)Independent (December 2019 to 2020), Conservative Party (2020) MEPParty Robert GoodwillConservative Godfrey BloomUKIP (2004–2013) Independent (2013–2014) Amjad Bashir UKIP (2014–2015)Conservative (2015–2019) Jake PughBrexit Party MEPParty Timothy Kirkhope2Conservative John ProcterConservative Lucy HarrisBrexit Party (May–December 2019)Independent (December 2019 to 2020), Conservative Party (2020) MEPParty Richard CorbettLabour Andrew BronsBritish National Party (2009–2012)Independent (2012)British Democratic Party (2013–2014) Richard CorbettLabour MEPParty Linda McAvanLabour Magid MagidGreen MEPParty David BoweLabour Seat abolished 1Diana Wallis resigned in January 2012. 2Timothy Kirkhope was appointed to the House of Lords in 2016 and as a result was required to resign.
Election results
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the order in which candidates were elected, and the number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.
2019
2014
2009
2004
1999
References
External links Biographies of Y&H candidates 2009 at Micandidate Breakdown of 2009 election results by council areas (pdf) Includes photos, contact information, links to EU website profiles