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London European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies

Shown in the United Kingdom
Created	1999
MEP(s)	10 (1999 - 2004) 9 (2004 - 2009) 8 (2009 - present)
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[1][2][3]

London is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 8 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, having previously elected 9 ^[1]

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to Greater London, in the south east of the United Kingdom.

[edit] History

It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were London Central, London East, London North, London North East, London North West, London South East, London South Inner, London South West, London West, and parts of London South and Surrey East.

[edit] Polls

YouGov polls in January and May 2009 have showed the following voting intentions for London in the European Elections:^[2]^[3]^[4]

	January poll		Mid May poll		Late May poll
Party	Vote share^[5]	Seat estimate	Vote share	Seat estimate	Vote share	Seat estimate
Conservative	38%	4	29%	3	33%	4
Labour	23%	2	24%	2	16%	1
Liberal Democrats	20%	2	12%	1	16%	1
Green	8%	0	9%	0 or 1	12%	1
UKIP	6%	0	18%	2 or 1	11%	1
BNP	2%	0	5%	0	6%	0
Other	2%	0	3%	0	7%	0

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 1999 - 2004 (5th term)

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Richard Balfe	Labour (1999 - 2002)
	Richard Balfe	Conservative Party (2002 - 2004)
	Nicholas Bethell	Conservative Party
	John Bowis	Conservative Party
	Robert Evans	Labour Party
	Pauline Green	Labour Party
	Jean Lambert	Green Party
	Sarah Ludford	Liberal Democrat Party
	Claude Moraes	Labour Party
	Charles Tannock	Conservative Party
	Theresa Villiers	Conservative Party

[edit] 2004 - 2009 (6th term)

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Gerard Batten	United Kingdom Independence Party
	John Bowis	Conservative Party
	Robert Evans	Labour Party
	Mary Honeyball	Labour Party
	Syed Kamall (Appointed in May 2005 to replace Theresa Villiers)	Conservative Party (2005 onwards)
	Jean Lambert	Green Party
	Sarah Ludford	Liberal Democrat Party
	Claude Moraes	Labour Party
	Charles Tannock	Conservative Party
	Theresa Villiers (Elected to Chipping Barnet in the 2005 UK general election)	Conservative Party (until 2005)

[edit] 2009 - 2014 (7th term)

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Gerard Batten	United Kingdom Independence Party
	Mary Honeyball	Labour Party
	Syed Kamall	Conservative Party
	Jean Lambert	Green Party
	Sarah Ludford	Liberal Democrat Party
	Claude Moraes	Labour Party
	Charles Tannock	Conservative Party
	Marina Yannakoudakis	Conservative Party

[edit] Election results

A 2009 ballot paper for the London constituency, showing the 19 parties to vote for, taken at a polling booth in Hackney by Cory Doctorow.

European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom) Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

European Election 2009: London^[6]^[7]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Tannock, Syed Kamall, Marina Yannakoudakis, J. P. Floru, Warwick Lightfoot, Bob Seeley, Graham Postles, Alison Sproule	479,037 (159,679)	27.4	+0.6
	Labour	Claude Moraes, Mary Honeyball, Anne Fairweather, Kevin McGrath, Emma Jones, Raj Jethwa, Nilgun Canver	372,590 (186,295)	21.3	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Ludford, Jonathan Fryer, Dinti Batstone, Christopher Le Breton, John Pindar, Simon James, Caroline Persson, Ben Jones	240,156	13.7	-1.6
	Green	Jean Lambert, Ute Michel, Shahrar Ali, Joseph Healy, Miranda Dunn, Shasha Khan, George Graham, Priya Shah	190,589	10.9	+2.5
	UKIP	Gerard Batten, Ralph Atkinson, Michael Zuckerman, Tim Worstall, Sunita Webb, Victor Webb, Strachan McDonald, Geoff Howard, Marcus Watney	188,440	10.8	-1.6
	BNP	Bob Bailey, Michael Barnbrook, Dennis Pearce, Julian Leppert, Roberta Woods, Chris Forster, John Clarke, John Evans	86,420	4.9	+0.9
	Christian Party	George Hargreaves, Susan May, Paula Warren, Stephen Hammond, Mary Boyle, Suzanne Fernandez, Peter Ljubisic, David Williams	51,336	2.9	N/A
	Independent	Jan Jananayagam^[8]	50,014	2.9	N/A
	English Democrats	Roger Cooper, Graham Dare, Satvinder Singh Chagger, Graham Wood, Arvind Tailor, Elaine Cheeseman, David Stevens, Janus Polenceus	24,477	1.4	+0.6
	NO2EU	Bob Crow, John Hendry, Mary Davis, Kevin Nolan, Syed Islam, Onay Kasab, John Rowe, Nick Wrack	17,758	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill, Amanda Rose, Colin Muir, Linda Muir, Ronald Sinclair, Margaret Sharkey, Alan Jones, Carole Whatham	15,306	0.9	N/A
	Libertas	Max Burt, Victoria Wood, Susannah Prins, Peter Lloyd, Herbert Crossman, Dominique Field	8,444	0.4	N/A
	Jury Team	Reza Tabrisi, Evan Milner, Lucy O'Sullivan-McCormick, Afshin Payravi, Thomas Mulcahy, Sherif Malak, David Littlejohn, Gregory Williams	7,284	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Steven Cheung	4,918	0.3	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Danny Lambert, Tristan Miller, Janet Carter, Bill Martin, Adam Buick, Simon Wigley, Frederick Allen, Patricia Deutz	4,050	0.2	N/A
	Yes2Europe	Brendan Patrick	3,384	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Sohale Rahman^[9]	3,248	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Gene Alcantara^[10]	1,972	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Haroon Saad	1,603	0.1	N/A
Turnout			1,751,026	33.3	-4.0

European Election 2004: London^[11]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers, John Bowis, Charles Tannock Syed Kamall, Richard Balfe, Ian Twinn, Roseanne Serrelli, Heather Leigh Mendelsohn, Ashok Kumaar	504,941 (168,313.67)	26.8	−5.9
	Labour	Claude Moraes, Mary Honeyball, Robert Evans Anita Pollack, Hugh Malyan, Steph Elsy, Munir Malik, Jane Briginshaw, Jo Ejiofor	466,584 (155,528)	24.8	−10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Ludford, Jonathan Fryer, John Stevens, Dinti Wakefield, Ian McDonald, Kishwer Falkner, Nigel Bakhai, Keith Moffitt, Sandra Lawman	288,790	15.3	+3.7
	UKIP	Gerard Batten Damian Hockney, Christopher Pratt, John De Roeck, Anthony Scholefield, Janice Cronin, Kathleen Garner, Harun Khan, Ralph Atkinson	232,633	12.3	+6.9
	Green	Jean Lambert Paul Ingram, Judy Maciejowska, Timothy Turner, Christopher Cotton, Douglas Earl, Shahrar Ali, Peter Budge, Joseph Healy	158,986	8.4	+0.8
	Respect	George Galloway, Unjum Mirza, Elaine Graham-Leigh, Paul Foot, Rita Carter, John Mulrenan, Victoria Brittain, Gary McFarlane, Ken Loach	91,175	4.8	N/A
	BNP	Christopher Roberts, Tess Culnane, Lee Barnes, James Seadon, John Bowles, Jay Lee, John Evans, Alan Bailey, Lawrence Rustem	76,152	4.0	+2.5
	Christian Peoples	Michael Elmer, Genevieve Hibbs, Peter Flower, Keith McLeod, Debra Smith-Gorick, Douglas Gibbons, Roger Glencross, Glenton Downs	45,038	2.4	N/A
	English Democrats	Robin Tilbrook, Timothy Bragg, Terence Brown, Robert Howells, Alan Sutton, Robert Poulton	15,945	0.9	N/A
	People's Party for Better Government	Christopher Prior	5,205	0.3	N/A
Turnout			1,885,449	37.3	+14.2

European Election 1999: London^[12]
List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Green, Claude Moraes, Robert Evans, Richard Balfe, Carole Tongue, Shaun Spiers, Mary Honeyball, Munir Malik, Pam Wharfe, Michael Elliott	399,466 (99,866.5)	35.0	N/A
	Conservative	Theresa Villiers, Charles Tannock, Nicholas Bethell, John Bowis, Ian Twinn, Andrew Popat, Andrew Boff, Bene't Steinberg, John Flack, Angela Harvey	372,989 (93,247.25)	32.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Ludford, Hugh Dykes, Susan Kramer, Jonathan Fryer, Hilary Leighter, Nick Pinfield, Sue Doughty, Andrew Wiseman, Nikki Thomson, Peter Facey	133,058	11.7	N/A
	Green	Jean Lambert, Niki Kortvelyessy, Jenny Jones, Shane Collins, John William Bradley, Vicky Olliver, Hils Jago, Jayne Forbes, Dean Walton, Michael Stimson	87,545	7.7	N/A
	UKIP	Craig Mackinlay, Damian Hockney, Josie O'Ware, Gerald Roberts, Chris Pratt, Jim Carver, Michael Harvey, Tony Scholefield, John de Roeck, Mark Lester	61,741	5.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill, Novjot Brar, Hardy Singh Dhillon, Amanda Rose, John Hendy, Harpal Brar, Eloisa Rule, Robert Siggins, John Hayball, Joe Marino	19,632	1.7	N/A
	BNP	John Tyndall, Kenneth Francis, Paul Borg, Michael Davidson, Valerie Tyndall, Jean Griffin, Ruth Tagg, Michael Carey, Christopher Jury, Mark Tointan	17,960	1.6	N/A
	Liberal	Maria Williamson, Mark Austin, Robin Almond, Rif Winfield, Anne Bradshaw, Roger Jenking, Gerald Williams, Donald Bruce, Peter White, Jennifer Roach	16,951	1.5	N/A
	Pro-Euro Conservative	Marcelle d'Argy Smith, Harriet Crawley, Catherine Moorhouse, Richard Wassell, Anthony Meyer, Martin Sexton, Mary-Anne Widdicombe, Stephen Haseler, Joanne Ezekiel, Daniel Trup	16,383	1.4	N/A
	Architect, Human Rights Peace in Europe	George Hajifanis	4,851	0.4	N/A
	Anti-Value Added Tax	Erol Basarik	2,596	0.2	N/A
	Humanist Party	Jon Swinden, Judith Earley, Tony Robinson, Robert Harris, Simon Peters, Simon Domingo, Joanna Spearman, Anna Louise Swinden, Mammo Muchie, Jennifer Wright	2,586	0.2	N/A
	The Hemp Coalition	Gordon Webster	2,358	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Clements, Richard Johnson, Anthony Hardy, Susan Hamza, Gerard Valente, Judith Thomas, Alexander Hankey, Philomena Quick, Jonathan Hinde, Charles Hueston	2,263	0.2	N/A
	Weekly Worker	Anne Murphy, Stanley Kelsey, Marcus Larsen, Peter Mansen, Phillip Kent, Jim Gilbert, Andrew Hanna	846	0.1	N/A
Turnout			1,141,225	23.1	N/A

[edit] References

^ http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/european-elections/candidates
^ http://www.yougov.co.uk/extranets/ygarchives/content/pdf/TPA%20results%2009%2001%2008.pdf
^ http://www.yougov.co.uk/archives/pdf/DT-results-MAY.pdf
^ http://www.yougov.co.uk/archives/pdf/DT-results_27-29MAY.pdf
^ excluding non-voters and "don't know" responses
^ http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5A43D733-BDFD-4E89-BFF7-E3EA724CD9EB/0/StatementOfPersonsNominated.pdf
^ European Elections 2009: London
^ http://votejan4mep.org/policies.php
^ http://www.sohale.co.uk
^ http://genealcantara.com
^ "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[0] ttp://www.europarl.org.uk/section/european-elections/candidates

[1] ttp://www.yougov.co.uk/extranets/ygarchives/content/pdf/TPA%20results%2009%2001%2008.pdf

[2] ttp://www.yougov.co.uk/archives/pdf/DT-results-MAY.pdf

[3] ttp://www.yougov.co.uk/archives/pdf/DT-results_27-29MAY.pdf

[4] xcluding non-voters and "don't know" responses

[5] ttp://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5A43D733-BDFD-4E89-BFF7-E3EA724CD9EB/0/StatementOfPersonsNominated.pdf

[6] European Elections 2009: London

[7] ttp://votejan4mep.org/policies.php

[8] ttp://www.sohale.co.uk

[9] ttp://genealcantara.com

[10] "2004 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/2004/2004-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[11] "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidates. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

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