North West England (European Parliament constituency): Map

North West England is a constituency of the European Parliament

. For the 2009 elections it elects 8 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the North West England region of the United Kingdom

, comprising the ceremonial counties of Cheshire

Following the passing of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, the North West of England formed one constituency from which candidates are elected using the d'Hondt formula. In the election preceding this Act, MEPs were elected from first-past-the-post constituencies. These were Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Wirral, Cumbria and Lancashire North, Greater Manchester Central, Greater Manchester East, Greater Manchester West, Lancashire Central, Lancashire South, Merseyside East and Wigan, Merseyside West, and parts of Staffordshire West and Congleton.

	MEP's Name	Political Party
	Robert Atkins	Conservative
	Chris Davies	Liberal Democrat
	Den Dover (Expelled from the Conservatives on 13 November 2008)	Conservative (until 2008)
		Independent (2008 - 2009)
	Saj Karim (Defected to the Conservatives on 26 November 2007)	Liberal Democrat (2004 - 2007)
		Conservative (2007 onwards)
	Arlene McCarthy	Labour
	Brian Simpson (Appointed in 2006 to replace Terry Wynn)	Labour (2006 onwards)
	David Sumberg	Conservative
	Gary Titley	Labour
	John Whittaker	UKIP
	Terry Wynn (Resigned on 27 August 2006)	Labour (until 2006)

Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

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