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Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliamentmarker. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdommarker, comprising the ceremonial counties of South Yorkshiremarker, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire and Lincolnshiremarker.

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 Lincolnshire and Humberside South.

Members of the European Parliament

1999 - 2004

MEP's Name Political Party
David Bowe Labour
Richard Corbett Labour
Robert Goodwill Conservative
Timothy Kirkhope Conservative
Linda McAvan Labour
Edward McMillan-Scott Conservative
Diana Wallis Liberal Democrat


2004 - 2009

MEP's Name Political Party
Godfrey Bloom UKIP
Richard Corbett Labour
Timothy Kirkhope Conservative
Linda McAvan Labour
Edward McMillan-Scott Conservative
Diana Wallis Liberal Democrat


2009 - 2014

MEP's Name Political Party
Godfrey Bloom UKIP
Andrew Brons British National
Timothy Kirkhope Conservative
Linda McAvan Labour
Edward McMillan-Scott Independent (elected Conservative)
Diana Wallis Liberal Democrat


Election results

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

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