# North East England (European Parliament constituency)

North East England was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected 3 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 North East England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.

## History

The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. These were Durham, Northumbria, Tyne and Wear, and parts of Cleveland and Richmond.
MEPs for former North East England 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 Vanneck Conservative | Peter Vanneck Conservative | Peter Vanneck Conservative | | David Bowe Labour | David Bowe Labour | David Bowe Labour |
| Durham | Roland Boyes Labour | | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour |
| Northumbria | Gordon Adam Labour | Gordon Adam Labour | Gordon Adam Labour | Gordon Adam Labour | Gordon Adam Labour | Gordon Adam Labour | Gordon Adam Labour |
| Tyne South and Wear (1979 – 1984) Tyne and Wear (1984 – 1999) | Joyce Quin Labour | Joyce Quin Labour | Joyce Quin Labour | | Alan Donnelly Labour | Alan Donnelly Labour | Alan Donnelly Labour |

## Returned members

MEPs for North East England, 1999 onwards :
| Election | 1999 (5th parliament) | 1999 (5th parliament) | 1999 (5th parliament) | | 2004 (6th parliament) | | 2009 (7th parliament) | | 2014 (8th parliament) | | 2019 (9th parliament) | |
| MEP Party | Martin Callanan Conservative | Martin Callanan Conservative | Martin Callanan Conservative | Martin Callanan Conservative | Martin Callanan Conservative | Martin Callanan Conservative | Martin Callanan Conservative | | Jonathan Arnott UKIP (2014–18) Independent (2018 - 2019) Brexit Party (2019) | | Brian Monteith Brexit Party | |
| MEP Party | Alan Donnelly Labour until December 1999 | | Gordon Adam Labour from December 1999 | | Fiona Hall Liberal Democrat | Fiona Hall Liberal Democrat | Fiona Hall Liberal Democrat | | Paul Brannen Labour | | John Tennant Brexit Party | |
| MEP Party | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | Stephen Hughes Labour | | Judith Kirton-Darling Labour | Judith Kirton-Darling Labour | Judith Kirton-Darling Labour | |
| MEP Party | Mo O'Toole Labour | Mo O'Toole Labour | Mo O'Toole Labour | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished | Seat abolished |
Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)vte :
| Party | Party | Party | Party | Faction in European Parliament | Faction in European Parliament | Faction in European Parliament |
| | Brexit Party | 29 | 29 | | Non-Inscrits | 57 |
| | DUP | 1 | 1 | | | Non-Inscrits | 57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | | Renew Europe | 108 |
| | Alliance | 1 | 17 | | Renew Europe | 108 |
| | Green | 7 | 11 | | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 |
| | SNP | 3 | 11 | | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 |
| | Plaid Cymru | 1 | 11 | | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 |
| | Labour | 10 | 10 | | Socialists and Democrats | 154 |
| | Conservative | 4 | 4 | | European Conservatives and Reformists Group | 62 |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 |
| Total | Total | 73 | 73 | Total | Total | 750 |

## Election results

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

### 2019

European Election 2019: North East England :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Brexit Party | Brian Monteith, John Tennant Richard Monaghan | 240,056 (120,028) | 38.73 | +38.73 |
| | Labour | Jude Kirton-Darling Paul Brannen, Clare Penny-Evans | 119,931 | 19.35 | −17.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hall, Julie Pörksen, Aidan King | 104,330 | 16.83 | +10.90 |
| | Green | Rachel Featherstone, Jonathan Elmer, Dawn Furness | 49,905 | 8.05 | +2.86 |
| | Conservative | Richard Lawrie, Chris Galley, Duncan Crute | 42,395 | 6.84 | −10.86 |
| | UKIP | Richard Elvin, Christopher Gallacher, Alan Breeze | 38,269 | 6.17 | −23.02 |
| | Change UK | Frances Weetman, Penny Hawley, Kathryn Heywood | 24,968 | 4.03 | +4.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 619,854 | 32.7 | +1.8 |

### 2014

European Election 2014: North East England :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Labour | Judith Kirton-Darling, Paul Brannen Jayne Shotton | 221,988 (110,994) | 36.5 | +11.5 |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Arnott Richard Elvin, Phillip Broughton | 177,660 | 29.2 | +13.8 |
| | Conservative | Martin Callanan, Ben Houchen, Andrew Lee | 107,733 | 17.7 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angelika Schneider, Owen Temple, Christian Vassie | 36,093 | 5.9 | −11.7 |
| | Green | Shirley Ford, Alison Whalley, Caroline Robinson | 31,605 | 5.2 | −0.6 |
| | An Independence from Europe | Sherri Forbes, Nawal Hizan, Mary Forbes | 13,934 | 2.3 | New |
| | BNP | Martin Vaughan, Lady Dorothy Brooks, Peter Foreman | 10,360 | 1.7 | −7.2 |
| | English Democrat | Kevin Riddiough, Sam Kelly, John Lewis | 9,279 | 1.5 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 608,652 | 30.9 | +0.5 |

### 2009

European Election 2009: North East England :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Labour | Stephen Hughes Fay Tinnon, Nick Wallis | 147,338 | 25.0 | −9.1 |
| | Conservative | Martin Callanan Barbara Musgrave, Richard Bell | 116,911 | 19.8 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hall Chris Foote-Wood, Neil Bradbury | 103,644 | 17.6 | −0.2 |
| | UKIP | Gordon Parkin, Sandra Allison, John Tennant | 90,700 | 15.4 | +3.2 |
| | BNP | Adam Walker, Peter Mailer, Ken Booth | 52,700 | 8.9 | +2.5 |
| | Green | Shirley Ford, Iris Ryder, Nic Best | 34,081 | 5.8 | +1.0 |
| | English Democrat | Frank Roseman, Allan White, Graham Robinson | 13,007 | 2.2 | New |
| | Socialist Labour | Michael York, John Taylor, James Dodsworth | 10,238 | 1.7 | New |
| | NO2EU | Martin Levy, Hannah Walter, Peter Pinkney | 8,066 | 1.4 | New |
| | Christian | Don Botham, Daniel Parker, Coral Thompson | 7,263 | 1.2 | New |
| | Libertas | Ken Rollings, Alasdair Macleod, William Tremlett | 3,010 | 0.5 | New |
| | Jury Team (UK) | Ahmed Khan, Jackie Riley | 2,904 | 0.5 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 589,862 | 30.4 | −10.4 |

### 2004

European Election 2004: North East England :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) | ± from prev. |
| | Labour | Stephen Hughes Mo O'Toole, Joanne Thompson | 266,057 | 34.1 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Martin Callanan Jeremy Middleton, Amanda Vigar | 144,969 | 18.6 | −8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hall Chris Wood, Gregory Stone | 138,791 | 17.8 | +4.3 |
| | UKIP | Piers Merchant, Charlotte Bull, Val Cowell | 94,887 | 12.2 | +3.4 |
| | BNP | Alan Patterson, Andrew Harris, Jenny Agnew | 50,249 | 6.4 | +5.5 |
| | Independent | Neil Herron | 39,658 | 5.1 | New |
| | Green | Pam Woolner, Nic Best, Judith Brennan | 37,247 | 4.8 | +0.1 |
| | Respect | Yvonne Ridley, Yunus Bakhsh, David Stewart | 8,633 | 1.1 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 780,491 | 40.8 | +21.3 |

### 1999

European Election 1999: North East England :
| List | List | Candidates | Votes | Of total (%) |
| | Labour | Alan Donnelly, Stephen Hughes, Mo O'Toole Gordon Adam | 162,573 (54,191) | 42.2 |
| | Conservative | Martin Callanan Aidan Ruff, Brendan Murphy, Neil Macgregor | 105,573 | 27.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote Wood, Fiona Hall, Peter Maughan, Jane Harvey | 52,070 | 13.5 |
| | UKIP | Rodney Atkinson, William Brown, Martin Rouse, Graeme Oswald | 34,063 | 8.8 |
| | Green | Nicolas Best, Ruth Whiteside, Bridget Speight, Michael Greveson | 18,184 | 4.7 |
| | Socialist Labour | Brian Gibson, Gordon Potts, James Fitzpatrick, Kenneth Hall | 4,511 | 1.2 |
| | BNP | Alan Gould, John Bowles, Iain Wilson, Colin Smith | 3,505 | 0.9 |
| | Pro-Euro Conservative | Dominic Tilley, Marie Adams, Desmond Harney, John Meredith | 2,926 | 0.8 |
| | Socialist (GB) | John Bisset, Steven Colborn, Stephen Davison, Andrew Pitts | 1,510 | 0.4 |
| | Natural Law | Paul Kember, Richard Buswell, Richard Keyton, Christopher Adamson | 826 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 385,741 | 19.5 |