London (European Parliament constituency)

London was a constituency of the European Parliament from 1999 until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

London
European Parliament constituency
Map of the 2014 European Parliament constituencies with London highlighted in red
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Shown in the United Kingdom
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1999
Dissolved31 January 2020
MEPs10 (1999–2004)
9 (2004–2009)
8 (2009–2020)
Sources
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Between 2009 and 2020, it returned eight MEPs, using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.[3]

Boundaries

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The constituency corresponded to the Greater London region of England, in the south east of the United Kingdom.

History

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Prior to 1999, London was represented by 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.

The European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 reduced this to a single constituency returning a number of MEPs.

MEPs for former London constituencies, 1979 – 1999[4]
Election1979 – 19841984 – 19891989 – 19941994 – 1999
London South (until 1984)
London South and Surrey East (from 1984)
James Moorhouse
Conservative, Liberal Democrats (from 1998)
London South WestShelagh Roberts
Conservative
Anita Pollack
Labour
London North WestLord Bethell
Conservative
Robert Evans
Labour
London South EastBrandon Rhys-Williams
Conservative
Peter Price
Conservative
Shaun Spiers
Labour
London NorthJohn Leslie Marshall
Conservative
Pauline Green
Labour/Co-operative
London CentralDavid Nicolson
Conservative
Stan Newens
Labour/Co-operative
London WestBrian Hord
Conservative
Michael Elliott
Labour
London EastAlan Tyrrell
Conservative
Carole Tongue
Labour
London South InnerRichard Balfe
Labour
London North EastAlfred Lomas
Labour

Returned members

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Below are all the members since the creation of the London constituency. The number of seats allocated to London had been reduced from 10 to 8 between 1999 and 2009 due to EU enlargement. Members elected in 1999 who previously represented a London constituency were Pauline Green (London North, elected 1989) and Robert Evans (London North West, elected 1994).[4]

MEPs for London, 1999 onwards
Election1999 (5th parliament)2004 (6th parliament)2009 (7th parliament)2014 (8th parliament)2019 (9th parliament)
MEP
Party
Jean Lambert
Green
Scott Ainslie
Green
MEP
Party
Lord Bethell
Conservative
Gerard Batten
UKIP
Ben Habib
Brexit Party
MEP
Party
Theresa Villiers[5]
Conservative
Syed Kamall[6]
Conservative
Lance Forman
Brexit Party (May–December 2019)
Independent (December 2019 to 2020),
Conservative Party (2020 to present)
MEP
Party
Charles Tannock
Conservative
Irina von Wiese
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party
John Bowis
Conservative
Marina Yannakoudakis
Conservative
Lucy Anderson
Labour
Dinesh Dhamija
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party
Pauline Green[7]
Labour
Mary Honeyball
Labour
Luisa Porritt
Liberal Democrat
MEP
Party
Claude Moraes
Labour
MEP
Party
Sarah Ludford
Liberal Democrat
Seb Dance
Labour
MEP
Party
Robert Evans
Labour
Seat abolished
MEP
Party
Richard Balfe
Labour (1999–2002)
Conservative (2002–04)
Seat abolished
PartyFaction in European Parliament
Brexit Party29Non-Inscrits57
DUP1
Liberal Democrats1617 Renew Europe108
Alliance1
Green711Greens–European Free Alliance75
SNP3
Plaid Cymru1
Labour10 Socialists and Democrats154
Conservative4European Conservatives and Reformists62
Sinn Féin1 European United Left–Nordic Green Left41
Total73Total750

Returned Members by seat

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Seats allocated using d'Hondt method, in order. Transfers within parties between elections omitted for simplicity.

[9] [10][11][12] [13]

Election1st MEP2nd MEP3rd MEP4th MEP5th MEP6th MEP7th MEP8th MEP9th MEP10th MEP
1999Labour
(Pauline Green)
Con
(Theresa Villiers)
Labour
(Claude Moraes)
Con
(Charles Tannock)
Labour
(Robert Evans)
LD
(Baroness Sarah Ludford)
Con
(Nicholas Bethell)
Labour
(Richard Balfe)
Con
(John Bowis)
Green
(Jean Lambert)
2004Con
(Theresa Villiers)
Labour
(Claude Moraes)
LD
(Baroness Sarah Ludford)
Con
(John Bowis)
Labour
(Mary Honeyball)
UKIP
(Gerard Batten)
Con
(Charles Tannock)
Green
(Jean Lambert)
Labour
(Robert Evans)
2009Con
(Charles Tannock)
Labour
(Claude Moraes)
LD
(Baroness Sarah Ludford)
Con
(Syed Kamall)
Green
(Jean Lambert)
UKIP
(Gerard Batten)
Labour
(Mary Honeyball)
Con
(Marina Yannakoudakis)
2014Labour
(Claude Moraes)
Con
(Syed Kamall)
Labour
(Mary Honeyball)
UKIP
(Gerard Batten)
Labour
(Lucy Anderson)
Con
(Charles Tannock)
Labour
(Seb Dance)
Green
(Jean Lambert)
2019LD
(Irina von Wiese)
Labour
(Claude Moraes)
Brexit
(Benyamin Habib)
LD
(Dinesh Dhamija)
Green
(Scott Ainslie)
Labour
(Seb Dance)
LD
(Luisa Manon Porritt)
Brexit
(Lance Forman)

Election results

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

2019

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2019 results
2019 European election: London[14]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
Liberal DemocratsIrina von Wiese (1)
Dinesh Dhamija (4)
Luisa Porritt (7)
Jonathan Fryer, Hussain Khan, Helen Cross, Graham Colley, Rabina Khan
608,725
(202,908.33)
27.2+20.5
LabourClaude Moraes (2)
Seb Dance (6)
Katy Clark, Laura Parker, Murad Qureshi, Taranjit Kaur Chana, James Beckles, Sanchia Alasia
536,810
(268,405)
23.9-12.8
Brexit PartyBen Habib (3)
Lance Forman (8)
Graham Shore, Alka Cuthbert, Jimi Ogunnusi, Simon Marcus, Mehrtash A'zami, Aileen Quinton
400,257
(200,128.5)
17.9New
GreenScott Ainslie (5)
Gulnar Hasnain, Shahrar Ali, Rachel Collinson, Eleanor Margolies, Remco van der Stoep, Kirsten De Keyser, Peter Underwood
278,95712.4+3.5
ConservativeSyed Kamall, Charles Tannock, Joy Morrissey, Tim Barnes, Scott Pattenden, Attic Rahman, Kirsty Finlayson, Luke Parker177,9647.9-14.6
Change UKGavin Esler, Jacek Rostowski, Carole Tongue, Annabel Mullin, Karen Newman, Nora Mulready, Jessica Simor, Haseeb Ur-Rehman117,6355.2New
UKIPGerard Batten, Richard Braine, Peter Muswell, Freddy Vachha, Robert Stephenson, Peter McIlvenna, John Poynton, Ronie Johnson46,4972.1-14.8
Animal WelfareVanessa Hudson, Jane Smith, Sam Morland, Ranjan Joshi, Mina Da Rui, Jonathan Homan, Simon Gouldman25,2321.1+0.1
Women's EqualityCatherine Mayer, Bea Gare, Nanci Hogan, Aliyah Dunbar-Hussain, Hannah Barham-Brown, Alison Marshall, Olivia Vincenti, Leyla Mohan23,7661.1New
UKEUPierre Kirk, Richard Stevens, Saleyha Ahsan, Anna Novikova, Angela Antetomaso, Richard Boardman18,8060.8New
IndependentClaudia Mcdowell1,0360.0New
IndependentDaze Aghaji1,0180.0New
IndependentRoger Hallam9240.0New
IndependentKofi Klu8690.0New
IndependentAndrea Venzon7310.0New
IndependentMike Shad7070.0New
IndependentZoe Lafferty4360.0New
IndependentAndrew Medhurst4300.0New
IndependentAlan Kirkby4010.0New
IndependentIan Sowden2540.0New
IndependentHenry Muss2260.0New
Turnout2,241,68141.3

2014

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2014 results

The 2014 results were delayed by Tower Hamlets, where there were recounts needed for six local election wards.[15][16]

2014 European election: London
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
LabourClaude Moraes, Mary Honeyball, Lucy Anderson, Seb Dance,
Ivana Bartoletti, Kamaljeet Jandu, Sanchia Alasia, Andrea Biondi
806,959
(201,739.75)
36.67+15.4
ConservativeSyed Kamall, Charles Tannock,
Marina Yannakoudakis, Caroline Attfield, Lynne Hack, Sheila Lawlor, Glyn Chambers, Annesley Abercorn
495,639
(247,819.5)
22.52−4.8
UKIPGerard Batten,
Paul Oakley, Elizabeth Jones, Lawrence Webb, Alastair McFarlane, Andrew McNeilis, Anthony Brown, Peter Whittle
371,13316.87+6.1
GreenJean Lambert,
Caroline Allen, Haroon Saad, Shahrar Ali, Danny Bates, Tracey Hague, Violeta Vajda, Amelia Womack
196,4198.93−2.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford, Jonathan Fryer, Richard Davis, Anuja Prashar, Rosina Robson, Turhan Ozen, Simon James, Matt McLaren 148,0136.73−7.0
4 Freedoms PartyDirk Hazell, NoelleAnne O'Sullivan, Geoff Gibas, Aline Doussin, Andrew Bell, Deborah Phillips, Royston Flude, Brendan Donnelly 28,0141.27New
An Independence from Europe Patrick Burns, Marlene Daniel, Gareth Griffiths, Munpreet Bhathal, Sharon Greenfield, Eddie Yeoman, Fred Atkins, Jean Atkins 26,6751.21New
CPASid Cordle, Yemi Awolola, Ashley Dickenson, Sharmilla Swarma, Laurence Williams, Ethel Odiete, Kevin Nicholls, Steven Hammond23,7021.08−1.9
NHALouise Irvine, Chidi Ejimofo, Marcus Chown, Kathryn Anderson, Rufus Hound, Jessica Ormerod, Andrew Sharp, Alex Ashman23,2531.06New
Animal WelfareVanessa Hudson, Alexander Bourke, Kirsteen Williamson-Guinn, Andrew Knight, Dimple Patel, Meg Mathews, Guy Dessoy, Ranjan Joshi21,0920.96New
BNPStephen Squire, Donna Treanor, Paul Sturdy, John Clarke, David Furness, Cliff le May, Ray Underwood, Kevin Lazell19,2460.87−4.1
Europeans PartyTommy Tomescu, Andrzej Rygielski, Vanessa Del Carmen Guerrero Rodriguez, Robin Ashenden, Emil Rusanov, Georgios Papagrigorakis10,7120.5New
English DemocratJenny Knight, Matthew Roberts, Maggi Young, Graham Clipperton, Gary Butler, Nick Capp, Louise Dutton, Natalie Smith10,1420.5−0.9
Communities UnitedKamran Malik, Humera Kamran, Cydatty Bogie, Mary Coleman Daniels, Idris Aden Ali, Reuben Edokpayi, Sunita Kaur Singh, Joanne Flanders 6,9510.3New
National LiberalGraham Williamson, Jagdeesh Singh, Sockalingam Yogalingam, Doris Jones, Upkar Singh Rai, Yuseef Anwar, Araz Yurdseven, Bernard Dube6,7360.3New
NO2EUEdward Dempsey, Alexander Gordon, April Ashley, Annie Ngemi, Mary Davis, Paula Mitchell, Natasha Horau, Michael Clarty3,8040.2New
Harmony PartyDavid Vincent1,9850.1-0.84
Turnout2,200,475

2009

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European Election 2009: London[17][18]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
ConservativeCharles Tannock, Syed Kamall, Marina Yannakoudakis
Jean-Paul Floru, Warwick Lightfoot, Bob Seeley, Graham Postles, Alison Sproule
479,037
(159,679)
27.4+0.6
LabourClaude Moraes, Mary Honeyball
Anne Fairweather, Kevin McGrath, Emma Jones, Raj Jethwa, Nilgun Canver
372,590
(186,295)
21.3−3.5
Liberal DemocratsSarah Ludford
Jonathan Fryer, Dinti Batstone, Christopher Le Breton, John Pindar, Simon James, Caroline Persson, Ben Jones
240,15613.7−1.6
GreenJean Lambert
Ute Michel, Shahrar Ali, Joseph Healy, Miranda Dunn, Shasha Khan, George Graham, Priya Shah
190,58910.9+2.5
UKIPGerard Batten
Ralph Atkinson, Michael Zuckerman, Tim Worstall, Sunita Webb, Victor Webb, Strachan McDonald, Geoff Howard, Marcus Watney
188,44010.8−1.5
BNPBob Bailey, Michael Barnbrook, Dennis Pearce, Julian Leppert, Roberta Woods, Chris Forster, John Clarke, John Evans86,4204.9+0.9
ChristianGeorge Hargreaves, Susan May, Paula Warren, Stephen Hammond, Mary Boyle, Suzanne Fernandez, Peter Ljubisic, David Williams51,3362.9New
IndependentJan Jananayagam[19]50,0142.9New
English DemocratRoger Cooper, Graham Dare, Satvinder Singh Chagger, Graham Wood, Arvind Tailor, Elaine Cheeseman, David Stevens, Janus Polenceus24,4771.4+0.5
NO2EUBob Crow, John Hendry, Mary Davis, Kevin Nolan, Syed Islam, Onay Kasab, John Rowe, Nick Wrack17,7581.0New
Socialist LabourArthur Scargill, Amanda Rose, Colin Muir, Linda Muir, Ronald Sinclair, Margaret Sharkey, Alan Jones, Carole Whatham15,3060.9New
LibertasMax Burt, Victoria Wood, Susannah Prins, Peter Lloyd, Herbert Crossman, Dominique Field8,4440.4New
Jury TeamReza Tabrisi, Evan Milner, Lucy O'Sullivan-McCormick, Afshin Payravi, Thomas Mulcahy, Sherif Malak, David Littlejohn, Gregory Williams7,2840.4New
IndependentSteven Cheung4,9180.3New
Socialist (GB)Danny Lambert, Tristan Miller, Janet Carter, Bill Martin, Adam Buick, Simon Wigley, Frederick Allen, Patricia Deutz4,0500.2New
Yes2EuropeBrendan Donnelly3,3840.2New
IndependentSohale Rahman[20]3,2480.2New
IndependentGene Alcantara[21]1,9720.1New
IndependentHaroon Saad1,6030.1New
Turnout1,751,02633.3−4.0

2004

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European Election 2004: London[22]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
ConservativeTheresa Villiers, John Bowis, Charles Tannock
Syed Kamall, Ian Twinn, Roseanne Serrelli, Heather Leigh Mendelsohn, Ashok Kumaar
504,941
(168,313.67)
26.8−5.9
LabourClaude Moraes, Mary Honeyball, Robert Evans
Anita Pollack, Hugh Malyan, Steph Elsy, Munir Malik, Jane Briginshaw, Jo Ejiofor
466,584
(155,528)
24.8−10.2
Liberal DemocratsSarah Ludford
Jonathan Fryer, John Stevens, Dinti Wakefield, Ian McDonald, Kishwer Falkner, Nigel Bakhai, Keith Moffitt, Sandra Lawman
288,79015.3+3.6
UKIPGerard Batten
Damian Hockney, Christopher Pratt, John De Roeck, Anthony Scholefield, Janice Cronin, Kathleen Garner, Harun Khan, Ralph Atkinson
232,63312.3+6.9
GreenJean Lambert
Paul Ingram, Judy Maciejowska, Timothy Turner, Christopher Cotton, Douglas Earl, Shahrar Ali, Peter Budge, Joseph Healy
158,9868.4+0.7
RespectGeorge Galloway, Unjum Mirza, Elaine Graham-Leigh, Paul Foot, Rita Carter, John Mulrenan, Victoria Brittain, Gary McFarlane, Ken Loach91,1754.8New
BNPChristopher Roberts, Tess Culnane, Lee Barnes, James Seadon, John Bowles, Jay Lee, John Evans, Alan Bailey, Lawrence Rustem76,1524.0+2.4
CPAMichael Elmer, Genevieve Hibbs, Peter Flower, Keith McLeod, Debra Smith-Gorick, Douglas Gibbons, Roger Glencross, Glenton Downs45,0382.4New
English DemocratRobin Tilbrook, Timothy Bragg, Terence Brown, Robert Howells, Alan Sutton, Robert Poulton15,9450.9New
People's Party for Better GovernmentChristopher Prior5,2050.3New
Turnout1,885,44937.3+14.2

1999

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European Election 1999: London[23]
ListCandidatesVotesOf total (%)± from prev.
LabourPauline 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
ConservativeTheresa Villiers, Charles Tannock, Lord Bethell, John Bowis
Ian Twinn, Andrew Popat,[24] Andrew Boff, Bene't Steinberg, John Flack, Angela Harvey
372,989
(93,247.25)
32.7
Liberal DemocratsSarah Ludford
Hugh Dykes, Susan Kramer, Jonathan Fryer, Hilary Leighter, Nick Pinfield, Sue Doughty, Andrew Wiseman, Nikki Thomson, Peter Facey
133,05811.7
GreenJean Lambert
Niki Kortvelyessy, Jenny Jones, Shane Collins, John William Bradley, Vicky Olliver, Hils Jago, Jayne Forbes, Dean Walton, Michael Stimson
87,5457.7
UKIPCraig Mackinlay, Damian Hockney, Josie O'Ware, Gerald Roberts, Chris Pratt, James Carver, Michael Harvey, Tony Scholefield, John de Roeck, Mark Lester61,7415.4
Socialist LabourArthur Scargill, Novjot Brar, Hardy Singh Dhillon, Amanda Rose, John Hendy, Harpal Brar, Eloisa Rule, Robert Siggins, John Hayball, Joe Marino19,6321.7
BNPJohn Tyndall, Kenneth Francis, Paul Borg, Michael Davidson, Valerie Tyndall, Jean Griffin, Ruth Tagg, Michael Carey, Christopher Jury, Mark Tointan17,9601.6
LiberalMaria Williamson, Mark Austin, Robin Almond, Rif Winfield, Anne Bradshaw, Roger Jenking, Gerald Williams, Donald Bruce, Peter White, Jennifer Roach16,9511.5
Pro-Euro ConservativeMarcelle d'Argy Smith, Harriet Crawley, Catherine Moorhouse, Richard Wassell, Sir Anthony Meyer, Martin Sexton, Mary-Anne Widdicombe, Stephen Haseler, Joanne Ezekiel, Daniel Trup16,3831.4
Architect, Human Rights Peace in EuropeGeorge Hajifanis4,8510.4
Anti-Value added taxErol Basarik2,5960.2
HumanistJon Swinden, Judith Earley, Tony Robinson, Robert Harris, Simon Peters, Simon Domingo, Joanna Spearman, Anna Louise Swinden, Mammo Muchie, Jennifer Wright2,5860.2
The Hemp CoalitionGordon Webster2,3580.2
Natural LawGeoffrey Clements, Richard Johnson, Anthony Hardy, Susan Hamza, Gerard Valente, Judith Thomas, Alexander Hankey, Philomena Quick, Jonathan Hinde, Charles Hueston2,2630.2
Weekly WorkerAnne Murphy, Stanley Kelsey, Marcus Larsen, Peter Mansen, Phillip Kent, Jim Gilbert, Andrew Hanna8460.1
Turnout1,141,22523.1

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