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Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

Yorkshire and the Humber was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected six Members of the European Parliament (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 Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

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 Cleveland and Richmond and Lincolnshire and Humberside South.

Returned members

1Diana Wallis resigned in January 2012.[6]
2Timothy Kirkhope was appointed to the House of Lords in 2016 and as a result was required to resign.[7]

Election results

2019 results
2014 results

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the order in which candidates were elected, and the number of votes per seat won in their respective columns.

References

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  24. ^ "1999 Election candidates; Yorkshire and the Humber". UK Office of the European Parliament. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
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