For European elections, Filey is in the Yorkshire and Humber Region, which is one of 12 Regions in the United Kingdom and includes the following local government areas:
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Rotherham |
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Sheffield |
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| West Yorkshire |
Bradford |
Calderdale |
Kirklees |
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Leeds |
Wakefield |
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| East Riding of Yorkshire |
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| Hull |
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| North Yorkshire |
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| North Lincolnshire |
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| North East Lincolnshire |
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The European Electoral System
Although exact electoral systems vary in each country, all Member States employ a system of Proportional Representation (PR). Proportional Representation is the general term used to describe a voting system in which the number of parliamentary seats a political party gains broadly corresponds to its overall share of the vote.
Closed Regional Lists
The PR system for England, Scotland and Wales uses closed regional lists. Under this arrangement most political parties put forward several candidates within each electoral region, listing them in order of priority (hence "regional list"). This means that candidates placed at the top of a party's list will have a better chance of becoming an MEP than those at the bottom.
However, unlike Westminster elections, voters can only choose the party they wish to vote for, not the individual candidate (hence "closed" list). The only time it's possible to vote for an individual is where independent candidates unaffiliated to any political party are standing.
After the vote has been counted, the total number of seats within a given region is distributed between the political parties according to the share of the overall vote they win.
Numbers of Seats
Member States are allocated seats within the European Parliament to broadly reflect the size of their national population.
There will be 728 MEPs sitting in the European Parliament after the 2009 elections of which the UK will elect 72.
The UK's 72 seats are distributed between 12 electoral regions as follows:
Scotland 6
Wales 4
Northern Ireland 3
England 59:
(North East 3, North West 8, Yorkshire & Humber 6, West Midlands 6, East Midlands 5,
Eastern 7, London 8, South West 6 and South East 10.)
ELECTION - 4th JUNE 2009
| Party |
Number of Votes |
Percentage of Votes
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| Conservative |
299,802 |
24.5 |
| Labour |
230,009 |
18.8 |
| UK Independence |
213,750 |
17.4 |
| Liberal Democrat |
161,552
| 13.2 |
| British National |
120,139 |
9.8 |
| Green |
104,456 |
8.5 |
| English Democrats |
31,287 |
2.6 |
| Socialist LabourParty |
19,380 |
1.6 |
| Christian Party- Christian
Peoples Alliance |
16,742 |
1.4 |
| No2EU |
15,614 |
1.3 |
Jury Team |
7,181 |
0.6 |
| Libertas |
6,268 |
0.5 |
| Total of Votes |
1,226,180 |
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| Turnout |
33.19% |
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| Electorate |
3,694,415 |
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| MEMBERS ELECTED |
| Party |
Member |
| British National Party |
Andrew Blons |
| Conservative |
Timothy Kirkhope |
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Edward McMillan-Scott |
| Labour |
Linda McAvan |
| Liberal Democrat |
Diana Wallis |
| United Kingdom Independence |
Godfrey Bloom |
ELECTION - 10th JUNE 2004
| Party |
Number of Votes |
Percentage of Votes
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| Labour |
413,213 |
26.3 |
| Conservative |
387,369 |
24.6 |
| Liberal Democrat |
244,607
| 15.6 |
| UK Independence |
228,666 |
14.5 |
| British National |
126,538 |
8.0 |
| Green |
90,337 |
5.7 |
| Respect - The Unity Coalition |
29,865 |
1.9 |
| English Democrats |
24,068 |
1.5 |
| Independent - Ellis |
14,762 |
0.9 |
| Alliance for Green Socialism |
13,776 |
0.9 |
| Total of Votes |
1,573,201 |
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| Turnout |
42.17% |
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| Electorate |
3,730,275 |
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| MEMBERS ELECTED |
| Party |
Member |
| Conservative |
Timothy Kirkhope |
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Edward McMillan-Scott |
| Labour |
Richard Corbett |
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Linda McAvan |
| Liberal Democrat |
Diana Wallis |
| United Kingdom Independence |
Godfrey Bloom |
ELECTION - 10th JUNE 1999
| Party |
Number of Votes |
Percentage of Votes |
| Conservative |
272,653 |
36.64 |
| Labour |
233,024 |
31.32 |
| Liberal Democrat |
107,168 |
14.40 |
| UK Independence |
52,824 |
7.10 |
| Green |
42,604 |
5.73 |
Alternative Labour List
Supporting Left Alliance |
9,554 |
1.28 |
| British National |
8,911 |
1.20 |
| Pro Euro Conservative |
8,075 |
1.09 |
| Socialist Labour |
7,650 |
1.03 |
| Natural Law |
1,604 |
0.22 |
| Total of Votes |
744.067 |
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| Turnout |
19.60% |
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| Electorate |
3,795,388 |
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| MEMBERS ELECTED |
| Party |
Member |
| Conservative |
Robert Goodwill |
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Timothy Kirkhope |
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Edward McMillan-Scott |
| Labour |
David Bowe |
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Richard Corbett |
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Linda McAvan |
| Liberal Democrat |
Diana Wallis |
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