South West England (European Parliament constituency)

South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament European Parliament

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. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation Party-list proportional representation

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South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament European Parliament

The European Parliament is the parliament [i]ary body of the European Union [i] , directly elected by EU citizen [i]...

. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting system [i]s used in multiple-winne ...

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Boundaries

The constituency consists of the South West England South West England

South West England is one of the regions of England [i]. ...

region of the United Kingdom United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ...

and with effect from the 2004 European election European Parliament election, 2004

Elections to the European Parliament [i] were held from June 10 [i], 2004 [i] to June 13 [i], 2004 [i] i ...

has also included Gibraltar Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory [i]....

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Members of the European Parliament

1999 - 2004

Giles Chichester, Conservative
Glyn Ford, Labour
Michael Holmes, UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party

The United Kingdom Independence Party is a Eurosceptic [i] British [i] pol ...
Caroline Jackson, Conservative
Alexandar Macmillan, Conservative
Neil Parish, Conservative
Graham Watson, Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal [i] political party [i] ...

Changes

Michael Holmes resigned and was replaced by Graham Booth Graham Booth

Graham H. Booth is an English [i] politician, and Member of the European Parliament [i] for South West England [i]...

in 2002.

2004 - present

Graham Booth Graham Booth

Graham H. Booth is an English [i] politician, and Member of the European Parliament [i] for South West England [i]...

, UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party

The United Kingdom Independence Party is a Eurosceptic [i] British [i] pol ...
Giles Chichester, Conservative
Glyn Ford, Labour
Caroline Jackson, Conservative
Roger Knapman Roger Knapman

Roger Maurice Knapman is a British [i] politician, and is the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party [i] ...

, UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party

The United Kingdom Independence Party is a Eurosceptic [i] British [i] pol ...
Neil Parish, Conservative
Graham Watson, Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal [i] political party [i] ...