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Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

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Created
  
1999

Member state
  
United Kingdom

Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

MEPs
  
7 (1999–2004); 6 (2004–present)

Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It elects six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

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Boundaries

The constituency corresponds 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

Election results

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

References

Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency) Wikipedia