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European election candidates: East of England

Elections for the European parliament will be held on 4 June 2009. Voters in the UK will elect a total of 72 MEPs, a reduction from the current 78 due to the enlargement of the European Union.

The UK is divided into 12 electoral regions, each represented by a different number of MEPs. Click on the names below to find a complete list of candidates in your area.

South EastLondonSouth WestWalesWest MidlandsNorth WestNorthern IrelandScotlandNorth EastYorkshire and HumbersideEast MidlandsEast of England

EAST OF ENGLAND - 7 MEPs

Parties listed alphabetically. Guide to abbreviations

Name Party Party list order
Jasmijn De Boo AC 1
Alexander Bourke AC 2
Richard Deboo AC 3
Eddy Butler BNP 1
Emma Colgate BNP 2
Stephen McCole BNP 3
David Fleming BNP 4
David Lucas BNP 5
Mark Fuller BNP 6
Seamus Dunne BNP 7
Geoffrey Van Orden CON 1
Robert Sturdy CON 2
Vicky Ford CON 3
John Flack CON 4
Jonathan Morgan CON 5
Claire Strong CON 6
Clare Whelan CON 7
Jeremy Tyrrell CPCPA 1
Kim Christofi CPCPA 2
John Jackson CPCPA 3
Grace Oghenegare CPCPA 4
Albert Usikaro CPCPA 5
Douglas Suckling CPCPA 6
Sally Craig CPCPA 7
Robin Tilbrook English Dem. 1
Charles Vickers English Dem. 2
John Cooper English Dem. 3
Raymond Brown English Dem. 4
Adrian Key English Dem. 5
Nicholas Capp English Dem. 6
Patrick Harris English Dem. 7
Rupert Read GRN 1
Peter Lynn GRN 2
James Abbott GRN 3
Marc Scheimann GRN 4
Angela Thomson GRN 5
Andrew Stringer GRN 6
Amy Drayson GRN 7
Peter Rigby IND 1
Andrew Armes JT 1
Ian Tyes JT 2
Stephen Garton JT 3
Jules Sherrington JT 4
Andrew Parker JT 5
Michael Yates JT 6
Richard Howitt LAB 1
Beth Kelly LAB 2
Nigel Gardner LAB 3
Sherma Batson LAB 4
James Valentine LAB 5
Katie Curtis LAB 6
Chris Ostrowski LAB 7
Andrew Duff LD 1
Linda Jack LD 2
Ian Mack LD 3
Peter Welch LD 4
Earnshaw Palmer LD 5
Andrew Houseley LD 6
Qurban Hussain LD 7
Andrew Jamieson LIB-EU 1
Peter Mason LIB-EU 2
John Dowdale LIB-EU 3
Carlo de Chair LIB-EU 4
Henry Burton LIB-EU 5
John Harmer LIB-EU 6
Peter Robbins LIB-EU 7
Brian Denny NO2EU 1
Frank Jepson NO2EU 2
Steve Glennon NO2EU 3
Phil Katz NO2EU 4
Eleanor Donne NO2EU 5
Pete Relph NO2EU 6
Ron Rodwell NO2EU 7
James Dry SLP 1
Patricia Bowen SLP 2
Paul Hardman SLP 3
Martha Page-Harries SLP 4
Jacob Bowen SLP 5
Miriam Scale SLP 6
Andrew Jordan SLP 7
Robin Page UKF 1
Peter Cole UKF 2
Charles Lawson UKF 3
Leslie West UKF 4
Arthur Baynes UKF 5
David Campbell Bannerman UKIP 1
John Agnew UKIP 2
Andrew Smith UKIP 3
Stuart Gulleford UKIP 4
Amy O'Boyle UKIP 5
Michael McGough UKIP 6
Michael Baker UKIP 7



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EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS

MEP Seats

  Votes MEPs
Party % +/- % Total +/-
EPP 33.4 -1.4 264 -18
Socialists 23.2 -4.1 183 -26
Liberal 11.0 +1.6 84 +5
Green 7.4 +1.3 50 +9
Left 5.3 -0.6 34 -2
UEN 3.4 +1.6 28 +2
Ind/Dem 2.7 -1.8 21 -15
No Group 13.6 +3.4 72 +3.4
0 of 27 countries declared.

UK Total MEP Seats

Party Votes MEPs
% +/- % Total +/-
CON 27.7 1.0 *26 1
UKIP 16.5 0.3 13 1
LAB 15.7 -6.9 13 -5
LD 13.7 -1.2 11 1
GRN 8.6 2.4 2 0
BNP 6.2 1.3 2 2
SNP 2.1 0.7 2 0
PC 0.8 -0.1 1 0
OTH 8.5 2.4 0 0
SF 1 0
DUP 1 0
72 of 72 seats declared. Vote share figures exclude Northern Ireland as it has a separate electoral system to the rest of the UK
* Includes UCUNF MEP elected in Northern Ireland
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