Returned Members
| MEPs for the West Midlands, 1999 onwards | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | 1999 (5th parliament) | 2004 (6th parliament) | 2009 (7th parliament) | ||||||
| MEP Party |
Malcolm Harbour Conservative |
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| MEP Party |
Philip Bradbourn Conservative |
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| MEP Party |
Philip Bushill-Matthews Conservative |
Seat abolished | Anthea McIntyre Conservative |
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| MEP Party |
John Corrie Conservative |
Mike Nattrass UKIP |
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| MEP Party |
Liz Lynne Liberal Democrat |
Phil Bennion Liberal Democrat |
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| MEP Party |
Michael Cashman Labour |
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| MEP Party |
Neena Gill Labour |
Nikki Sinclaire UKIP 2009-2010 Independent 2010-2012 We Demand a Referendum 2010-present |
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| MEP Party |
Simon Murphy Labour |
Seat abolished | |||||||
| Key to European parties (UK) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British party | Seats/73 | EP group | Seats/754 | ||
| Conservative | 25 | Conservatives & Reformists | 53 | ||
| Labour | 13 | Socialists & Democrats | 189 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 12 | Liberals & Democrats | 85 | ||
| UKIP | 12 | Freedom & Democracy | 34 | ||
| UKIP | 2 | None | |||
| Green | 2 | Greens & Free Alliance | 59 | ||
| Scottish National | 2 | Greens & Free Alliance | 59 | ||
| British National | 1 | None | |||
| Democratic Unionist | 1 | None | |||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | Greens & Free Alliance | 59 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 1 | EUL-NGL | 34 | ||
| UUP | 1 | Conservatives & Reformists | 53 | ||
| Independent | 1 | None | |||
| We Demand a Referendum | 1 | None | |||
1 Stood down in February 2012
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