Members of the European Parliament

Crofton is in the "Yorkshire and the Humber" constituency of the European Parliament. The European Parliament is elected by proportional representation which results in six MEPs representing this area (until June 2004 there were seven). The current representatives were elected on 10th June 2004  by postal ballot for a period of 5 years. 

There are a total of 78 UK MEP's in a European Parliament of 732 members representing 25 countries.

Unlike other elections in the UK, where votes are cast for individuals, in the European elections only candidates standing independent of the main political parties are listed on the ballot papers. In the main, votes are cast for political parties, the number of successful candidates being taken from a list submitted by the parties, in proportion to the number of votes cast.

The current Yorkshire and Humberside representatives are:-

	Position in  the poll
Linda McAvan	1
Timothy Kirkhope	2
Diana Wallis	3
Godfrey Bloom	4
Richard Corbett	5
Edward McMillan-Scott	6

Summary 2004
Number of voters in the constituancy	3,719,717
% Turnout	42.93%
Party Breakdown
Labour	26.3%
Conservative	24.6%
Liberal Democrats	15.6%
UKIP	14%
BNP	8%
Green Party	5.7%
Respect-Unity Coalition	1.9%
English Democrats	1.5%
Independent	0.9%
Alliance for Green Socialism	0.9%

Contact details can be found on the web site of the UK Office of the European Parliament (click on the link below and then "UK MEPs" followed by "Yorkshire and Humberside"). More information about the European Union can be found on both of the following sites.

The previous representatives (to June 2004) were David Bowe (Labour),  Richard Corbett (Labour), Robert Goodwill (Conservative), Timothy Kirkhope (Conservative), Linda McAvan (Labour), Edward McMillan Scott (Conservative), Diana Wallis (Liberal Democrat).