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Topic: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

	European Parliament constituency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In five European Union Member States (Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom), the national territory is divided into a number of constituencies for European elections.
		The population of constituencies varies widely across the union.
		Currently, the German speaking community of Belgium are the most represented in the EU Parliament with one seat for their 71,000 population, while the people of Sardinia and Sicily are the least represented, with only one seat per 943,000 people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Parliament_constituency (176 words)

	Selby Conservatives - People - Members of the European Parliament
		Timothy became an MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber in 1999, and was elected as Leader of the Conservative MEPs in December 2004.
		He was Vice-President of the ED Group in the European Parliament until February 2005 and the Conservative representative on the European 'Future of Europe' Convention.
		Timothy was Chief Whip of the Conservatives in the European Parliament from 1999-2001.
	www.selbyconservatives.com /page/2/22 (556 words)

	Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Bradford South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
		Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2)
	arikah.net /encyclopedia/Bradford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (140 words)

	Clause 1 — Piloting Conduct at...: 8 Mar 2004: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Government amendment (a) reinstates Yorkshire and the Humber and the north-west as pilot regions, supplementing the north-east and the east midlands as the Government's preferred four regions for piloting, as I announced in January.
		Meetings with the regional returning officers and senior electoral officials from Yorkshire and the Humber and the north-west, however, showed that both regions felt operationally capable of running a pilot.
		In my constituency, which is at the heart of the former Yorkshire coalfield, two out of five households include at least one person with a long-term sickness or disability.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates?id=2004-03-08.1284.2 (7013 words)

	Politics \| Peers reject extension of postal voting
		Ministers had proposals to extend postal voting pilots in the June elections thrown back in their faces today, as the House of Lords rejected the plan in the latest round of parliamentary "ping pong" between the two chambers.
		Voting was 135 to 106, a majority of 29, during the European parliamentary and local elections (pilots) bill.
		In reply, Labour's Lord Hoyle warned that "the leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, is standing for the European elections in the North West, and it will be to the shame of this house if it turns down postal ballots in the North West and we enable the BNP to gain a seat in Europe".
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4883034-111300,00.html (737 words)

	European Parliament UK Office - Elections Facts
		Elections to the European Parliament are held every five years.
		The European Parliament was directly elected for the first time in 1979.
		The European Parliamentary Elections Act, which received Royal Assent on 14th January 1999, introduced a regional list system with seats allocated to parties in proportion to their share of the vote.
	www.europarl.org.uk /guide/Gelectionfacts.htm (278 words)

	Liberal Democrat MEPs in the European Parliament News (Devizes Constituency Liberal Democrats)
		Speaking ahead of a European Parliament debate on racist and homophobic violence, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokeswoman Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP is calling on the EU to match its achievements on workplace equality with tough measures to punish those responsible for violent hate crimes:
		Liberal Democrat European Justice Spokeswoman Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP has welcomed a European Parliament move that would mean armed 'sky marshals' being all but unknown on European flights, but warns against US pressure for them on transatlantic flights.
		Ahead of a European Parliament debate and vote on new rules to protect data on individuals accessed for police and security purposes, Liberal Democrat European Justice Spokeswoman Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP is warning Europe's governments that they risk stalling important EU work by failing to agree them.
	devizeslibdems.org.uk /news/external/2.html?... (851 words)

	Scotland_(european_parliament_constituency) info here at en.centraltest.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament.
		The constituency corresponds to the country of Scotland, one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom.
		European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom
	en.centraltest.info /.../Scotland_(European_Parliament_constituency) (76 words)

	★ Bradford ★ - Information on Bradford - Askaroo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yorkshire boasted plentiful supplies of iron ore, coal and soft water which were used in cleaning raw wool, and a coal seam which stretched as far as Nottingham provided the power that the industry needed.
		Sandstone, Bradford's local stone, provided an excellent resource for the building of the mills, and the large population of West Yorkshire meant there was a readily available workforce.
		Bradford was one of the contenders for 2008 European Capital Of Culture, eventually losing to the city of Liverpool.
	askaroo.com /info/Bradford.html (1846 words)

	Crofton Village Community Website
		The European Parliament is elected by proportional representation which results in six MEPs representing this area (until June 2004 there were seven).
		There are a total of 78 UK MEP's in a European Parliament of 732 members representing 25 countries.
		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.
	www.crofton.org.uk /Community/mep (209 words)

	Kirklees Conservatives - People - Members of the European Parliament
		Timothy Kirkhope has served Yorkshire and the Humber as an MEP since 1999, and is the Leader of Conservatives in the European Parliament.
		Between 1987 and 1997, Timothy was the MP for Leeds North East; he served in the Whips Office for six years and left office as the Home Office Minister responsible for asylum and immigration.
		In the European Parliament he has focused on tourism, setting up the EU's pro-democracy programme and reform of the EU.
	www.kirkleesconservatives.com /page/2/22 (215 words)

	European Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Edward was elected MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber in 1999, and has represented Yorkshire in the European Parliament since 1984.
		He was Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament from 1997-2001.
		Mr Kirkhope is Vice-President of the ED Group in the European Parliament and he has been the Conservative representative on the European 'Future of Europe' Convention.
	www.shipley-conservatives.com /Default.aspx?tabid=411 (197 words)

	Knaresborough Online - Local MEPs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Richard Corbett was first elected to the European Parliament in a by election in December 1996 as the Labour Euro MP for Merseyside West constituency, and was re-elected in 1999 for Yorkshire and Humber.
		In 1998 Timothy was selected as a Conservative European Parliamentary candidate for Yorkshire and the Humber.
		She first stood for the European Parliament in 1989, and finally realised her life-long ambition becoming the Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber on 14 June 1999.
	www.knaresborough.co.uk /mep (782 words)

	European Parliament UK Office - European Elections
		Results of the elections to the European Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1999; seats won, share of the vote by party, voter turnout across the EU.
		In Britain the Conservatives were the big winners, polling 36% of the votes and gaining 36 seats in the European Parliament.
		The UK Independence Party with 3 MEPs and the Greens with 2 MEPs were main beneficiaries of proportional representation, winning seats in the European Parliament for the first time.
	www.europarl.org.uk /guide/textonly/Gelecttx.htm#facts (634 words)

	european blackjack - online uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A multilangual school for students from Europe or from families where two european languages are spoken.
		European journalists Hugo Young, Christine Ockrent, Josef Joffe and Lucio Caracciolo discuss the war in Kosovo and what may lie ahead for the upcoming NATO summit.
		Map of the 'suggested' Regions of England circa 1917 contrasted with current European Regional constituency boundaries.
	www.crazy4sports.com /european-blackjack?40 (219 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Vote 2004 \| Yorkshire & Humber European Election Result
		From former coalfields to the remnants of the east coast fishing fleet, the Yorkshire and Humber region is affected deeply by decisions made in Europe.
		But in a constituency which is also home to Dales sheep farmers and North Sea fishermen, they have heard cries of anguish over quotas and subsidies.
		It is no surprise that in a region so economically and socially diverse, the two main parties won equal numbers of seats in the last European elections of 1999.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/euro_uk/html/38.stm (187 words)

	Home > Hillsborough, CA, California Yellow Pages, Classifieds, Real Estate, Business, Schools, Library and Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It currently elects 9 MEPs using the d\'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
		The constituency corresponds to Greater London, in the south east of the United Kingdom.
		May 2005: Syed Kamall (Conservative) replaces Theresa Villiers who was elected to Chipping Barnet in the 2005 general election.
	hillsboroughcaus.com /topic/London_(European_Parliament_constituency) (203 words)

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	Conservatives in the European Parliament - News Story - Conservative MEPs express outrage at Lib Dem's "civil war" ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Conservative MEPs said a comment by Liberal Democrat MEP Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne that the London bombings amounted to "civil war" were highly inflammatory and unhelpful.
		Baroness Nicholson, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee, made the comments following remarks by Edward McMillan-Scott MEP, who had explained to the committee that the London bombers came from his constituency, Yorkshire and the Humber.
		These are very unhelpful comments and may well stir up hostility in my constituency and other areas with large Muslim communities.
	www.conservatives.com /meps/story.cfm?obj_id=123893 (222 words)

	UK Members of the European Parliament
		Several MEPs represent each regional EU constituency and you are therefore entitled to address correspondence, petitions etc. to each of them.
		indicate that the MEP has not published their email address on the European Parliament website, and I have had to guess at what it might be.
		Luckily, where this is the case, the MEP has already supplied an alternative.
	vox.org.uk /MEPMail.htm (326 words)

	Politics \| Yesterday in parliament
		Lady Miller, for the Conservatives, questioned whether it was wise to rely on imported gas to meet Britain's energy requirements, as the government was doing.
		Emergency services and parliamentary staff were hailed for their swift response to an incident in Parliament Square.
		Mr Hain said: "A van carrying chemicals was involved in a traffic accident.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4883720-107978,00.html (1199 words)

	Yorkshire and the Humber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In favour of electoral reform for the House of Commons and local government.
		Furthermore, I believe that the record low turnout at the 1999 election to the European Parliament was a direct consequence of the crazy PR system introduced by the Government."
		My own views remain on record and are the same as I have expressed on a number of occasions over the last fourteen years that I have represented the Brightside constituency in Parliament."
	www.electoral-reform.org.uk /election/e06.htm (495 words)

	Timothy Kirkhope MEP - Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Timothy Kirkhope MEP - Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
		Serving the People of Yorkshire and the Humber
		My colleague Edward Mcmillan-Scott MEP also represents Yorkshire and the Humber region in the European Parliament.
	www.kirkhope.org.uk /contact.htm (176 words)

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