East of England was a constituency of the European Parliament that was coterminous with the East of England region. It returned 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
Boundaries
The constituency corresponded to the East of England region of the United Kingdom, comprising the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
History
It was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member constituencies. At the time of their abolition in 1999, these were Cambridgeshire, Essex North and Suffolk South, Essex South, Essex West and Hertfordshire East, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and South West Norfolk, and parts of Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.
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! colspan = 10 | MEPs for former East of England constituencies, 1979–1999
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! Election
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! 1979–1984
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! 1984–1989
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! 1989–1994
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! 1994–1999
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| Cambridgeshire <small>(1979–1984)</small><br />Cambridge and Bedfordshire North <small>(1984–1994)</small><br />Cambridgeshire <small>(1994–1999)</small>
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| colspan = 5 | Fred Catherwood<br />Conservative
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| Robert Sturdy<br />Conservative
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| Essex North East <small>(1979–1994)</small><br />Essex North and Suffolk South <small>(1994–1999)</small>
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| colspan = 3 | David Curry<br />Conservative
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| colspan = 3 | Anne McIntosh<br />Conservative
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| Bedfordshire <small>(1979–1984)</small><br />Bedfordshire South <small>(1984–1994)</small><br />Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes <small>(1994–1999)</small>
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| colspan = 5 | Peter Beazley<br />Conservative
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| Eryl McNally<br />Labour
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| Essex South West <small>(1979–1994)</small><br />Essex West and Hertfordshire East <small>(1994–1999)</small>
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| colspan = 3 | Dr. Alexander Sherlock<br />Conservative
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| Patricia Rawlings<br />Conservative
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| Hugh Kerr<br />Labour (1994–1997)<br />Scottish Socialist Party (1997–1999)
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| Hertfordshire <small>(1979–1999)</small>
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| colspan = 5 | Derek Prag<br />Conservative
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| Peter Truscott<br />Labour
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| Norfolk <small>(1979–1999)</small>
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| colspan = 5 | Paul Howell<br />Conservative
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| Clive Needle<br />Labour
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| Suffolk <small>(1979–1994)</small><br />Suffolk and South West Norfolk <small>(1994–1999)</small>
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| colspan = 5 | Amédée Turner<br />Conservative
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| David Thomas<br />Labour
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| Essex South <small>(1994–1999)</small>
! colspan = 6 | Seat not established
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| Richard Howitt<br />Labour
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Returned members
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! colspan = 15 | MEPs for the East of England, 1999 onwards
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! Election
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 12 | Geoffrey Van Orden<br />Conservative
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 3 | Christopher Beazley<br />Conservative
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| colspan = 4 | Vicky Ford<br />Conservative (2009–2017)
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| style="width:8px;"| John Flack<br />Conservative (2017–2019)
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|| Barbara Gibson<br />Liberal Democrat
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! MEP<br />Party
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| Bashir Khanbhai<br />Conservative
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| Tom Wise <br />UKIP (2004–2009) <br /> Independent (2009)
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| colspan = 6 | David Campbell Bannerman<br />UKIP (2009–2011) <br /> Conservative (2011–2019)
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|| Lucy Nethsingha<br />Liberal Democrat
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 5 | Robert Sturdy<br />Conservative
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| colspan = 4 |Patrick O'Flynn<br />UKIP (2014–2018) <br /> SDP (2018–2019)
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|| Richard Tice<br />Brexit Party
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 3 | Jeffrey Titford<br />UKIP
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| colspan = 6 | Stuart Agnew<br />UKIP
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|| Michael Heaver<br />Brexit Party
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 5 | Andrew Duff<br />Liberal Democrat
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| colspan = 4 | Tim Aker<br /> UKIP (2014–2018)<br /> Thurrock Independents (2018–2019)<br />Brexit Party (2019)
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|| June Mummery<br />Brexit Party
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! MEP<br />Party
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| colspan = 8 | Richard Howitt<br />Labour (1999–16)
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|| Alex Mayer<br />Labour (2016–2019)
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|| Catherine Rowett<br />Green Party
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! MEP<br />Party
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| Eryl McNally<br />Labour
! colspan = 12 | Seat abolished
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Election results
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
2019
thumb|Popular vote winners by district, 2019
2014
thumb|Popular vote winners by district, 2014
2009
thumb|Popular vote winners by district, 2009
2004
thumb|Popular vote winners by district, 2004
1999
thumb|Popular vote winners by district, 1999