London Euros

The London European region covers Greater London. In 2009 the region returned 3 Conservative MEPs, 2 Labour MEPs, 1 UKIP MEP, 1 Lib Dem MEP and 1 Green MEP.

Sitting MEPs and 2009 Results

1.		Charles Tannock (Conservative)	479,037 (27.4%)
2.		Claude Moraes (Labour)	372,590 (21.3%)
3.		Sarah Ludford (Liberal Democrat)	240,156 (13.7%)
4.		Syed Kamall (Conservative)	(239,519)
5.		Jean Lambert (Green)	190,589 (10.9%)
6.		Gerard Batten (UKIP)	188,440 (10.8%)
7.		Mary Honeyball (Labour)	(186,295)
8.		Marina Yannakoudakis (Conservative)	(159,679)
-.		BNP	86,420 (4.9%)
-.		Christian Party	51,336 (2.9%)
-.		Jan Jananayagam (Independent)	50,014 (2.9%)
-.		English Democrats	24,477 (1.4%)
-.		No2EU	17,758 (1.0%)
-.		Socialist Labour	15,306 (0.9%)
-.		Libertas	8,444 (0.5%)
-.		Jury Team	7,284 (0.4%)
-.		Steven Cheung (Independent)	4,918 (0.3%)
-.		Socialist Party of GB	4,050 (0.2%)
-.		Yes 2 Europe	3,384 (0.2%)
-.		Sohale Rahman (Independent)	3,248 (0.2%)
-.		Gene Alcantara (Independent)	1,972 (0.1%)
-.		Haroon Saad (Independent)	1,603 (0.1%)

2004 Results

1.		Syed Kamall (Conservative)	504,941 (26.8%)	(Replaced Theresa Villiers 2005)
2.		Claude Moraes (Labour)	466,584 (24.8%)
3.		Sarah Ludford (Liberal Democrat)	288,790 (15.3%)
4.		John Bowis (Conservative)	(252,471)	(Will stand down at next election)
5.		Mary Honeyball (Labour)	(233,292)
6.		Gerard Batten (UKIP)	232,633 (12.3%)
7.		Charles Tannock (Conservative)	(168,314)
8.		Jean Lambert (Green)	158,986 (8.4%)
9.		Robert Evans (Labour)	(155,528)	(Will stand down at next election)
-.		Respect	91,175 (4.8%)
-.		BNP	76,152 (4.0%)
-.		CPA	45,038 (2.4%)
-.		English Democrats	15,945 (0.9%)
-.		People’s Party…	5,205 (0.3%)

2009 Candidates

1.	Claude Moraes. Sitting MEP. Born India. Educated at Dundee University. Prior to his election was director of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. MEP for London since 1999.
2.	Mary Honeyball. Sitting MEP. Born 1953, Weymouth. Prior to her election was the General Secretary of the Association of Chief Officers of Probation. MEP for London since 2000, when she succeeded upon the resignation of Pauline Green.
3.	Anne Fairweather. Born London. External relations manager for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
4.	Kevin McGrath. Chartered surveyor and partner of an asset management firm. Contested North East Hampshire 2005. Funded Hilary Benn’s deputy leadership campaign in 2007. Part owner of Tribune since 2008.
5.	Emma Jones. Teacher. Haringey councillor
6.	Raj Jethwa. Trade Union policy officer. Contested Harborough 2001.
7.	Nilgun Canver. Born 1957, Turkey. Haringey councillor since 1998.
8.	Abdul Asad. Tower Hamlets councillor.

1.	Charles Tannock. Sitting MEP. Born 1957, Aldershot. Educated at Bradfield College and Oxford University. Former consultant psychiatrist. MEP for London since 1999.
2.	Syed Kamall. Sitting MEP. Born 1967, London. Educated at Latymer School and Liverpool University. Former business consultant. Contested London assembly elections 2000, West Ham 2001. MEP for Lonsonc since 2005, succeeding Theresa Villiers upon her election to Parliament.
3.	Marina Yannakoudakis. Barnet councillor.
4.	Jean-Paul “JP” Floru. Born 1969, Aalst, Belgium. Educated at Leuven University. Non practicising solicitor and director of the Freedom Alliance. Westminster councillor since 2006.
5.	Warwick Lightfoot. Economist. Kensington and Chelsea councillor. Contested Cornwall South East 1997. Unsucessfully sought the Conservative nomination for London mayor in 2007.
6.	Graham Postles. Born 1957, Liverpool. Educated at Birmingham Polytechnic. Chartered insurance broker, working as a self-employed marketing and communications consultant. Contested Walsall South 1987, Dudley West by-electon 1994. Contested Newham mayoralty 2002.
7.	Alison Sproule. Works for Macmillan Cancer Support.
8.	Ian Twinn

1.	Sarah Ludford Sitting MEP. Born 1951. Former Islington councillor. Life peer since 1997. MEP for London since 1999.
2.	Jonathan Fryer Born 1950, Manchester. Educated at Manchester Grammar School. Freelance writer and broadcaster. Bromley councillor 1986-1990. Contested Chelsea 1983, Orpington 1987, Leyton 1992. Contested London South-East 1979, 1984, 1994, London 1999, 2004.
3.	Dinti Batstone
4.	Christopher Le Breton Born 1964, Kenya. Educated at Sussex University. Leadership coach. Contested Greenwich and Woolwich 2005.
5.	John Pindar Former Lambeth councillor.
6.	Simon James Kingston councillor since 2002. Contested Tooting 1997, 2001, Spelthorne 2005.
7.	Caroline Persson
8.	Ben Jones

1.	Gerald Batten Sitting MEP. Born 1954, London. Former British Telecom salesman. Contested Barking by-election 1994, Harlow 1997, West Ham 2001, Dagenham 2005. Contested London mayoralty 2008. MEP for the London Region since 2004.
2.	Ralph Atkinson European Parliament researcher. Contested Dulwich and West Norwood 2005. Contested London region in 2004 European Parliamentary elections. Contested London list in 2008 Assembly elections.
3.	Michael Zuckerman Contested Ludlow 2005.
4.	Tim Worstall Born 1963, Torquay. Educated at Downside Abbey and the LSE. Blogger and metals dealer.
5.	Sunita Webb Contested Brent and Harrow in 2008 London elections.
6.	Strachan McDonald Contested Tooting 2005.
7.	Lawrence Webb
8.	Anuruddha Reuata

1.	Jean Lambert. Sitting MEP. Born 1950, Orsett. Former teacher. MEP for London since 1999. Principle speaker of the Green party between 1992-1993 and 1998-1999.
2.	Ute Michel. Born Germany. NHS project officer. Lewisham councillor since 2006..
3.	Shahrar Ali. Educated at UCL. Green Party London Policy Coordinator. Contested Brent East 2005, Brent & Harrow 2008 London elections. Will contest Brent Central at the next General election..
4.	Joseph Healy.Born Dublin. Contested London in 2004 European elections. Will contest Vauxhall at next general election.
5.	Miranda Dunn. Born Putney. Former actress, now full time political activist and housewife. Contested Barnet and Camden in 2004 and 2000 London Assembly elections. Contested Finchley and Golders Green 2001, Barnet & Camden 2008 London elections. Convicted of disorderly conduct in 2007 for breaking through Treasury security cordons to shout “Gordon Bown is a war criminal”, she had previously been arrested for criminal damage to a carpet after throwing a tomato at President Bush..
6.	Shasha Khan. Director in a family business and runs a dance music record label. Contested Croydon North 2005, Croydon and Sutton at 2008 London elections. Will contest Croydon North at next election.
7.	John Hunt. Former software specialist, now retrained as a nurse.
8.	Caroline Allen. Born 1974, Essex. Educated Colchester County High and Cambridge University. Veterinary Surgeon practicing in North London.

1.	Bob Bailey. Born 1965, Scunthorpe. Former royal marine. Barking and Dagenham councillor since 2006. Contested London assembly list 2008.
2.	Michael Barnbrook. Born Essex. Educated at Plaistow Grammar School. Retired policeman. Will contest Old Bexley and Sidcup at the next election.
3.	Dennis Pearce. Retired engineer and former colour sergeant. Brother of former England footballer Stuart Pearce.
4.	Julian Leppert. Postal worker. Contested London mayoralty 2004. Contested Londonwide list in 2004, 2008 GLA elections. Contested Epping Forest 2005. Redbridge councillor since 2006.
5.	Roberta Woods. Educated at University of Greenwich. IT analyst. Contested London assembly list 2008.
6.	Chris Forster. Former local authority auditor and accountant, now working as a psychic and psychic event organiser. Contested London assembly list in 2008.
7.	John Clarke. Educated at Croydon College. Mechanical engineer.
8.	John Evans. Born 1937.

1.	Max Burt Former advertising executive, left disabled after a car accident. Now working as a marketing consultant.
2.	Susannah Prins Educated at Edinburgh University. Head of development at Open Europe.
3.	Peter Lloyd Works in the financial services industry.
4.	Herbert Crossman Former Liberal Democrat councillor in Harrow. Contested Harrow West for the Referendum Party in 1997. Member of the Conservative party 1998-1999. Contested 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election as an Independent.
5.	Victoria Wood Born Somerset. Works in film and events management
6.	Alan Radlett
7.	Manesh Padhiar
8.	Paul Forrester

1.	Bob Crow Born 1961, Shadwell. Educated at Hainault High School. Former London transport track-repairer. General Secretary of the RMT since 2002. Former member of the CPGB, CPB and the Socialist Labour Party.
2.	John Hendy Barrister specialising in industrial relations and employment rights. QC.
3.	Mary Davis Professor of Labour history at London Metropolitan University.
4.	Kevin Nolan Unite convenor at Visteon
5.	Syed Islam Social worker.
6.	Onay Kasab Unison branch secretary. Member of the Socialist party.
7.	John Rowe Health worker
8.	Nick Wrack Educated at Cambridge University. Barrister, specialising in criminal defence, inquests, prison law and civil actions against police. Former journalist and editor of Militant.

1.	Daniel Lambert Contested Vauxhall 2005, Lambeth & Southwark 2008 London elections.

2. Tristan Miller	3. Janet Carter
4. Bill Martin	5. Adam Buick
6. Simon Wigley	7. Frederick Allen
8. Patricia Deutz

1.	Roger Cooper Born 1945, Hertfordshire. Catering consultant. Contested South West and Londonwide list in 2008 London elections.
2.	Graham Dare Medium and spiritualist healer. Croydon councillor 1998-2002, originally for the Conservative party but defected to the Liberal Democrats 2001. Contested Croydon South 2005 for Veritas, Barnet and Camden 2008 London elections for Veritas.
3.	Sati Chaggar Born Nairobi, 1961. Owns a car repair business. Contested Ealing Southall by-election 2007, Ealing and Southall 2008.
4.	Graham Wood
5.	Arvind Tailor Born 1964. Contested Brent and Harrow 2008.
6.	Elaine Cheeseman
7.	David Stevens Born 1966. Contested Barnet and Camden 2008.
8.	Janus Polenceus Born 1983. Educated at St Michael’s Secondary School, Bermondsey. Actor. Contested Vauxhall 2005.

1.	George Hargreaves Born George Jackman in 1958. Educated at Woolverstone Hall School and Oxford University. Former songwriter, most famously penning Sinitta’s “So Macho”, now Pastor of the Hephizibah Christian Centre, Hackney. Contested Walthamstow for the Referendum Party in 1997. Contested 2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election for Operation Christian Vote. Contested Scotland in 2004 European elections for Operation Christian Vote. Contested Na h-Eileanan an Lar 2005, Dunfermline and West Fife by-election 2006, Haltemprice and Howden by-election 2008.
2.	Susan May Works for a housing association. GLA candidate 2000, 2004, 2008.
3.	Paula Warren Runs a business selling festive decorations. Contested London elections 2008.
4.	Stephen Hammond Ordained lay minister. Works in property finance and management. President of the CPA. Contested GLA elections 2004, 2008, West Ham 2005.
5.	Mary Boyle Radiographer at Hillingdon hospital. Has worked with the Simon Community and COPE foundation. Contested Ealing and Hillingdon 2008.
6.	Suzanne Fernandez
7.	Petar Ljubisic
8.	David Williams

1.	Reza Tabrizi Educated at UMIST. Consultant to HSBC.

2. Evan Millner	3. Lucy O’Sullivan McCormick
4. Afshin Payravi	5. Thomas Mulcahy
6. Sherif Malak	7. David Littlejohn
8. Gregory Williams

1.

Arthur Scargill Born 1938, Worsbrough Dale. Educated at Worsbrough Dale School and worked as a miner from the age of 15. President of the NUM from 1981 to 2002, he was the leader of the 1984-1985 miners strike. Left the Labour Party and founded the Socialist Labour Party in 1996. Contested Newport East 1997, Hartlepool 2001.

2. Amanda Rose	3. Colin Muir
4. Linda Muir	5. Ronald Sinclair
6. Margaret Sharkey	7. Alan Jones
8. Carole Whatham

1.	Brendan Donnelly Director of the Federal Trust. Former Conservative MEP, he left the party and contested the 1999 European elections as the Pro-Euro Conservative Party. Subsequently joined the Liberal Democrat party.

There are also five Independent candidates:

Gene Alcantara (Independent) Immigration caseworker. Contested West Ham 2005 for Veritas.
Steven Cheung (Independent) Born Hong Kong. Radio DJ and community activist.
Jan Jananayagam (Independent) Member of Tamils against Genocide.
Sohale Rahman (Independent) Born London. Business consultant.
Haroon Saad (No description)