No one I know outside of the narrow world of politics has any conception of “Eastern Region”.

In “Euro speak” it comprises the six historic Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. People think in terms of their County or their town or village. They may relate to East Anglia, or perhaps in places to being part of “The Home Counties”. But not Eastern region. That is why I prefer to use the description “The East of England” or The Eastern Counties”

It has an Electorate of now approaching four and a half million (4,137,210 at the 2004 Euro election) The results of the last two Euro Elections (in June 2004 and 1999) were.

Party	June 2004 (7 seats)	June 1999 (8 seats)
Conservative Party	465,526 (30.82%) 3 Elected.	425,091 (42.7) 4 Elected
UK Independence Party	296,160 (19.61%) 2 Elected	88,452 (8.9%) 1 Elected
Labour Party	244,929 (16.22%) 2 Elected	250,132 (25.2%) 2 elected
Liberal Democrats	211,378 (14.0%) 1 Elected	118,822 (11.9%) 1 Elected
Greens	84,068 (5.57%) None Elected	6,334 (6.2%) None Elected
Martin Bell (Indep)	93,028 (6.16%) Not Elected

The Eastern Counties of England contain as diverse a range of areas as any in Great Britain. Areas of great wealth and privilege, but also areas still in need of regeneration.

It includes wide areas of arable land, long stretches of coast, where the threat of erosion and rising sea levels is not an academic argument but a daily reality. There are centres’ of high tech industry to rival the best in the world. There are areas ear marked for huge new developments and areas of commuter land feeding into London.

In short the Eastern Counties is both a wonderful place to live and a huge challenge to represent.

 

John will campaign in all six Counties.

 

John has decades of Euro campaigning experience.

Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Essex

Hertfordshire

Norfolk

Suffolk