Europe

The Constituency of Surrey Heath forms part of the giant South East region European Constituency.

The South East region comprises:

Berkshire

Buckinghamshire

Hampshire

Isle of Wight

Kent

Oxfordshire

Surrey

Sussex

This new Constituency was created by the Government prior to the 1999 Euro elections. This broke the link between the MEPs and their constituents and introduced a form of proportional representation, PR. This PR has meant a number of fringe and extreme party candidates have been elected at the expense of the main parties.

In the 1999 elections, despite the new voting system, the Conservatives won more seats than anyone was expecting. This was put down to the clear message that only the Conservatives would fight for Britain to be in Europe but not run by Europe. We are also the only major party that is committed to keeping the pound.

There are 11 Members of the European Parliament representing the South East region. (5 Conservative, 2 Labour, 2 Liberal Democrat, 1 Green, 1 UKIP.)

The 5 Conservative MEPs are:

	JAMES PROVAN
	ROY PERRY
	DANIEL HANNAN
	JAMES ELLES
	NIRJ DEVA

Nirj Deva is the Conservative MEP who is assigned to look after the interests of the residents of Surrey Heath. He is a frequent visitor to the area and takes a keen interest in all the issues and news from the Constituency. Take a look at his biography to find out about our man in Brussels.

To contact Nirj on any EU related matter please use the address below.

The Conservative Regional European Coordinator is Julian Walden.
Email:jwalden@conservative-party.org.uk

The Conservative Euro-Team can be contacted on: Tel: 01444 443554 Fax: 01444 415766