MEP League Table

Posted by Independence Home on 05 27th, 2009 | 4 responses

Open Europe has published a pretty comprehensive analysis of every MEP sitting in the European Parliament. They have produced a league table, ranking MEPs according to a point score comprised of various idfferent elements including attendance recrod, voting on transparency and openness, etc.

The resulting league table is fascinating stuff (well, for political anoraks like us at Independence Home it is anyway). Download the excel table here and the guide to rankings here.

So what gems do we find in the table? Well, here we go…

  1. 9 of the 12 UKIP MEPs elected in 2004 rank better than half the Parliament
  2. 2 sitting UKIP MEPs rank higher than 25 (92.5%) Conservative MEPs, 8 (66%) Lib-Dem MEPs, and 19 (100%) Labour MEPs!!
  3. 6 UKIP MEPs voted to open up MEP expenses, while 2 were not present. 2 Lib-Dem MEPs voted against while not a single Labour or Conservative MEP voted for transparency over expenses!
  4. Just 1 Tory MEP (0 Labour, 0 Lib-Dem MEPs) voted in favour of the amendment calling for the Parliament to respect the result of the Irish referendum.
  5. UKIP, Tory and Lib-Dem all supportive of move to stop pension contributions being paid from allowances. Just 4 (21%) Labour MEPs were in favour!
  6. UKIP, Tories, Lib-Dem and labour MEPs largely signed declaration in favour of scrapping second seat in Strasbourg. 1 Green MEP (50%) didn’t sign (carbon emissions?)!!!
  7. Not a single UK MEP voted in favour of an amendment to give direct aid from the EU budget to raw tobacco farmers
  8. Only 1 Labour and 1 Lib Dem MEP voted against signing off the European Parliament’s 2006 accounts despite 75% unaccounted expenditure on MEPs’ assistants’ allowances! No UKIP or Tory MEPs voted against signing them off.
  9. Not a single Labour or Lib-Dem MEP voted against approving the Parliament’s 2007 accounts despite auditor’s criticisms. 1 Tory MEP and both Green MEPs voted to approve the accounts! UKIP MEPs either voted against approval or were not present.

So there we are. Without doubt the worst MEPs are Labour and Lib-Dem MEPs. They are fundamentally against actions which would be seen by most voters on the street and common sense, and which would shock them if they know how their MEPs were behaving.

Well done Open Europe!

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4 Responses to “MEP League Table”

  1. John B says:
    May 27, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Thanks for the breakdown – it always pays to look further than the headlines.

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    May 27, 2009 at 7:59 am

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  3. Steve Halden says:
    May 31, 2009 at 9:53 am

    UKIP MEP's are elected to highlight the danger that the EU Federal Dictatorship presents to democracy in Britain.

    They are elected to campaign to get us out of the European Union.

    The EU is trying to destroy our parliament at Westminster and replace it with an EU federal government based in Brussels.

    The are there it fight the EU Monster, that is gradually eating our democracy alive.

  4. Rynktpmm says:
    June 28, 2009 at 4:32 am

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