Brussels, 03/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - In 1999, the Green Party won two seats. It hopes to do better next June. Here, is the order of the lists, are the first Green candidates in the various regional constituencies of the United Kingdom. Added to these are the candidates of Scottish and Welsh parties whose MEPs are members of the Greens/European Free Alliance group.
East of England: - Margaret Wright (64), teacher;- municipal councillor of Norwich, Adrian Ramsay (23).
East Midlands: - Brian Fewster (62), IT specialist and poet; - local MP Sue Blount.
West Midlands: - Painter and ceramicist Chris Leonard (50).
South East: - the outgoing Caroline Lucas (44); local MP and party spokesperson Mike Wooding (38), teacher.
South West: - David Taylor.
London: - the outgoing Jean Lambert (54), teacher; - Paul Ingram (37) specialist in defence and arms trade issues.
Yorkshire and the Humber: - Local MP Mark Hill.
North West: - John Whitelegg (55), University lecturer, specialist in sustainable development issues and Lancaster municipal councillor; former local MP Gina Dowding.
North East: - Pam Woolner (34).
Wales: In Wales, which loses a seat in the European Parliament (4 instead of 5 in 1999), the Greens, who have no MEP, are presenting a list headed by local MP Martyn Shrewsbury (46), psychotherapist. The Welsh party Plaid Cymru could lose one of its two seats it won at the last European elections. The Pcymru list is headed y the outgoing Jillian Evans (45), followed by University lecturer John Blackwood (31). The outgoing Eurig Wynn will not be standing.
Scotland: - The Scottish National Party currently has two MEPs. One of them, Neil MacCormick, who was actively involved in the Convention, albeit as an alternate, will not stand. The SNP list is headed by the outgoing Ian Hudgthon (53), entrepreneur. In second place is Alyn Smith (31), parliamentary assistant, who grew up in Saudi Arabia and studied in Leeds and Heidelberg.