Special report by Hélène Debuire and Laëtitia Peron
AUSTRIA
17 MEPs
Turnout: 45.97%
35.3 % of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 50
The 4 SPÖ MEPs are in the PASD: Current Vice-President of the PES, Hannes Swoboda (lawyer, aged 62); Evelyn Regner (aged 43); re-elected MEP Jörg Leichtfried (lawyer, aged 42); and Karin Kadenbach (aged 51).
The 6 ÖVP MEPs are in the EPP: Former Minister of the Interior Ernst Strasser (aged 53), President of Hilfswerk NGO (cooperation with and humanitarian aid for Eastern Europe); re-elected MEP Othmar Karas (aged 51), Deputy General Secretary of insurance company Bundesländer-Versicherung; Hella Ranner (aged 58); re-elected MEP Richard Seeber (doctor of law, aged 47); re-elected MEP Paul Rübig (aged 56); and Elisabeth Köstinger (student, aged 31)
The 2 FPÖ MEPs are non-attached: Re-elected MEP Andreas Mölzer (publicist, aged 57); and CEO Franz Obermayr (aged 57).
2 Green MEPs: Austrian parliamentarian Ulrike Lunacek (interpreter and journalist, aged 52), currently spokesperson for the European Greens; and re-elected MEP Eva Lichtenberger (doctor of humanities and former teacher, aged 55).
The 3 Martin List MEPs are non-attached: Re-elected Eurosceptic MEP Hans-Peter Martin (lawyer and former journalist, aged 52); industrialist Robert Sabitzer (aged 56) and Martin Ehrenhauser (aged 31).
BELGIUM
22 MEPs
Turnout: 90.39%
31.82% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 47
The 3 CD&V MEPs, 1 CDH MEP and 1 CSP MEP are in the EPP.
The 3 Open Vld and 2 MR MEPS are in the ALDE.
The 3 PS and the 2 SP.A MEPs are in the PASD.
The 2 Ecolo, 1 Green and 1 N-VA MEPs are in The Greens/EFA.
The 2 Vlaams Belang MEPs are non-attached.
The 1 Lijst Dedecker MEP is in the new political group called “Conservatives and European Reformers” (CER).
Flemish-language constituency: 13 MEPs
CD&V (Flemish Christian Democrats): Jean-Luc Dehaene (aged 69), Chair of the Executive Board of Dexia Group, former Belgian Prime Minister and former vice-chair of the European Convention; re-elected MEP Marianne Thyssen (aged 53) and re-elected MEP Ivo Belet (aged 50), former VRT journalist.
SP.A (Socialists): Flemish Social Economy Minister Kathleen Van Brempt (aged 40), former MEP; and re-elected MEP Saïd El Khadraoui (aged 34).
Open Vld: Former Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (aged 56); former Minister and re-elected MEP Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (aged 65), President of the ELDR party; and re-elected MEP Dirk Sterckx (aged 63).
Vlaams Belang (far right): Re-elected MEP Frank Vanhecke (aged 50) and Filip Dewinter (aged 47).
Groen: Re-elected MEP Bart Staes (aged 50).
Lijst Dedecker: Jean-Marie Dedecker (aged 57).
French-language constituency: 8 MEPs
PS: Walloon Economy Minister Jean-Claude Marcourt (aged 53); re-elected MEP Véronique De Keyser (aged 64) and Frédéric Daerden (aged 39). As we were going to press, government Minister Jean-Claude Marcourt had not yet decided whether he would become an MEP. If he decides to remain a Minister and not an MEP, then former MEP and Walloon Training Minister, Marc Tarabella (aged 46), would become MEP in his place.
CDH: Senator and former RTBF journalist Anne Delvaux (aged 39).
MR: EU Development Commissioner and former Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, who is giving up his job as Commissioner to become an MEP; and re-elected MEP Frédérique Ries (former journalist, aged 50).
ECOLO: Senator and former Federal Transport Minister Isabelle Durant (aged 55) and Philippe Lamberts (aged 46), spokesperson for the European Green Party.
German-language constituency: 1 MEP
CSP (Christian Democrats): Re-elected MEP Mathieu Grosch (aged 59).
BULGARIA
17 MEPs
Turnout: 38.99%
41% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 46
The 5 GERB MEPs (Citizens for European Development in Bulgaria) are in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Rumiana Jeleva (aged 41); re-elected MEP Vladimir Urutchev (aged 55); Iliana Ivanova (aged 34), member of the European Issues Committee in Bulgaria; Emile Stoianov (aged 50), director of a television channel; and Maria Nedelcheva (aged 30), parliamentary secretary.
The 3 Movement for Rights and Freedoms MEPs are in the ALDE: Husein Metin (aged 37), former journalist for Radio France Internationale in Sofia; re-elected MEP Filiz Hyusmenova (aged 43); and re-elected MEP Vladko Panayotov (aged 59).
The 4 Coalition for Bulgaria MEPs are in the ADSP: Evgeni Zahariev (aged 64), former parliamentarian; Ivailo Kalfin (aged 45), Bulgaria's current Foreign Minister; Iliana Iotova (aged 45), former journalist; and re-elected MEP Ivanov Vigenin (aged 34).
The 2 Ataka Party MEPs are non-aligned: Re-elected MEP Dimitri Stoyanov (aged 61), re-elected MEP Slavcho Binev (aged 44).
The 1 Blue Coalition MEP is in the EPP: Nadezhda Mikhailova (aged 47), former Bulgarian Foreign Minister.
The 2 National Movement for Stability and Progress MEPs are in the ALDE: Antonia Parvanova (aged 47); and Dr Meglena Shtiliyanova (aged 52), lawyer.
CYPRUS
6 MEPs
Turnout: 59.4 %
33% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 57
The 2 DISY MEPs are in the EPP: Parliamentarian Eleni Theocharous (doctor of philosophy, aged 56); and re-elected MEP Ioannis Kasoulides (doctor, aged 60), former Foreign Minister.
The 2 AKEL Party MEPs are in the GUE/NGL: Re-elected MEP Kyriakos Triantaphyllides (aged 64), chair of the EP's Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council; and parliamentarian Takis Hadjigeorgiou (aged 53).
The 1 DIKO Party MEP is in PASD: Parliamentarian and Chair of the Women's Organisation Antigoni Papadopoulos (aged 55).
The 1 EDEK MEP is in PASD: Former Defence Minister Kyriakos Mavronikolas (aged 54).
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
22 MEPs
Turnout: 28.22%
18.2 % of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 50
ODS (Civic Democrats): 9 MEPs in the CER: Re-elected MEP Jan Zahradil (chemist, aged 46); Evzen Tosenovsky (mathematician, aged 54); re-elected MEP Oldøich Vlasák (engineer, aged 53), Executive President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) since 2004 and member of the Urban Housing Intergroup; re-elected MEP Milan Cabrnoch (doctor of philosophy, aged 46); re-elected MEP Ivo Strejèek (educationalist, aged 47); re-elected MEP Miroslav Ouzký (doctor of philosophy, aged 50), former chair of the EP's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee; Edvard Kozusnik (aged 38); re-elected MEP Hynek Fajmon (former diplomat, aged 41); and Andrea Ceskova (lawyer, aged 38).
CSSD (Social Democrats): 7 MEPs in the PASD: Doctor of economics Jirí Havel (aged 52); re-elected MEP, former senator Richard Falbr (lawyer, aged 69); re-elected MEP Libor Rouèek (aged 54), former spokesperson for Vaclav Klaus and past Czech trade union leader; Pavel Poc (aged 46); parliamentarian Zuzana Brzobohatá (aged 47); parliamentarian Robert Dušck (aged 43); and physicist Olga Schnalová (aged 41).
KSCM (Communists): 4 MEPs in the GUE/NGL: Re-elected MEP Miloslav Ransdorf (philosopher, aged 56), former vice-chair of the EP's Industry, Research and Eenrgy Committee; re-elected MEP Vladimír Remek (former air force pilot and cosmonaut, aged 60); re-elected MEP Jiøí Maštálka (doctor aged 53); and re-elected MEP Jaromír Kohlíèek (engineer, aged 56).
KDU-CSL (Christian Democrats): 2 MEPs in the EPP: Former Health Minister (1998), re-elected MEP Zuzana Roithová (doctor, aged 56), former vice-chair of the EP's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee; and re-elected MEP Jan Bøezina (mining engineer, aged 55).
DENMARK
13 MEPs
Turnout: 59.54%
46 % of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 47
The 4 SD MEPs (Social Democrats) are in the PASD: Re-elected MEP Dan Jørgensen (aged 33), deputy -chairman of the EP's Environment, Public Health and Food Security Committee, replacing former PES leader Poul Nyrup Rasmussen; re-elected MEP Britta Thomsen (formerly a consultant in European affairs, aged 54); re-elected MEP Christel Schaldemose (historian, aged 41); and re-elected MEP Ole Christensen (formerly a sports trainer and ironmonger, aged 53).
The 1 KF MEP (Conservative) is in the EPP: Bendt Bendtsen (aged 55), who recently resigned as Denmark's Trade and Industry Minister.
The 3 V Party MEPs (Liberals) are in the ALDE: Jens Rohde (aged 38), Morten Lokkegaard (aged 45) and Anne Jensen (aged 58).
The 2 SF MEPs (People's Socialist Party) are in The Greens /EFA: Re-elected MEP Margrethe Auken (pastor, aged 64), formerly Eurosceptic but now favouring EU integration (the SF opposes the CAP and Denmark joining the euro) and Emilie Turunen (aged 24).
The 2 DF MEPs are in the ELD (Europe for Liberty and Democracy): Anna Rosbach Andersen (aged 61) and Morten Messerschmidt (aged 28).
The 1 People's Movement against the EU MEP is in the GUE/NGL: Re-elected MEP Søren Bo Søndergaard (aged 53).
ESTONIA
6 MEPs
Turnout: 43.9%
33.6% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 54
The 2 Centre Party MEPs are in the ALDE: Edgar Savisaar (aged 59), former Prime Minister (1990-1992) and current Economics Minister; re-elected MEP Siiri Oviir (aged 61), lawyer, former Social Welfare Minister and then Social Affairs Minister.
The 1 Indrek Tarand Independent List MEP is in The Greens: Indrek Tarand (aged 49), journalist and historian.
The 1 Reform Party MEP is in the ALDE: Kristiina Ojuland (aged 43), former Foreign Minister (2002-2004)
The 1 Union for the Fatherland -Respublica MEP is in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Tunne Kelam, EPP-DE, (aged 72).
The 1 Social Democratic Party MEP is in the ADSP: Ivari Padar (aged 44), former finance Minister (2007-2009)
FINLAND
13 MEPs
Turnout: 40.3%
61.5% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 48
The 3 KOK MEPs are in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Ville Itälä (aged 50), lawyer; re-elected MEP Eija-Riitta Korhola (aged 50), former journalist; and re-elected MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen (aged 50), former Environment Minister (1991-1995).
The 3 KESK MEPs are in the ALDE: Re-elected MEP Anneli Jäätteenmäki (aged 54), former Prime Minister; re-elected MEP Hannu Takkula (aged 46); and Riikka Manner (28), press attaché.
The 2 SDP MEPs are in the ADSP: Mitro Repo (aged 50), Orthodox priest; and Liisa Jaakonsaari (aged 64), former Employment Minister (1995-1999).
There are 2 KD-PS MEPs: Timo Soini (aged 47), national parliamentarian, is non-attached; while Sari Essayah (aged 42), former national parliamentarian (2003-2007), is in the EPP.
The 2 VIHR MEPs are in The Greens/EFA: Re-elected MEP Satu Hassi (aged 58), former Environment Minister; and Heidi Hautala (aged 54), former MEP and co-Cair of the Green Group (1995-2002), who is currently also a national parliamentarian.
The 1 SEP MEP is in the ALDE: Carl Haglund (aged 30), Secretary of Sate for Culture, Sport and Sexual Equality.
FRANCE
72 MEPs
Turnout: 40.63%
43% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 52
The 27 UMP and 3 New Centre MEPs (Jean-Marie Cavada, Damien Abad and Sophie Auconie) are in the EPP, as are the 2 Modern Left MEPs (Marielle Gallo and Michèle Striffler).
The 14 PS MEPs are in the ADSP.
The 14 Europe Ecologie MEPs are in The Greens/EFA.
The 6 MoDem MEPs are in the ALDE.
The 4 FG MEPs and the AOM MEP are in the GUE/NGL.
Philippe de Villiers is in the ELD and the 2 FN MEPs are non-attached.
I - NORTH WEST (10 MEPs)
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP): Mayor of Valenciennes Dominique Riquet (surgeon, aged 62); re-elected MEP Tokia Saïfi (aged 49), former Secretary of state for Sustainable Development; re-elected MEP Jean-Paul Gauzès (aged 61) and Pascale Gruny (aged 49).
Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem): Corinne Lepage (aged 58), former Environment Minister.
Parti Socialiste (PS): Gilles Pargneaux (aged 53) and Estelle Grelier (aged 35), President of the Fécamp Communities Council.
Front de Gauche (PCF and Parti de Gauche): Re-elected MEP Jacky Hénin, former Communist Mayor of Calais (aged 49).
Front National (FN): Marine Le Pen (aged 41), Executive Vice-President of the FN.
Europe Écologie: Re-elected MEP Hélène Flautre (aged 51), former Chair of the EP Human Rights Committee.
II - WEST (9 MEPs)
UMP: Christophe Béchu (aged 35), President of the General Council of Maine-et-Loire; re-elected MEP Elisabeth Morin (aged 61), former President of the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes; and Alain Cadec, first Deputy Mayor of St Brieuc (aged 55).
Modem: Sylvie Goulard (aged 45), President of Mouvement Européen and professor of the Political Studies Institute in Paris.
PS: Re-elected MEP Bernadette Vergnaud (aged 59) and re-elected MEP Stéphane Le Foll (aged 49).
Libertas: Re-elected MEP Philippe de Villiers (aged 60), separatist, President of the General Council of Vendée.
Europe Écologie: Yannick Jadot (aged 42), former Greenpeace programme director; and Nicole Kiil Nielsen (aged 60), former Deputy Green Mayor of Rennes.
III - EAST (9 MEPs)
UMP: Re-elected MEP Joseph Daul (aged 62), Chair of the EPP group at the EP; re-elected MEP Véronique Mathieu (aged 53); Arnaud Danjean (aged 38), who used to work for DGSE; and Deputy Mayor of Mulhouse Michèle Striffler (aged 51).
MoDem: Re-elected MEP Nathalie Griesbeck (aged 53), General Councillor in Moselle since 1988.
PS: Re-elected MEP Catherine Trautmann (aged 58), former Culture Minister and former Mayor of Strasbourg; and Liem Hoang Ngoc (aged 45), economist and national deputy secretary of the PS.
FN: Re-elected MEP Bruno Gollnisch (aged 59).
Europe Écologie: Sandrine Bélier (aged 36), former Federal Director of 'France Nature Environnement'.
IV - SOUTH-WEST (10 MEPs)
UMP: Former Mayor of and former MEP and chair of IMA, Dominique Baudis (aged 62); re-elected MEP Christine De Veyrac (aged 49), re-elected MEP and former Deputy Budget Minister Alain Lamassourre (aged 65); and Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid (aged 52), Chair of the Europe Committee of the city of Perpignan.
MoDem: Robert Rochefort (aged 54), Director of the 'Centre de Recherche pour l'Etude et l'Observation des Conditions de Vie'.
PS: Re-elected MEP Kader Arif (aged 50); and re-elected MEP Françoise Castex (aged 53).
Front de Gauche: Jean-Luc Mélenchon (aged 58), Senator and founder of the Left Party.
Europe Écologie: José Bové (aged 56), former spokesperson for farmers' movement “Confédération Paysanne” and candidate for the 2007 French presidential elections; and Catherine Grèze (aged 49), delegate for global affairs, Europe and France's overseas territories on the Greens' management board, and coordinator of the Global Green Party.
V - SOUTH-EAST (13 MEPs)
UMP: Re-elected MEP Françoise Grossetête (aged 63), who is highly active in the domain of healthcare and medicine; Damien Abad (29), Chair of Jeunes Centristes; re-elected MEP Dominique Vlasto (aged 63), Deputy Mayor of Marseilles; Gaston Franco (aged 65), CEO of the Mercantour National Park; and Michel Dantin (aged 49), a farmer by training (replacing Nora Berra, who has been appointed secretary of state for the third age).
MoDem: Re-elected MEP Jean-Luc Bennahmias (aged 55), former Green National Secretary.
PS: Re-elected MEP Vincent Peillon (aged 49) and Sylvie Guillaume (aged 47), regional councillor for Rhône-Alpes.
Front de Gauche: Marie-Christine Vergiat (aged 52), feminist and human rights activist.
FN: Re-elected MEP Jean-Marie Le Pen (81), FN President.
Europe Écologie: Michèle Rivasi (aged 56), Deputy Mayor of Valence; General Councillor François Alfonsi (aged 56), Mayor of Osani in Southern Corsica, and Malika Benarab-Attou (aged 46).
VI - MASSIF CENTRAL-CENTRE (5 MEPs)
UMP: Re-elected MEP Jean-Pierre Audy, accountant (aged 57); Sophie Briard-Auconie (aged 45), municipal councillor in Tours; and labour, social relations, family, solidarity and city Minister; and Catherine Souillie (aged 54), deputy departmental secretary of UMP in Loiret (replacing Brice Hortefeux, who has been appointed Minister of the interior).
PS: Re-elected MEP Henri Weber (aged 65).
Europe Ecologie: Jean-Paul Besset (aged 63), former journalist and spokesperson for the Hulot Foundation.
VII - ILE-DE-FRANCE (Paris region) (13 MEPs)
UMP: Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Michel Barnier (aged 58), former EU Commissioner; former Justice Minister Rachida Dati (aged 43); re-elected MEP Jean-Marie Cavada (New Centre), a former journalist (aged 69); lawyer Marielle Gallo (aged 59); and Philippe Juvin (aged 45).
MoDem: Re-elected MEP Marielle de Sarnez (aged 58), deputy President of 'Mouvement Démocrate'.
PS: Re-elected MEP Harlem Désir (aged 50), founder of SOS Racisme; and re-elected MEP Pervenche Bérès (aged 52), chair of the EU's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in the previous parliament.
Front de Gauche: Patrick Le Hyaric (aged 52), editor of newspaper L'Humanité.
Europe Ecologie: Daniel Cohn-Bendit (aged 64), co-president of the EP's Greens/EFA group in Germany in 2004; Eva Joly (aged 66), former magistrate; journalist Pascal Canfin (aged 34) and Karima Delli (aged 28).
VIII - OVERSEAS TERRITORIES (3 MEPs)
Alliance des Outre-Mers: La Réunion Communist Elie Hoarau and member of the Assemblée Nationale (aged 71).
UMP: Maurice Ponga (aged 62), member of the government of New Caledonia.
PS: Patrice Tirolien (aged 63) of Guadeloupe, former parliamentarian and Mayor of Grand Bourg de Marie Galante.
GERMANY
99 MEPs
Turnout: 43.3%
33% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 49
The 42 CDU/CSU MEPs are in the European People's Party (EPP).
The 23 SPD MEPs are in the new Socialist group the 'Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats' (PASD) that has replaced the former PES (Party of European Socialists).
The 12 FDP MEPs are in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).
The 14 Die Grünen MEPs are in the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA).
The 8 Die Linke MEPs are in the United European Left/Nordic Green Left group (GUE/NGL).
I - Christian Unions (CDU/CSU) 42 MEPs: 34 in the CDU and 8 in the CSU
Baden-Württemberg: Re-elected MEPs Rainer Wieland (aged 52); Daniel Caspary (aged 33); Andreas Schwab (lawyer, aged 36); Elisabeth Jeggle (aged 61); Inge Gräßle (former journalist, aged 48) and Thomas Ulmer (doctor, aged 53).
Bavaria (CSU list): Re-elected MEP Markus Ferber (aged 44); re-elected MEP Angelika Niebler (aged 46); re-elected MEP Anja Weisgerber (aged 33); re-elected MEP Manfred Weber (aged 37); re-elected MEP Albert Deß (aged 62); Monika Hohlmeier (aged 47), former Bavarian Education and Culture Minister and daughter of former Minister-President of Bavaria, Franz Josef Strauss; re-elected MEP Bernd Posselt (aged 53); and re-elected MEP Martin Kastler (aged 35).
Berlin: Joachim Zeller (aged 56), Deputy Mayor of central Berlin.
Brandenburg: Re-elected MEP Jan Christian Ehler (aged 46).
Hamburg: Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (former senator and journalist, aged 63).
Hessen: Re-elected MEP Thomas Mann (aged 63) and re-elected MEP Michael Gahler (aged 49).
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Engineer Werner Kuhn (aged 54).
Niedersachsen: President of the outgoing EP, Hans-Gert Pöttering (lawyer, aged 64); re-elected MEP Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (aged 62); re-elected MEP Hans-Peter Mayer (aged 65) and Burkhard Balz (lawyer, aged 40).
Nordrhein-Westfalen: Former chair of the EP's Foreign Affairs Committee, re-elected MEP Elmar Brok (aged 63); re-elected MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz (aged 62); re-elected MEP Renate Sommer (aged 51); re-elected MEP Peter Liese (doctor, aged 44); re-elected MEP Klaus-Heiner Lehne (aged 52); Mayor of Aachen Sabine Verheyen (architect, aged 45); re-elected MEP Markus Pieper (aged 46); Axel Voß (lawyer, aged 46); re-elected MEP Herbert Otto Reul (aged 57) and re-elected MEP Christoph Konrad (aged 51).
Rheinland-Pfalz: Re-elected MEP Werner Langen (aged 59); re-elected MEP Kurt Lechner (notary, aged 67); and re-elected MEP Christa Klaß (aged 57).
Saarland: Re-elected MEP Doris Pack (aged 67), Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with the Countries of South-Eastern Europe.
Sachsen: Hermann Winkler (aged 46), representative of the Land (region) of Saxony at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels; and Dieter Peter Jahr (former MEP, aged 50).
Sachsen-Anhalt: Re-elected MEP Kurt Schnellhardt (aged 63).
Schleswig-Holstein: Re-elected MEP Reimer Böge (aged 58), Chair of the EP Budgets Committee.
Thüringen: Re-elected MEP Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (aged 56).
II. The Social Democratic Party (SPD): 23 MEPs.
President of the EP's Socialist Group Martin Schulz (aged 54); re-elected MEP Evelyne Gebhardt (aged 55), a Franco-German MEP who is highly active on single market issues; re-elected MEP Bernhard Rapkay (aged 58); re-elected MEP Jutta Haug (aged 58); re-elected MEP Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler (aged 59); Bernd Lange (theologian, aged 54); Jutta Steinruck (aged 46), regional parliamentarian and former regional trade union official; re-elected MEP Udo Bullmann (aged 53); re-elected MEP Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (aged 56), highly active in the domain of medicines and former Chair of the working group on reform of the EP; former parliamentary assistant Jens Geier (aged 48); re-elected MEP Matthias Groote (aged 36); re-elected MEP Ulrike Rodust (aged 60); Peter Simon (lawyer, aged 42); Petra Kammerrevert (sociologist, aged 43); Kerstin Westphal (aged 47), children's playleader; re-elected MEP Jo Leinen (aged 61), Chair of the EP's Constitutional Affairs Committee; re-elected MEP Barbara Weiler (aged 63); Knut Fleckenstein (aged 56), SPD spokesperson in Hamburg; Birgit Sippel (aged 49), director of the EU's regional office in Soest; Ismail Ertug (aged 34), former businessman; re-elected MEP Norbert Glante (aged 57); re-elected MEP Constanze Krehl (aged 53); and Norbert Neuser (educationalist, aged 60).
III. Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen): 14 MEPs.
Re-elected MEP Rebecca Harms (aged 53), regional parliamentarian Reinhard Bütikofer (aged 56); re-elected MEP Heide Rühle (aged 61); founder of Attac-Deutschland Sven Giegold (aged 40); Barbara Lochbihler (aged 50), secretary of the German section of Amnesty International; re-elected MEP Michael Cramer (aged 60); Ska Keller (student in Judaism and Islamic Culture, aged 28); Werner Schulz (engineer, aged 59), former member of the Bundestag; re-elected MEP Helga Trüpel (aged 51); regional parliamentarian Martin Häusling (aged 48); Franziska Brantner (aged 30), doctoral student in international relations; Jan Philip Albrecht (lawyer, aged 27); re-elected MEP Elisabeth Schroedter (aged 50); and Gerald Häfner (publicist, aged 50).
IV. The Left (Die Linke): a merger of the Democratic Socialist Party (PDS) and the Work and Social Justice Electoral Alternative (WASG): 8 MEPs.
Lothar Bisky (aged 68), member of the Bundestag; Sabine Wils (chemist, aged 49); re-elected MEP Gabriele Zimmer (Thüringen, aged 54); Thomas Händel (electrician, aged 56); Cornelia Ernst (teacher, aged 53); Jürgen Klute (protestant clergyman, aged 56); Sabine Lösing (social worker, aged 54); and Helmut Scholz (aged 55), member of the central committee of the European Left.
V. The Liberal Democratic Party (FDP): 12 MEPs.
Re-elected MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin (aged 39); re-elected MEP Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (aged 43); re-elected MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (aged 43); re-elected MEP Wolf Klinz (aged 68); Gesine Meißner (aged 57), Vice-President of the 'Partei der Demokratischen Revolution' (PRD) in Hanover; re-elected MEP Alexander Alvaro (aged 34); re-elected MEP Holger Krahmer (aged 39); Michael Theurer (aged 42), Mayor of Horb am Neckar; Nadja Hirsch (aged 31), municipal councillor in Munich; regional parliamentarian Jürgen Creutzmann (aged 64); Alexandra Thein (notary, aged 46); and Britta Reimers (farmer, aged 38).
GREECE
22 MEPs
Turnout: 52.61%
31.8% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 49
The 8 New Democracy (Christian Democrats) MEPs are in the EPP: Former MEP Marieta Giannakou (aged 58), also erstwhile Health minister and Education minister; re-elected MEP Rodi Kratsa (aged 56), first Vice-President; re-elected MEP Georges Papastamkos (aged 54); trade unionist Kostas Poupakis (aged 56), spokesperson for Foreign minister Georges Koumoutsakos; high-ranking official at the Foreign Office Theodore Skylakakis (aged 50); Georges Papanikolaou, lawyer and chair of European Democrat Students; and Ioannis Tsoukalas, former high-ranking official with responsibility for R&D.
The 8 PASOK (Socialist) MEPs are in the PASD: National parliamentarian Georges Papakonstantinou (aged 48, economist); National parliamentarian Sylvana Rapti (aged 50s, former journalist); re-elected MEP Stavros Lambrinidis (aged 47); Chryssoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli, archaeologist; Georges Stavrakakis, seismologist; re-elected MEP Marilena Koppa (aged 46); re-elected MEP Anny Podimata (aged 47); Kritonas Arsenis (aged 32), sustainable development expert and member of the management committee of the Greek Environment and Culture Society.
The 2 KKF (Communist) MEPs are in the GUE/NGL: Re-elected MEP Thanassis Pafilis (aged 55) and re-elected MEP Georges Toussas (aged 55).
The 1 Syriza (Left Coalition) MEP is in the GUE/NGL: Nikos Chountis (aged 56), founder member of the Syriza Party.
The 2 LAOS (Orthodox Popular Movement) MEPs are in the ELD: Former ND national parliamentarian Niki Tzavela; and Athanasios Plevris (aged 32), lawyer.
1 MEP is in The Greens: Michalis Tremopoulos (aged 51), journalist, author and social ecology graduate.
HUNGARY
22 MEPs
Turnout: 36.31%
32% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 50
The 14 FIDESZ-KDNP Party MEPs are in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Pál Schmitt (aged 67), former Olympics winner; re-elected MEP József Szájer (aged 48), lawyer; re-elected MEP Kinga Gál (aged 39); János Áder (aged 55), national parliamentarian; re-elected MEP László Surján (aged 68), former doctor; Tamás Deutsch (aged 40), former swimming champion; re-elected MEP Livia Járóka (aged 35), anthropologist; re-elected MEP György Schöpflin (aged 70), former politics lecturer; re-elected MEP Andras Gyürk (aged 37), national parliamentarian; re-elected MEP Csaba Õry (aged 57), former national parliamentarian; re-elected MEP Béla Glattfelder (aged 47), former national parliamentarian; Ádám Kósa (aged 34), lawyer; Agnes Hankiss (aged 59), member of the board of Hungarian television channel Duna TV; and Eniko Gyori (aged 41), diplomat.
The 4 MSZP Party MEPs are in the ADSP: Kinga Göncz (aged 62), former Foreign minister; re-elected MEP Edit Herczog (aged 48), former national parliamentarian; re-elected MEP Zita Gurmai (aged 44); and re-elected MEP Sándor Tabajdi (aged 57).
The 3 JOBBIK MEPs are non-attached: Krisztina Morvai (aged 45), lawyer; Zoltan Balczo (aged 61), vice-President of the Jobbik Party; and Csanad Szegedi (26), also Vice-President of the Jobbik Party.
The 1 MDF MEP is in the CER: Lajos Bokros (aged 55), economist.
IRELAND
12 MEPs
Turnout: 58.64%
25% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 54
The 4 FG MEPs are in the EPP. The 3 Labour MEPs are in the ADSP. The 1 IND and the 3FF MEPs are in the ALDE and the 1 SP MEP is in GUE/NGL.
I. Dublin: 3 MEPs
FG: Re-elected MEP Gay Mitchell (aged 58), former Mayor of Dublin and former Fine Gael European Minister
Labour: Re-elected MEP Proinsias De Rossa (aged 69), former Social Affairs minister (1994-1997).
SP: Joe Higgins (Socialist Party, aged 60).
II. East: 3 MEPs
FG: Re-elected MEP Mairead McGuinness (former agricultural journalist, aged 50).
FF: Re-elected MEP Liam Aylward (aged 56), Forestry minister (1992-1994) and then Youth and Sports minister.
Labour: Nessa Childers (aged 51), former advisor to the Greens in Blackrock.
III. Northwest: 3 MEPs
Ind: Re-elected MEP Marian Harkin (maths teacher, aged 55).
FG: Re-elected MEP Jim Higgins (aged 64), former Minister at the Finance Ministry followed by the Defence Ministry and Secretary of State at the Treasury.
FF: Former MEP Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher (aged 46).
IV. South: 3 MEPs
FF: Re-elected MEP Brian Crowley (lawyer, aged 45), member of the cabinet.
FG: Sean Kelly (FG) (aged 57), former chair of the Gaelic Athletic Association (2003-2006).
Labour: Alan Kelly (Labour) (aged 34), former farmer.
ITALY
72 MEPs
Turnout: 65.05%
22% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 52
(This list of Italian MEPs is based on unofficial information.)
The 29 PdL MEPs, the 5 UDC Party MEPs and the 1 SVP MEP are in the EPP.
The 21 PD MEPs are in the PASD. The 7 IDV Party MEPs are in the ALDE. The 9 LN MEPs are in the ELD.
I- CENTRAL ITALY (aged 15 MEPs)
People of Freedom (PdL): Re-elected MEP Roberta Angelilli (aged 44); Marco Scurria (aged 42), former Deputy Chair of the National Youth Action organisation; re-elected MEP Alfredo Antoniozzi (aged 53); Alfredo Pallone (aged 62), a sociology graduate; Potito Salatto (aged 67), project leader at UNDP; and re-elected MEP Paolo Bartolozzi (aged 52), lawyer.
Democratic Party (PD): Journalist David Sassoli (aged 53); Leornado Domenici (aged 54), trade union official; Silvia Costa (aged 60), regional parliamentarian; Guido Milana (aged 55), Chair of the Lazio Regional Council; Francesco De Angelis (aged 50), former skipper; and Roberto Gualtieri (aged 43), lecturer in modern history.
Northern League: Claudio Morganti (aged 36).
Italy of Values (IDV): Niccolo Rinaldi (aged 47), ALDE general secretary.
UDC (Christian Democratic and Centre Union): Re-elected MEP Carlo Casini (aged 74), former chamber parliamentarian and former advisor to Italy's Supreme Court.
II - SARDINIA AND SICILY (6 MEPs)
People of Freedom (PdL): Giovanni La Via detto Lavia (aged 46), professor of economics; and Salvatore Iacolino (aged 46).
Democratic Party (PD): Rita Borsellino (aged 64), sister of a judge assassinated by the Mafia; and Rosario Crocetta (aged 58), Mayor of Gela.
IDV: Giommaria Uggias (aged 48), lawyer.
UDC: Saverio Romano (aged 44), national parlimentarian.
III- SOUTHERN ITALY (15 MEPs)
People of Freedom (PdL): Barbara Matera (aged 28), television presenter and actress; Erminia Mazzoni (aged 44), lawyer; Aldo Patriciello (aged 52), national parliamentarian; Mario Mastella (aged 62), former Justice Minister (2006-2008); Enzo Rivellini (aged 54), regional parliamentarian; Rafaelle Baldassarre (aged 53), lawyer; Francesco Silvestris (aged 36); and re-elected MEP Salvatore Tatarella (aged 62).
PD: Cozzolino Andrea (aged 47), regional parliamentarian; re-elected MEP Gianni Pittella (aged 51); Paolo De Castro (aged 51), former Farm Policy Minister; and Mario Pirillo (aged 64), Regional Farming Minister for Calabria.
IDV: Vincenzo Iovine (aged 54), former member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bosnia; and Pino Arlacchi (aged 58), sociologist.
UDC: Ciriaco De Mita (aged 81), former national parliamentarian.
IV - NORTH-WEST ITALY (21 MEPs)
People of Freedom (PdL): Mauro Mario (aged 48), professor of history; Gabriele Albertini (aged 59), lawyer; Lara Comi (aged 26), commercial director of the 'giochi Prezioci' trademark; re-elected MEP Vito Bonsignore (aged 66); Licia Ronzulli (aged 34), psychology graduate; Carlo Fidanza (aged 33); re-elected MEP Cristiana Muscardini (aged 61), former co-chair of the European Parliament's UEN group; and re-elected MEP Iva Zanicchi (aged 69), singer.
PD: Trade union official Sergio Cofferati (aged 61); re-elected MEP Patrizia Toia (aged 59); re-elected MEP Gianluca Susta (aged 53); re-elected MEP Antonio Panzeri (aged 54); and Franscesca Balzani (aged 42).
Northern League: Re-elected MEP Mattéo Salvini (aged 36); re-elected MEP Mario Borghezio (lawyer, 61); Fiorello Provera (aged 63), regional parliamentarian; re-elected MEP Francesco Enrico Speroni (aged 62), former Minister for Institutional Reform; and Oreste Rossi (aged 45).
IDV: Sonia Alfano (aged 38), a lawyer famous for taking on the Mafia; and Gianni Vattimo (aged 73), philosopher.
UDC: Magdi Cristiani Allam (aged 57), journalist.
V - NORTH-EAST ITALY (15 MEPs)
People of Freedom (PdL): Re-elected MEP Elisabetta Gardini (aged 53); re-elected MEP Sergio Berlato (aged 50); re-elected MEP Lia Sartori (aged 62); Antonio Cancian (aged 58) and Giovanni Collino (aged 55), national parliamentarian.
PD: Debora Serracchiani (aged 39), lawyer; Vittorio Prodi (aged 72), former professor of physics; former public education Minister Luigi Berlinguer (aged 77); and Salvatore Caronna (aged 45), PD secretary general.
Northern League: Lorenzo Fontana (aged 29), journalist; Giancarlo Scotta' (aged 56), teacher; and Mara Bizzotto (aged 37), owner of a bar.
IDV: Luigi de Magistris (aged 42), former magistrate.
UDC: Tiziano Motti (aged 43), founder of the 'Europe of Rights' association.
SVP: Herbert Dorfmann (aged 40), Mayor of Velturno.
LATVIA
8 MEPs
Turnout: 53.7%
37.5% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 57
The 2 PS MEPs (Civil Union Party) join the EPP: former foreign Minister (2002-2004) and current parliamentarian Sandra Kalniete (aged 57); and re-elected MEP Inese Vaidere (professor of economics, aged 57), former Environment Minister (1998-1999).
SC ('Harmony Centre' Party): Alfred Rubiks (pensioner, aged 74), imprisoned in 1991 (released in 1997) for backing the Soviet clampdown on the Latvian independence movement, member of the GUE/NGL; and non-attached MEP Sergejs Mirskis (aged 57).
PCTVL ('Human Rights in a United Latvia' List): 1 MEP in the Greens/EFA: Re-elected MEP Tatjana Ždanoka (doctor of mathematics, aged 59).
The 1 LPP/LC ('Latvia First-Latvian Way' list) MEP is in the ALDE: Former Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis (aged 58).
The 1 TB/LNKK (Union of the Fatherland-Conservatives) MEP is in the CER: Re-elected MEP Roberts Zîle (economist, aged 51), former finance Minister (1997-1998), Minister for Relations with the International Financial Institutions (1998-2002) and Transport Minister (2002-2004).
The 1 JL (New Epoch Party) MEP is in the EPP: Saiema MP and former Economic Affairs minister (2004-2006), Arturs Kriðjânis Kariòð (aged 44).
LITHUANIA
12 MEPs
Turnout: 20.98 %
25% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 54
Union for the Fatherland - Lithuanian Christian Democrats: 4 MEPs in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Vytautas Landsbergis (aged 77), former President of Lithuania and speaker of the Lithuanian parliament; re-elected MEP Laima Andrikienë (aged 51), former Industry Minister; Algirdas Saudargas, former Foreign Minister (aged 61); and Radvilë Morkûnaitë (aged 25).
Social Democratic Party: 3 MEPs in the PASD: Vilija Blinkevièiûtë, former Social Security and Labour Minister (aged 49); Justas Vincas Paleckis, Deputy Foreign Minister from 2002 to 2004 (aged 67); and Zigmantas Balèytis, caretaker Prime Minister in 2006 (aged 56).
Justice and Order Party: 2 MEPs should join the CER: Rolandas Paksas (former President, aged 53); and Juozas Imbrasas (aged 68).
Labour Party: 1 MEP in the ALDE: Viktor Uspaskich (former Economics Minister, aged 50).
Electoral Action by Lithuania's Poles: 1 MEP in the CER: Valdemar Tomasevski (aged 44).
Lithuanian Liberal Movement: 1 MEP in the ALDE: Leonidas Donskis (philosopher, aged 47).
LUXEMBOURG
6 MEPs
Turnout: 90.75 %
33% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 56
The Social Christian Party (CSV, centre right): 3 MEPs in the EPP: Secretary of the CSV's parliamentary group, Frank Engel (aged 34); re-elected MEP Astrid Lulling (aged 79), who has been a parliamentarian since 1965 and a MEP since 1970; and George Bach (aged 53), trade unionist.
Luxembourg's Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP): 1 MEP in the PASD: Re-elected MEP Robert Goebbels (aged 65), former economics Minister.
The Democratic Party (DP, liberal): 1 MEP in the ALDE: Former Defence Minister and current parliamentarian Charles Goerens (aged 58).
The Greens (Déi Gréng): 1 MEP in The Greens/EFA: Re-elected MEP Claude Turmes (aged 49), who is highly active on energy issues.
MALTA
5 MEPs
Turnout: 78.79 %
None of the elected MEPs are women
Average age: 52
MLP: 3 MEPs in the PASD: Re-elected MEP John Attard-Montalto (aged 56), lawyer, former Industry and Economic Affairs Minister; Louis Grech (aged 62), economist and former bank manager; and Edward Scicluna (aged 63), former professor of economics.
PN: 2 MEPs in the EPP: Re-elected MEP David Casa (aged 40), founder and Secretary General of the "Yes to Europe Movement" and former high-ranking official in the Foreign Office (2003); and re-elected MEP Simon Busuttil (aged 40), lawyer.
THE NETHERLANDS
25 MEPs
Turnout: 36.75 %
40 % of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 43
CDA (Christian Democrat AEPPl): 5 MEPs in the EPP: Parliamentarian MEP Wim van de Camp (aged 55); re-elected MEP Ria Oomen-Ruijten (aged 59), member of the Dutch Committee on Women's Rights and Sexual Equality; re-elected MEP Corien Wortmann-Koll (aged 50); re-elected MEP Esther de Lange (aged 34) and re-elected MEP Lambert van Nistelrooij (aged 56).
PVV: 4 non-attached MEPs: Parliamentarian Barry Madlener (aged 40); parliamentarian Geert Wilders (aged 45), known for his populist speeches and the controversial film 'Fitna'; Louis Bontes; and Daniël van der Stoep (29), lawyer.
PvdA (Labour): 3 MEPs in the PASD: Re-elected MEP Thijs Berman (radio and television presenter, aged 51); re-elected MEP Emine Bozkurt (aged 41); and Judith Merkies (aged 43), a lawyer working for the European Commission's MEDIA programme.
VVD (a party with huge reservations about any further EU enlargement and opposing a federal Europe): 3 MEPs in the ALDE: Parliamentarian Hans van Baalen (aged 49); re-elected MEP Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (aged 36) and re-elected MEP Toine Manders (lawyer, aged 53).
D66 (a party focussing on energy, security and education): 3 MEPs in the ALDE: Re-elected MEP Sophie in't Veld (former translator, aged 45); Marietje Schaake (aged 30), social entrepreneur; and Gerben-Jan Gerbrandij (aged 42), who works for a Dutch biodiversity programme.
GL: 3 MEPs in The Greens/EFA: Judith Sargentini, city councillor in Amsterdam (aged 35); Bas Eickhout (researcher, aged 32); and Maritje Cornelissen (aged 35), former member of the Dutch Anti-discrimination Bureau.
SP: 2 MEPs in the GUE/NGL: Dennis de Jong (civil servant, aged 54) and re-elected MEP Kartika Liotard (aged 38).
CU-SGP (coalition of the Christian Union and Reform Politics Party): Peter van Dalen (civil servant, aged 50), who is in the CER; and re-elected MEP Bastiaan Belder (aged 62), who is in the ELD.
POLAND
50 MEPs
Turnout: 24.53%
22% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 48
The 25 PO MEPs and the 3 PSL MEPs are in the EPP. The 15 PiS (Law and Justice) MEPs are in the CER and the 7 SLD-UP MEPs are in the PASD.
I - Constituency 1 - Pomeranian Voivodship
PO: Re-elected MEP Janusz Antoni Lewandowski (aged 58), economist; and Jaroslaw Leszek Walesa (aged 33), national parliamentarian.
PIS: Tadeusz Cymanski (aged 54), national parliamentarian.
II - Constituency 2 - Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship
PO: Tadeusz Antoni Zwiefka (aged 55), journalist and television presenter until he became a parliamentarian in 2004.
PIS: Re-elected MEP Ryszard Henryk Czarnecki (aged 46).
SLD-UP: Parliamentarian Janusz Zemke (aged 60), Chair of the National Defence Committee and former Secretary of State at the defence ministry (2001-2005).
III - Constituency 3 - Podlaskie and Warmian-Mazurian Voivodship
PO: Parliamentarian Krzysztof Lisek (aged 42), Chair of the Diet Foreign Affairs Committee.
PIS: Parliamentarian Jacek Olgierd Kurski (aged 43), former journalist.
IV - Constituency 4 - City of Warsaw and some boroughs of the Masovian Voivodship
PO: Former EU Regional Development Commissioner and professor of economics Danuta Hübner (aged 61); former MEP Pawe³ Ksawery Zalewski (aged 45); and Rafal Kazimierz Trzaskowski (aged 37), university lecturer in politics.
SLD-UP: SLD leader and former Farm and Rural Development Minister, Wojciech Micha³ Olejniczak (economist and former parliamentarian, aged 35).
V - Constituency 5 - Other boroughs in the Mazovian constituency
PO: Parliamentarian Jolanta Emilia Hibner (aged 58), environmental engineer.
PIS: Adam Jerzy Bielan (aged 35), Vice-President of the last EP.
PSL: PSL leader Jaros³aw Kalinowski (aged 47), former Farm Minister (1997).
VI - Constituency 6 - £ódz Voivodship
PO: Re-elected MEP Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski (aged 61), Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the EPP-ED; and economist Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska (29), Brussels representative for the city of Lodz.
PIS: Re-elected MEP Janusz Wojciechowski (aged 55), lawyer.
VII - Constituency 7 - Greater Poland Voivodship
PO: Re-elected MEP Filip Andrzej Kaczmarek (aged 43), and Sidonia El¿bieta Jêdrzejewska (aged 34), sociologist.
PIS: Re-elected MEP Konrad Szymañski (aged 39); and Zbigniew Trybu³a (aged 52), senator and scientist.
SLD-UP: Re-elected MEP Marek Maciej Siwiec (engineer, aged 54), EP and Bureau Vice-President.
PSL: Parliamentarian Andrzej Grzyb (aged 53).
VIII - Constituency 8 - Lublin Voivodship
PO: Sociologist Lena Kolarska-Bobiñska (aged 52).
PIS: Re-elected MEP Miros³aw Mariusz Piotrowski (aged 43).
IX - Constituency 9 - Sup-Carpathian Voivodship
PO: Economist El¿bieta Katarzyna £ukacijewska (aged 43).
PIS: PiS spokesperson at the EP Tomasz Piotr Porêba, historian (aged 36).
X - Constituency 10 - Lesser Poland and Holy Cross Voivodship
PO: Ró¿a Maria Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (aka Roza Thun) (aged 55), philologist, head of the European Commission Representation in Warsaw; and re-elected MEP Bogus³aw Andrzej Sonik, (aged 56), lawyer.
PIS: Former Justice Minister and current parliamentarian Zbigniew Ziobro (aged 38); Pawe³ Kowal (MEP, aged 34); and Jacek W³adys³aw W³osowicz (aged 43), former director of an advertising agency.
SLD-UP: Parliamentarian MEP Joanna Senyszyn (professor of economics, aged 60).
PSL: Re-elected MEP Czes³aw Adam Siekierski (doctor of agronomy, aged 56).
XI - Constituency 11 - Silesian Voivodship
PO: Re-elected MEP and former Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek (aged 68), candidate for Presidency of the EP; re-elected MEP Jan Olbrycht (aged 57), doctor of sociology; re-elected MEP Ma³gorzata Handzlik (aged 44); Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (aged 43), manager of a gas equipment supply company.
PIS: Marek Migalski, political analyst (aged 60).
SLD-UP: Re-elected MEP Adam Gierek (engineer, aged 71).
XII - Constituency 12 - Lower Silesian and Opole Voivodship
PO: Re-elected MEP Jacek Prostasiewicz (aged 43), parliamentarian Danuta Jaz³owiecka (aged 52) and Piotr Borys (aged 33), lawyer.
PiS: Former National Education Minister Ryszard Legutko (philosopher, aged 60).
SLD-UP: Re-elected MEP Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (economist, aged 52).
XIII - Constituency 13 - Lubusz and West Pomeranian Voivodship
PO: Parliamentarian S³awomir Nitras (aged 36), PO leader in Szczecin; and Artur Jaros³aw Zasada (aged 40), municipal councillor in Zielona Gora.
PiS: Former Maritime Minister Marek Gróbarczyk (engineer, aged 41).
SLD-UP: Re-elected MEP Bogus³aw Liberadzki (doctor of economics, aged 61).
PORTUGAL
22 MEPs
Turnout: 36.78%
36% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 54
PSD: 8 MEPs in the EPP: Paulo Rangel (aged 61), top of the list of the main opposition party, whose parliamentary group he chairs at the Assembly); re-elected MEP Carlos Coelho (works in insurance, aged 49), former Secretary of State at the Education Ministry; Maria da Graça Carvalho (aged 54), teacher; Mário David (aged 56), national parliamentarian; Nuno Teixeira de Jesus (aged 36), lawyer; Maria do Céu Patrão Neves (aged 50), bioethics lecturer; Regina Bastos (aged 49), lawyer; and José Manuel Fernandes (aged 52), editor-in-chief of newspaper Publico.
PS: 7 MEPs in the PASD: Vital Moreira (professor of law at Coimbra University, aged 64), former constitutional judge; re-elected MEP Edite Estrela (former professor of literature, aged 59), PS National Secretary; re-elected MEP Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (aged 57), former Farm and Fisheries Minister (1998-2002); Elisa Ferreira (economist, aged 53), former Environment Minister (1995-1999) and former Planning Minister (1999-2002); former Health Minister (replaced in January 2008) who introduced a series of hospital reforms, Antonio Correia de Campos (aged 66); economist and regional parliamentarian Luís Paulo Alves (aged 47); and re-elected MEP Ana Gomes (lawyer, aged 55), deputy chair of the EP's Sub-Committee on Security and Defence.
BE: 3 MEPs in the GUE/NGL: Re-elected MEP Miguel Portas (aged 51), former journalist on the weekly magazine Expresso and then editor of weekly magazine "Já" (1995) and the "Vida Mundial" review (1998-1999); party leader Marisa Matias (aged 33); and historian Rui Tavares (aged 37).
CDU-PCP-PEV List (United Democratic Coalition, PCP communists and The Greens): 2 MEPs in the GUE/NGL: Re-elected MEP Ilda Figueiredo (economist, aged 60) and João Ferreira (aged 36), economist.
CDS-PP (Social Democratic Centre and People's Party combined list): 2 MEPs in the EPP: Parliamentarian Nuno Melo (aged 28), Deputy-Speaker of the Assembly, and parliamentarian Diogo Feio (aged 38).
ROMANIA
33 MEPs
Turnout: 27.67 %
39.4% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 45
PSD-PC (Social Democratic and Conservative Alliance): 11 MEPs in the PASD: Re-elected MEP Adrian Severin (lawyer, aged 55), chair of the EP Committee for Parliamentary Cooperation between the EU and Ukraine; re-elected MEP Rovana Plumb (doctor of economics and management, aged 48), former Secretary of State and Chair of the Romanian Consumer Protection Authority; re-elected MEP Ioan Mircea Pascu (economist, aged 60), Vice-Chair of the AFET Committee and former Secretary of State at the Ministry for National Defence (1993-1996) and then National Defence Minister (2000-2004); re-elected MEP Silvia-Adriana Ticau (ITC engineer, aged 38); re-elected MEP Daciana Octavia Sarbu (lawyer, aged 32); re-elected MEP Corina Cretu (economist, aged 41), former spokesperson for the President of Romania and Head of the Public Communications Office (2000-2004); re-elected MEP Victor Bostinaru (history and geography teacher, aged 57), former Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry; engineer George-Sabin Cutas (aged 41); doctoral student in economics Catalin-Sorin Ivan (aged 30); management consultant Ioan Enciu (aged 56); and re-elected MEP Vasilica Viorica Dancila (aged 45), expert in legislative harmonisation and EU integration and oil industry engineer.
PD-L (Liberal Democrats): 10 MEPs in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Théodor Stolojan (economist, aged 65); consultant Monica Macovei (lawyer, aged 50), new member of the party and former Justice Minister; journalist Traian Ungureanu (aged 51); Prof. Cristian Preda (aged 42); re-elected MEP Marian-Jean Marinescu (aeronautical engineer, aged 56); re-elected MEP Iosif Matula (chemical engineer, aged 50); re-elected MEP Sebastian Valentin Bodu (lawyer, aged 38); Petru Luhan (economist, aged 32); re-elected MEP Rareº-Lucian Niculescu (policy advisor, aged 32); and Oana Antonescu (aged 30), lawyer.
PNL (National Liberal Party): 5 MEPs in the ALDE: PNL Vice-President Norica Nicolai (lawyer, aged 51); re-elected MEP Adina Valean (former maths teacher, aged 41); re-elected MEP Renate Weber (lawyer, aged 53); re-elected MEP Ramona Nicole Manescu (lawyer, aged 36); and re-elected MEP Cristian Busoi (doctor, aged 31).
UDMR (Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania): Re-elected MEP Laszlo Tokes (bishop, aged 57), who is in the Greens; re-elected MEP Iuliu Winkler (aged 45), former Trade Minister and former Communications and Information Technology Minister; and re-elected MEP Sogor Csaba (pastor, aged 45), who are in the EPP.
PRM (People's Party of Greater Romania) 3 non-aligned MEPs: PRM President Corneliu Vadim Tudor (aged 59); former professional footballer George ('Gigi') Becali (aged 51), leader of the New Generation Party (PNG); and Claudiu Ciprian Tanasescu (aged 44), national parliamentarian.
E Bãsescu, who is in the EPP: Former model and economics graduate Elena Basescu (aged 29), daughter of Romanian President Traian Basescu.
SLOVAKIA
13 MEPs
Turnout: 19.64%
38.4% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 53
SMER (Direction Social Democracy): 5 MEPs in the PASD: National parliamentarian Boris Zala (professor of philosophy, aged 54); re-elected MEP Vladimír Maòka (aged 50); re-elected MEP Monika Flašíková-Beòová (aged 41); Monika Smolková (aged 52), Mayor of Kosice; Katarína Neveïalová (aged 26), Deputy Secretary of the SMER party.
SDKU-DS (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union -Democratic Party): 2 MEPs in the EPP: Former Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan (doctor of law, aged 69); re-elected MEP Peter Štastný (formerly a professional ice hockey player who was appointed director of Slovakia's national hockey team, aged 53).
SMK-MPK (Hungarian Coalition Party): 2 MEPs in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Edit Bauer (aged 63); and Alajos Mészáros (aged 57), university professor.
KDH (Christian Democrats): 2 MEPs in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Anna Záborská (aged 61), chair of the EP's Women's Rights Committee; and doctor and re-elected MEP Miroslav Mikolášik (aged 57), founder and chair of “Donum Vitae” association.
LS-HZDS (the President's Party): 1 non-aligned MEP: Re-elected MEP Sergej Kozlík (aged 58), former Finance Minister.
SNS (Nationalists): 1 MEP in the UEN: Jaroslav Paška (aged 54), architect.
SLOVENIA
7 MEPs
Turnout: 28.33%
28.6 % of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 51
SDS (democrats): 2 MEPs in the EPP: Former Education Minister Milan Zver (aged 47); re-elected MEP Romana Jordan Cizelj (doctor of nuclear engineering, aged 43).
SD (social democrats): 2 MEPs in the PASD: Former Slovenian Foreign Minister Zoran Thaler (aged 47); and Tanja Fajon (aged 38), former television journalist.
NSI (New Slovenia): 1 MEP in the EPP: Candidate for the 2007 presidential election, re-elected MEP Lojze Peterle (aged 60).
LDS (liberal democrats): 1 MEP in the ALDE: Re-elected MEP Jelko Kacin (aged 53), former Defence Minister (1993).
ZARES: 1 MEP in the ALDE: Ivo Vajgl (aged 66), former Foreign Minister.
SPAIN
50 MEPs
Turnout: 46%
32 % of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 54
The 23 Partido Popular (PP) MEPs are in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Jaime Mayor Oreja (agronomist, aged 57), erstwhile Minister of the Interior; re-elected MEP Luís de Grandes Pascual (lawyer, aged 64); Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (aged 48), former manager of Prada in London; re-elected MEP and European Parliament Vice-President Alejo Vidal-Quadras (doctor of physics, aged 64); re-elected MEP Pilar Del Castillo Vera (aged 56), former Education, Culture and Sports Minister, re-elected MEP José Manuel García-Margallo Marfíl (doctor of law, aged 64); re-elected MEP Carmen Fraga Estévez (aged 60), former top Spanish civil servant in charge of maritime fisheries; Pablo Zalba Bidegain (aged 34), former commercial director; re-elected MEP Iñigo Méndez de Vigo (lawyer, former member of the European Convention, aged 53); Rosa Estarás Ferragut (aged 44), national parliamentarian; re-elected MEP Francisco Millán Mon (former diplomat and lawyer, aged 54); re-elected MEP Agustín Díaz de Mera García-Consuegra (aged 61), former Head of the Spanish police; Gabriel Mato Adrover (aged 48), President of the Partido Popular in Palma; re-elected MEP Pilar Ayuso Gonzalez (agronomist, aged 67); Verónica Lope Fontagne, (aged 57) lawyer; re-elected MEP Carlos Iturgaiz Angulo (aged 43), former Chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with North African and Arab Maghreb Countries; re-elected MEP Antonio López-Istúriz White (aged 39), secretary-general of the EPP party and former assistant to José María Aznar when the latter was the Spanish Prime Minister; re-elected MEP Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines (doctor in the history of art, aged 69); re-elected MEP José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (aged 54), formerly Chair of the Euro-Latin American Parliament; re-elected MEP Esther Herránz García (aged 39); Pablo Arias Echeverría (aged 38), former assistant to José María Aznar; re-elected MEP Salvador Garriga Polledo (economist, aged 51); and Santiago Fisas Ayxelá (aged 61), director of the Contemporary Art Museum Foundation in Barcelona.
The 21 Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) MEPs are in the PASD: Former Justice Minister and parliamentarian for the province de Las Palmas, Juan Fernando López Aguilar (aged 47); Ramón Jáuregui Atondo (aged 60), parliamentarian; Magdalena Álvarez Arza (aged 57), former Transport Minister; re-elected MEP María Badia I Cutchet (English teacher, aged 62); re-elected MEP and EP Vice-President Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez (aged 69); national parliamentarian Carmen Romero López (aged 63); re-elected MEP Alejandro Cercas (lawyer, aged 60); re-elected MEP Iratxe García Pérez (aged 34); Enrique Guerrero Salom (aged 61), Deputy Head of President Zapatero's office; re-elected MEP Inés Ayala Sender (aged 52); re-elected MEP Antolín Sánchez Presedo (lawyer, aged 54); Juan Andrés Perelló Rodríguez (aged 52), national parliamentarian; re-elected MEP Raimon Obiols I Germa (aged 68), former Chair of the Conference of Delegation Chairs and Chair of the EU Delegation for Relations with Central America; Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (aged 34), accountant; Josefa Andrés Baréa (aged 51), a trained nurse; re-elected MEP Luis Yañez Barnuevo (gynaecologist, aged 66), formerly Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Latin America; re-elected MEP Antonio Masip Hidalgo (lawyer, aged 63); re-elected MEP Emilio Menéndez del Valle (aged 64); María Muñiz De Urquiza (aged 46), advisor to the Socialist Group at the European Parliament; re-elected MEP Teresa Riera Madurell (doctor of mathematics, aged 58); and Ricardo Cortes Lastra (aged 39), director of the Ramon Rubial Foundation.
The 2 Coalition for Europe MEPs are in the ALDE: Izaskun Bilbao Barandika (aged 58), speaker of the Basque Parliament from 2005 to 2009; and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (aged 43), economist.
The 2 Left Coalition MEPs: Willy Enrique Meyer Pleite (aged 56), economist, who is in the GUE/NGL; and Raül Romeva i Rueda (aged 57, economist), who is in The Greens/EFA.
The 1 Union for Progress and Democracy MEP is non-aligned: Francisco Sosa Wagner (aged 62), professor of administrative law.
The 1 Europa de los Pueblos-Verdes MEP (Alliance between a Catalan party, a Galician party and the Greens) are in The Greens/EFA: Oriol Junqueras i Vies (aged 40), Mayor of San Vicente dels Horts.
SWEDEN
18 MEPs
Turnout: 45.53%
55.5% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 51
Social Democrats: 5 MEPs in the PASD: Marita Ulvskog (aged 51), former Civil Affairs and Culture Minister; Olle Ludvigsson (aged 61); re-elected MEP Åsa Westlund (political expert, aged 33), re-elected MEP Anna Hedh (aged 42) and re-elected MEP Göran Färm (aged 59), former journalist and former Special Advisor to EU Commissioner Margot Wallström.
Moderate conservatives (Moderaterna): 4 MEPs in the EPP: Re-elected MEP Gunnar Hökmark (economist, aged 56); Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (aged 46), wife of Sweden's Foreign Minister; re-elected MEP Christofer Fjellner (aged 32), President of the Swedish Young Conservatives; and re-elected MEP Anna Ibrisagic (aged 42), former interpreter, music teacher and entrepreneur.
People's Party liberals (Folkpartiet): 3 MEPs in the ALDE: Former MEP Marit Paulsen (writer and ecologist, aged 70); former MEP Cecilia Wikström (aged 44) and re-elected MEP Olle Schmidt (aged 59).
Greens: 2 MEPs in the Green/EFA: Re-elected MEP Carl Schlyter (environmentalist, aged 41); journalist Isabella Lövin (aged 46).
The Pirates' Party: 1 MEP in the Greens/EFA: Christian Engström (aged 49), the party's Vice-President.
Party of the Left (Vänsterpartiet): 1 MEP in the GUE/NGL: Re-elected MEP Eva-Britt Svensson (aged 62), Vice-Chair of the EP's Women's Rights Committee.
Centre Party (Centerpartiet): 1 MEP in the ALDE: Re-elected MEP Lena Ek (lawyer, aged 51).
Christian-Democratic Party (Kristdemokraterna, KD): 1 MEP in the EPP: Former MEP Alf Svensson (aged 71).
UNITED KINGDOM
72 MEPs
Turnout: 34.7%
33% of elected MEPs are women
Average age: 52
In the United Kingdom, the 24 Conservative MEPs are members of the CER; the 13 Labour MEPs are in the APSD; the 13 UKIP MEPs are in the IND/DEM; the 11 LD MEPs in the ALDE; the 2 Green MEPs, the 2 SNP MEPs and the 1 Plaid Cymru MEP in the Greens/EFA. The 2 BNP MEPs are non-aligned.
In Northern Ireland, the 1 Sinn Fein MEP is in the GUE/NGL, the 1 UCC MEP is in the CER and the 1 DUP MEP is non-aligned.
I. EAST OF ENGLAND (7 MEPs)
Conservative Party (CON): Re-elected MEP Geoffrey Van Orden (aged 64), former brigadier and former Executive secretary of the International Military Headquarters at NATO (1991-1994); re-elected MEP Robert William Sturdy (aged 65); and Victoria Ford (aged 42), municipal councillor in Cambridgeshire.
Labour Party (LAB): Re-elected MEP Richard Howitt (aged 48), former disabled rights activist.
Liberal Democrats (LD): Re-elected MEP Andrew Duff (aged 58), Joint Chair of the Federalist Intergroup of the European Constitution and member of the management committee of the International European Movement.
UK Independence Party (UKIP): David Bannerman (aged 49), national parliamentarian; and John Agnew (aged 60), geography teacher.
II. EAST MIDLANDS (5 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP Roger Helmer (aged 65), who held various marketing and management jobs at big multinationals in the United Kingdom and overseas; and Emma McClarkin (29), lawyer.
LAB: Re-elected MEP Glenis Willmott (medical scientist and trade union official, aged 58).
LD: Re-elected MEP Bill Newton Dunn (aged 67), former industrialist.
UKIP: Re-elected MEP Derek Roland Clark (aged 75), retired science teacher.
III. WEST MIDLANDS (6 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP Philip Bradbourn (aged 57); and re-elected MEP Malcolm Harbour (aged 62) - coPresident of the European Automobile and Society Forum and consultant to the car industry.
LAB: Re-elected MEP Michael Cashman (aged 58) former writer, singer, film-maker, actor, television soap star, film actor and comedian.
LD: Re-elected MEP Elisabeth Lynne (aged 61), former actor.
UKIP: Re-elected MEP Michael Henry Nattrass (aged 63), former member of the New Britain Party; and Nikki Sinclaire (aged 41), UKIP spokesperson on the West Midlands Regional Committee.
IV. LONDON (8 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP Charles Tannock (psychiatrist, aged 52); Syed Kamall (aged 40), consultant and EU telecoms policy expert; and Marina Yannakoudakis (aged 53), businesswoman.
LAB: Re-elected MEP Claude Moraes (lawyer, aged 43), chair of the Anti-racism and Diversity Intergroup co-chair of the Intergroup on Ageing; and re-elected MEP Mary Honeyball (aged 56).
LD: Re-elected MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford (lawyer, aged 58), former EU civil servant and fundamental rights activist who is also a member of the House of Lords.
UKIP: Re-elected MEP Gerard Batten (aged 55), former bookbinder and former director of British Telecom.
Greens: Re-elected MEP Jean Denise Lambert (former teacher, aged 59).
V. NORTH EAST ENGLAND (3 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP Martin Callanan (electronic engineer, aged 47).
LAB: Re-elected MEP Stephen Hughes (aged 56), MEP since 1984 and former chair of EP Employment and Social Affairs Committee (1994-99).
LD: Re-elected MEP Fiona Hall (aged 54), former teacher and press attaché. Wields great influence in the EP over energy legislation.
VI. NORTH WEST ENGLAND (8 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP and former Minister Sir Robert Atkins (aged 63); re-elected MEP (ex-LD) Sajjad Karim (lawyer, aged 38), European Parliament rapporteur on the Free Trade Agreement with India; and former MEP Jacqueline Foster (aged 62).
LAB: Re-elected MEP Arlene McCarthy (aged 48), chair of the EP's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee; and re-elected MEP Brian Simpson (an MEP since 1989; aged 56).
LD: Re-elected MEP Chris Davies (aged 54), former marketing and communications consultant.
BNP: Leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin (aged 50).
UKIP: Paul Nuttall (aged 33), UKIP spokesperson.
VII. SOUTH EAST ENGLAND (10 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP (ex-NI) Daniel Hannan (journalist, aged 38); re-elected MEP Richard Ashworth (agronomist, aged 61), former; re-elected MEP Nirj Deva (aged 61); re-elected MEP James Elles (aged 60), EP budget specialist since 1984.
LAB: Re-elected MEP Peter Skinner (economist, aged 50).
LD: European Patent and trademark law specialist, re-elected MEP Sharon Bowles (aged 56); and Catherine Bearder (aged 60), local parliamentarian who used to study wild fauna in South Africa.
UKIP: Leader of the UK Independence Party, re-elected MEP Nigel Farage (aged 45); and Marta Andreasen (aged 55), a European Commission accountant since 2002.
Green: Re-elected MEP Caroline Lucas (doctor of philosophy, aged 49), formerly worked for Oxfam.
VIII. SOUTH WEST ENGLAND (6 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP Giles Chichester (geographer and publisher, aged 62), chair of the EP Delegation for Relations with Australia and New Zealand and chair of the European Energy Forum; Julie Girling, former Member of Cabinet for the Environment on Gloucestershire County Council; and Ashley Fox (aged 39), MP for Westbury-on-Trym.
LD: Re-elected MEP and head of the Liberals at the EP, Graham Watson (aged 53).
UKIP: Re-elected MEP Trevor Colman (aged 67), former police officer; and William Dartmouth.
IX. YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE (6 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP Edward McMillan-Scott (aged 59), who has been at the EP since 1984; re-elected MEP Timothy Kirkhope (lawyer, aged 64), Vice-Chamberlain to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in 1995 and Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office (1995-1997).
LAB: Re-elected MEP Linda McAvan (aged 46).
LD: Re-elected MEP Diana Wallis (lawyer, aged 55).
BNP: Andrew Brons (aged 62).
UKIP: Re-elected MEP Godfrey Bloom (aged 59), economist.
X. SCOTLAND (6 MEPs)
CON: Re-elected MEP Struan Stevenson (aged 61).
LD: George Lyon (aged 53), former farmer and former Member of the Scottish Parliament.
SNP: Re-elected MEP Ian Hudghton (entrepreneur, aged 57) in the Greens/EFA alongside re-elected MEP Alyn Smith (aged 35), former parliamentary assistant who became a lawyer and studied at the College of Europe.
LP: David Martin (aged 55), former MEP (in 1984); and re-elected MEP Catherine Stihler (aged 36)
XI. WALES (4 MEPs)
CON: Kay Swinburne (aged 41), biochemistry and microbiology graduate who used to work for Deutsche Bank and is currently the Conservative Party spokesperson for Hereford.
LAB: Derek Vaughan, leader of the Welsh Local Government Association and the Labour Party in Wales.
UKIP: John Bufton (aged 47), MP for Powys County
The Welsh Nationalist Party (Plaid Cymru): Re-elected MEP Jill Evans (aged 50).
NORTHERN IRELAND (3 MEPs)
Re-elected MEP Bairbre de Brún (aged 55), former Sinn Fein Health, Social Affairs and Public Health Minister; Diane Dodds for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP); and re-elected MEP James Nicholson (aged 64) for the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists-New Force.