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==European Parliament== Deva was chosen by the Conservatives to be one of their candidates for the [[South East England (European Parliament constituency)|South East England]] at the [[1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1999 European Parliament election]]. This was to be the first European election in the UK to use the [[Closed list|closed]] [[party-list proportional representation]] electoral system and Deva was placed fifth amongst the eleven Conservatives candidates in South East England.<ref>{{cite web|title=1999 Election Candidates: Candidates|url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/resource/static/files/european_elections/http___www.europarl.org.uk_section_1999_1999-election-candidate.pdf|publisher=European Parliament / Information Office in the United Kingdom}}</ref> Following the election the Conservatives were entitled to five MEPs from South East England and therefore Deva was elected to the [[European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vote 99: UK Regions β South East|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/euros_99/regional_html/708.stm|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Deva became the first Asian-born person to be elected as a Conservative member of the European Parliament.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} At the [[2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2004 European Parliament election]] Deva was moved up to second place on the Conservatives' list of candidates for South East England.<ref>{{cite web|title=2004 Election Candidates|url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/european_elections/previous_election_results/10-june-2004/2004_election_candidates.html#6|publisher=European Parliament / Information Office in the United Kingdom|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200251/http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/european_elections/previous_election_results/10-june-2004/2004_election_candidates.html#6|archive-date=2 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the election the Conservatives were entitled to four MEPs from South East England and therefore Deva was re-elected to the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|title=European Election: South East Result|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/euro_uk/html/35.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=14 June 2004}}</ref> In April 2005 he was chairman of the European Parliament's delegation to the [[Commission on Sustainable Development|UN Commission on Sustainable Development]] in New York, and delivered a paper on the future of the [[United Nations]] at the [[Council on Foreign Relations|US Council on Foreign Relations]]. A few months later, he headed the European Parliament's delegation to the UN High-Level Conference on global financing of aid. Also in 2005 he was Co-Chairman (with former [[Prime Minister of France]] [[Michel Rocard]]) of the European Parliaments' Delegation to the [[2005 World Summit|World Summit]] at the United Nations 60th [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]]. At the [[2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2009 European Parliament election]] Deva was placed third on the Conservatives' list of candidates for South East England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Candidates 2009|url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/european_elections/previous_election_results/electionresults2009/candidates.html;jsessionid=30102A16E5347D28698D5502731A8A9C#6|publisher=European Parliament / Information Office in the United Kingdom|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051202/http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/european_elections/previous_election_results/electionresults2009/candidates.html;jsessionid=30102A16E5347D28698D5502731A8A9C#6|archive-date=5 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the election the Conservatives were entitled to four MEPs from South East England and therefore Deva was re-elected to the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|title=European Election 2009: South East|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/euro/09/html/ukregion_35.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=8 June 2009}}</ref> In November 2011 it was announced that Deva would be the [[European Conservatives and Reformists Group|European Conservatives and Reformists]] Group's candidate for [[President of the European Parliament]].<ref name="The man to stop Schulz"/><ref name="BBC Democracy Live"/> In the election in January 2012 he was backed by 142 MEPs, compared to the [[S&D]] winning candidate [[Martin Schulz]], backed by 387 MEPs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Schulz elected President of the European Parliament|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20120113IPR35350/html/Martin-Schulz-elected-President-of-the-European-Parliament|publisher=[[European Parliament]]|date=17 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Election of president|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/europe/newsid_9678000/9678877.stm|publisher=[[BBC]] [[Democracy Live]]|date=17 January 2012}}</ref> At the [[2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2014 European Parliament election]] Deva was ranked one spot higher for the same EU region.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statement of Parties and Individual Candidates Nominated and Notice of Poll|url=http://www.southampton.gov.uk/Images/Statement%20of%20Parties%20and%20Individual%20Canidates%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll_tcm46-356525.pdf|publisher=[[Southampton City Council]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513141931/http://www.southampton.gov.uk/Images/Statement%20of%20Parties%20and%20Individual%20Canidates%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll_tcm46-356525.pdf|archivedate=13 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Following the election the Conservatives were entitled to three MEPs from South East England and therefore Deva was re-elected to the European Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|title=South East|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/eu-regions/E15000008|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> After the election mainstream Sri Lankan media falsely reported Deva had increased "his share" of the vote: electors vote for the party, not the candidate, and Conservative votes and share of the vote decreased.<ref>{{cite news|title=Niranjan wins again bucking the trend and increasing his vote while Conservative Party collapses in European election|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/niranjan-wins-again-bucking-trend-and-increasing-his-vote-while-conservative-party-collapses|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 May 2014|access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603094531/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local%2Fniranjan-wins-again-bucking-trend-and-increasing-his-vote-while-conservative-party-collapses|archive-date=3 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Niranjan Deva Aditya creates history at European Parliament|url=http://www.nation.lk/edition/todays-photo/item/29685-niranjan-de-silva-creates-history-at-european-parliament.html|work=[[The Nation (Sri Lanka)]]|date=30 May 2014|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051312/http://www.nation.lk/edition/todays-photo/item/29685-niranjan-de-silva-creates-history-at-european-parliament.html|archive-date=5 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Deva serves as co-ordinator on the [[Committee on Development|Committee on Overseas Development and Cooperation]], and is a bureau member of the [[ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly]]. He is also a member of the [[Committee on Foreign Affairs (EU)|Committee on Foreign Affairs]] of the [[European Parliament]]. He has established an online campaign calling for a referendum on the European Constitution (www.giveusareferendum.eu), and launched an online survey asking the views of his constituents on the future of the EU (www.southeastsurvey.eu).
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