Engineer Huan Peen Chan, 46, spent four years at Sunderland University in the 1990s, before returning to his native Malaysia. He may have been on board the missing Malaysian Airways flight MH370.
The University of Sunderland has said staff are "deeply concerned" to hear reports that one of its ex-students may have been on board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
The newly-formed Brexit Party took three out of the region's six seats. Labour, Liberal Democrats, and the Green Party each won one.
The newly formed Brexit Party has taken two of the three North East European Parliament seats while Labour has held onto one.
The club has thanked its supporters and pledged to bounce back stronger next season.