Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of Northamptonshire was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aylesbury, Buckingham, Daventry, Harborough, Kettering, Northampton North, Northampton South,[1]
From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Blaby, Corby, Daventry, Harborough, Kettering, Northampton North, Northampton South, Wellingborough.[2]
MEPs edit
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Anthony Simpson | Conservative | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony M. H. Simpson | 103,638 | 59.6 | ||
| Labour | Alex Gordon | 47,029 | 27.1 | ||
| Liberal | S. B. Crooks | 23,134 | 13.3 | ||
| Majority | 56,609 | 32.5 | |||
| Turnout | 173,801 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony M. H. Simpson | 88,668 | 49.7 | -9.9 | |
| Labour | John Dickie | 48,809 | 27.4 | +0.3 | |
| SDP | Mrs Celia M. Goodhart | 37,421 | 21.0 | +7.7 | |
| Independent Ecology | Aubrey T. Bryant | 3,330 | 1.9 | New | |
| Majority | 39,859 | 22.3 | -10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 178,228 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -9.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony M. H. Simpson | 86,695 | 41.8 | -7.9 | |
| Labour | Michael A. Coyne | 66,248 | 31.9 | +4.5 | |
| Green | Audrey T. Bryant | 43,071 | 20.7 | +18.8 | |
| SLD | Richard W. Church | 11,619 | 5.6 | -15.4 | |
| Majority | 20,447 | 9.9 | -12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 207,633 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -7.9 | |||
References edit
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Boundaries". David Boothroyd.
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