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.
| Lancashire East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of Lancashire East was one of them.
Boundaries edit
1979-1984: Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Darwen, Heywood and Royton, Nelson and Colne, Rossendale[1]
1984-1994: Blackburn, Burnley, Heywood and Middleton, Hyndburn, Littleborough and Saddleworth, Pendle, Rochdale, Rossendale and Darwen[2]
MEPs edit
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Edward Kellett-Bowman | Conservative | |
| 1984 | Michael Hindley | Labour | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 77,087 | 49.9 | ||
| Labour | M. Walsh | 62,729 | 40.6 | ||
| Liberal | P. R. Easton | 12,268 | 7.9 | ||
| Independent Democratic | F. Tyrrall | 2,473 | 1.6 | ||
| Majority | 14,358 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 154,557 | 33.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Hindley | 75,711 | 44.6 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 67,806 | 39.9 | -10.0 | |
| Liberal | Gordon Lishman | 26,320 | 15.5 | +7.6 | |
| Majority | 7,905 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 169,837 | 31.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Hindley | 96,946 | 51.5 | +6.9 | |
| Conservative | Robert W. Sturdy | 57,799 | 30.7 | -9.2 | |
| Green | Steve P. Barker | 20,741 | 11.0 | New | |
| SLD | Mike Hambley | 12,682 | 6.8 | -8.7 | |
| Majority | 39,147 | 20.8 | +16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 188,168 | 35.5 | +3.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References edit
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ "European Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries". Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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