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.
Birmingham North | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1984 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
The constituency of Birmingham North was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aldridge-Brownhills, Birmingham Erdington, Birmingham Perry Barr, Birmingham Stechford, Sutton Coldfield, Warley East, Warley West, West Bromwich East, and West Bromwich West.[1]
Members of the European Parliament
editElection | Name | Party | |||
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1979 | Eric Forth | Conservative | 1984 | seat abolished |
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Forth | 68,507 | 47.8 | ||
Labour | P.M. Jackson | 60,163 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal | C.E.A. Hooper | 14,583 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 8,344 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 143,253 | 26.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1
External links
edit- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine