Cleveland was a European Parliament constituency covering Cleveland and parts of North Yorkshire in England.
| Cleveland | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
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.
The seat consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Cleveland and Whitby, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Richmond (Yorkshire), Scarborough, Stockton-on-Tees, and Thornaby.[1] In 1984, almost all the seat became part of the new Cleveland and Yorkshire North constituency.
Members of the European Parliament
edit| Elected | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Sir Peter Vanneck | Conservative | |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir Peter Vanneck | 76,514 | 50.6 | ||
| Labour | Ernest Wistrich | 51,688 | 34.1 | ||
| Liberal | Michael Ford Pitts | 18,125 | 12.0 | ||
| Independent | S. C. Hill | 4.960 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | 24,826 | 16.5 | |||
| Turnout | 151,287 | 28.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
edit- ^ "European Parliamentary Boundaries, David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ 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
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