Leeds (European Parliament constituency)

Leeds was a European Parliament constituency, centred on Leeds in the West Yorkshire area of England.

Leeds
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
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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.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Batley and Morley, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds South, Leeds South East, Leeds West and Pudsey. In 1984, Batley and Morley, Leeds South and Leeds South West were replaced by Elmet, Leeds Central and Morley and Leeds South.

In 1999, the constituency became part of the much larger Yorkshire and the Humber constituency.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Derek Enright		Labour
1984	Michael McGowan		Labour
1999	Constituency abolished: see Yorkshire and the Humber

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Leeds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Enright	62,475	45.6
	Conservative	P. C. Price	54,405	39.8
	Liberal	David Austick	20,005	14.6
Majority			8,070	5.8
Turnout			136,885	28.6
	Labour win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Leeds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McGowan	86,259	42.3	−3.3
	Conservative	John G. Holt	60,178	36.1	−3.7
	Liberal	Stephen J. Cooksey	36,097	21.6	+7.0
Majority			10,357	6.2	+0.4
Turnout			182,534	31.6	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Leeds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McGowan	97,385	52.2	+9.9
	Conservative	John Tweddle	54,867	29.4	−6.7
	Green	Clive Lord	22,558	12.1	New
	SLD	J. Ewens	11,720	6.3	−15.3
Majority			42,518	22.8	+14.6
Turnout			186,530	37.1	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Leeds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McGowan	89,160	56.9	+4.7
	Conservative	Neil Carmichael	36,078	23.0	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Harvey	17,557	11.2	+4.9
	Liberal	Michael Meadowcroft	6,617	4.2	New
	Green	Claire Nash	6,283	4.0	−8.1
	Natural Law	Sarah Jane Hayward	1,018	0.7	New
Majority			53,082	33.9	+11.1
Turnout			156,713	30.0	−7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results