Cheshire East (European Parliament constituency)

Cheshire East
Cheshire East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
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 constituency of Cheshire East was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Crewe, Hazel Grove, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Newton, Runcorn, and Warrington. From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Macclesfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tatton, Warrington North, and Warrington South. From 1994 to 1999, it consisted of Altrincham and Sale, Halton, Macclesfield, Manchester Wythenshawe, Tatton, Warrington North, and Warrington South.^[1]

MEPs[]

Election		Member	Party
Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire prior to 1984
	1979	Tom Normanton	Conservative
	1989	Brian Simpson	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished, see North West England

Election results[]

European Parliament election, 1979: Cheshire East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	89,640	56.0	*N/A*
	Labour	D. W. Davies	50,324	31.5	N/A
	Liberal	V. N. Bingham	19,952	12.5	N/A
Majority			39,316	24.5
Turnout			159,916	31.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Cheshire East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	71,182	45.8	-10.2
	Labour	A. Stephenson	52,806	34.0	+2.5
	SDP	J. P. Corbett	31,374	20.2	New
Majority			18,376	11.8
Turnout			155,362	31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Cheshire East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Simpson	74,721	41.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Sir Tom Normanton	72,857	40.2	-5.6
	Green (UK)	C. C. White	21,456	11.8	New
	SLD	Mrs. B. L. Fraenkel	12,344	6.8	New
Majority			1,864	1.0
Turnout			181,378	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Cheshire East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Simpson	87,586	53.7	+12.5
	Conservative	P. Slater	48,307	29.6	-10.6
	Liberal Democrats	C. P. Harris	20,552	12.6	+5.8
	Green	D. T. Wild	3,671	2.2	New
	Monster Raving Loony	P. A. Dixon	1,600	1.0	New
	Natural Law	P. D. N. Leadbetter	1,488	0.9	New
Majority			39,279	24.1
Turnout			163,204	32.5
	Labour hold		Swing

References[]

^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 27 January 2022.

External links[]

David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

[Demon-2] 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 27 January 2022.

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