Cheshire West (European Parliament constituency)

Cheshire West
Cheshire West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1994
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 West was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bebington and Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, City of Chester, Nantwich, Northwich, Wallasey, and Wirral. From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of Birkenhead, City of Chester, Eddisbury, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Wallasey, Wirral South, and Wirral West. From 1994 to 1999, it consisted of Birkenhead, City of Chester, Crewe and Nantwich, Eddisbury, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Wallasey, Wirral South, and Wirral West.^[1]

MEPs[]

Election		Member	Party
	1979	Andrew Pearce	Conservative
	1989	Lyndon Harrison	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished, see Cheshire West and Wirral

Election results[]

European Parliament election, 1979: Cheshire West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Pearce	93,589	56.8
	Labour	A. E. Bailey	47,276	28.7
	Liberal	R. M. Green	23,816	14.5
Majority			46,313	28.1
Turnout			164,681	32.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Cheshire West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Pearce	74,579	43.9	-12.9
	Labour	D. G. Hanson	64,887	38.2	+9.5
	SDP	E. C. H. Owen	30,470	17.9	New
Majority			9,692	5.7
Turnout			169,936	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Cheshire West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndon Harrison	102,962	47.2	+9.0
	Conservative	Andrew Pearce	79,761	36.6	-7.3
	Green (UK)	G. L. Nicholls	25,933	11.9	New
	SLD	J. C. Rankin	9,338	4.3	New
Majority			23,201	10.6
Turnout			217,994	40.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References[]

^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ ^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 28 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 28 January 2022.

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