Cleveland (European Parliament constituency)
Cleveland | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1984 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
Cleveland was a European Parliament constituency covering Cleveland and parts of North Yorkshire in England.
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[]
Elected | Name | Party | |
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1979 | Sir Peter Vanneck | Conservative |
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Peter Vanneck | 76,514 | 50.6 | ||
Labour | Ernest Wistrich | 51,688 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Michael 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[]
- ^ "European Parliamentary Boundaries, David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 2008-01-05. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England: Part 1
External links[]
- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- European Parliament constituencies in England (1979–1999)
- 1979 establishments in England
- 1984 disestablishments in England
- Constituencies established in 1979
- Constituencies disestablished in 1984
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