Greater Manchester East (European Parliament constituency)
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| Greater Manchester East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Greater Manchester East was, from 1984 to 1999, a European Parliament constituency centred on Greater Manchester, in North West England.
From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheadle, Denton and Reddish, Hazel Grove, Oldham Central and Royton, Oldham West, Stalybridge and Hyde, and Stockport.[1] From 1994 to 1999 it consisted of Ashton-under-Lyne, Denton and Reddish, Heywood and Middleton, Littleborough and Saddleworth, Oldham Central and Royton, Oldham West, Rochdale, and Stalybridge and Hyde.
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.
Members of the European Parliament[]
| Elected | Member | Party[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Glyn Ford | Labour | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see North West England | ||
Election results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glyn Ford | 65,101 | 42.7 | ||
| Conservative | T. K. Thornber | 56,415 | 37.0 | ||
| SDP | Mrs. B. Gaskin | 27,801 | 18.2 | ||
| Ecology | M. J. Shipley | 3,158 | 2.1 | ||
| Majority | 8,686 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 152,475 | 29.9 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glyn Ford | 93,294 | 49.7 | +7.0 | |
| Conservative | R. N. Greenwood | 58,793 | 31.3 | -5.7 | |
| Green (UK) | M. J. Shipley | 19,090 | 10.2 | +8.1[a] | |
| SLD | A. B. Leah | 16,645 | 8.9 | New | |
| Majority | 34,501 | 18.4 | |||
| Turnout | 187,822 | 37.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Ecology Party
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glyn Ford | 82,289 | 60.4 | +10.7 | |
| Conservative | J. R. Pinniger | 26,303 | 19.3 | -12.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. J. Riley | 20,545 | 15.1 | +6.2 | |
| Green | T. Clarke | 5,823 | 4.3 | -5.9[a] | |
| Natural Law | W. A. Stevens | 1,182 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 55,986 | 41.1 | |||
| Turnout | 136,142 | 27.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
References[]
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
- ^ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/eplon.html
- ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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