Greater Manchester North (European Parliament constituency)
| Greater Manchester North | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| 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 Greater Manchester North was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury and Radcliffe, Manchester Gorton, Middleton and Prestwich, Oldham East, Oldham West, Rochdale, and Stalybridge and Hyde.[1]
Members of the European Parliament[]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Barbara Castle | Labour | |
Results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Castle | 79,920 | 50.2 | ||
| Conservative | C. C. Grantham | 62,456 | 39.2 | ||
| Liberal | M. Steed | 16,910 | 10.6 | ||
| Majority | 17,464 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 159,286 | 31.5 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References[]
External links[]
  | This United Kingdom election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
 | This article about the European Union is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- European Parliament constituencies in England (1979–1999)
- Politics of Greater Manchester
- 1979 establishments in England
- 1984 disestablishments in England
- Constituencies established in 1979
- Constituencies disestablished in 1984
- British election stubs
- European Union stubs