London North West (European Parliament constituency)

London North West
London North West
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 London North West was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Brent East, Brent North, Brent South, Chipping Barnet, Harrow Central, Harrow East, Harrow West, Hendon North and Hendon South.^[1] United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered to reflect this. The new seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Brent East, Brent North, Brent South, Harrow East, Harrow West, Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge.^[2] These boundaries were used in 1984, 1989 and 1994.^[3]^[4]

Members of the European Parliament[]

European Parliament election, 1979: London North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lord Bethell	87,596	55.3
	Labour	M Gordon	49,268	31.1
	Liberal	G J Bridge	21,618	13.6
Majority			38,328	24.2
Turnout			158,482	31.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: London North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Bethell	69,803	43.1	-12.2
	Labour	P. Healy	62,381	38.6	+7.5
	Liberal	A T Ketteringham	29,609	18.3	+4.7
Majority			7,422	4.5	-19.7
Turnout			161,793	31.2	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: London North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Bethell	74,900	41.3	-1.8
	Labour	A K Toms	67,500	37.2	-1.4
	Green	I E Flindall	28,275	15.6	New
	SLD	C D Noyce	10,553	5.8	-12.5
Majority			7,400	4.1	-0.4
Turnout			181,228	35.8	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: London North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Evans	80,192	47.4	+10.2
	Conservative	Lord Bethell	62,750	37.1	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	H F Leighter	18,998	11.2	New
	Green	D P Johnson	4,743	2.8	-12.8
	Communist	A G Murphy	858	0.5	New
	Natural Law	T M Sullivan	807	0.5	New
	21st Century Conservative	C R Palmer	740	0.5	New
Majority			17,442	10.3	N/A
Turnout			169,088	35.1	-0.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ "European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14". The Times. 16 May 1984. p. 5.
^ "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times. 19 May 1989.
^ Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN 0850212472.
^ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/eplon.html