Northumbria (European Parliament constituency)

Northumbria
Northumbria
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1 Gordon Adam Labour

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 Northumbria was one of them.

Boundaries[]

1979-1984: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Hexham, Morpeth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne West, Wallsend
1984-1999: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Hexham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Wansbeck.

Members of the European Parliament[]

	Member	Party
1979	Gordon Adam	Labour
1984
1989
1994

Key to political groups of the European Parliament (UK)^[1] v t
Party				Faction in European Parliament
	Brexit Party	29			Non-Inscrits	57
	DUP	1			Non-Inscrits	57
	Liberal Democrats	16	17		Renew Europe	108
	Alliance	1	17		Renew Europe	108
	Green	7	11		Greens–European Free Alliance	75
	SNP	3
	Plaid Cymru	1
	Labour	10			Socialists and Democrats	154
	Conservative	4			European Conservatives and Reformists	62
	Sinn Féin	1			European United Left–Nordic Green Left	41
Total		73		Total		750

Election results ^[2][]

European Parliament election, 1979: Northumbria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	75,172	44.8
	Conservative	J.G.B. Weait	67,066	39.9
	Liberal	G. Scott	25,713	15.3
Majority			8,106	4.9
Turnout			167,951	32.2
	Labour win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Northumbria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	78,417	42.6	-2.2
	Conservative	C.M.M. Crichton	62,717	34.1	-5.8
	Liberal	G. Scott	42,946	23.3	+8.0
Majority			15,700	8.5	+3.6
Turnout			184,080	35.9	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Northumbria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	110,688	56.1	+13.5
	Conservative	P.S. Yeoman	50,648	25.7	-8.4
	Green (UK)	Mrs. A.J. Lipman	24,882	12.6	New
	SLD	Viscount Morpeth	10,983	5.6	-17.7
Majority			60,040	30.4	+21.9
Turnout			514,123	38.4	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Northumbria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	103,087	59.3	+3.2
	Conservative	J.C. Flack	36,929	21.2	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lembit Öpik	20,197	11.6	+6.0
	UKIP	David Lott	7,210	4.2	New
	Green	J.P. Hartshorne	5,714	3.3	-9.3
	Natural Law	L.J. Walch	740	0.4	New
Majority			66,158	38.1	+7.7
Turnout			516,680	33.7	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing