Birmingham East (European Parliament constituency)
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.
| Birmingham East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| United Kingdom Election Results | |
The constituency of Birmingham East was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Erdington, Birmingham Hall Green, Birmingham Hodge Hill, Birmingham Northfield, Birmingham Selly Oak, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook, and Birmingham Yardley.[1]
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Crawley | 76,377 | 49.4 | ||
| Conservative | NF Forster | 54,994 | 35.5 | ||
| SDP | DA Bennett | 21,927 | 14.2 | ||
| Independent | DC Howlett | 1,440 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 21,383 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 154,738 | 28.2 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Crawley | 96,588 | 53.7 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Harbour | 49,640 | 27.6 | -7.9 | |
| Green | PM Simpson | 22,589 | 12.6 | New | |
| SDP | JC Binns | 5,424 | 3.0 | -11.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jerry Roodhouse | 4,010 | 2.2 | New | |
| National Front | Martin Wingfield | 1,471 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 46,948 | 26.1 | +12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 179,722 | 33.8 | +4.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Crawley | 90,291 | 58.2 | +4.5 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Turner | 35,171 | 22.7 | -4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | CKB Cane | 19,455 | 12.6 | +10.4 | |
| Green | PM Simpson | 6,268 | 4.0 | -8.6 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Ron Cook | 1,969 | 1.3 | New | |
| Natural Law | MJB Brierley | 1,885 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 55,120 | 35.5 | +9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 155,039 | 29.8 | -4.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
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