Tyne and Wear (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.
| Tyne and Wear | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
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| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
The constituency of Tyne and Wear was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Gateshead East, Houghton and Washington, Jarrow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, South Shields, Sunderland North, Sunderland South, and Tyne Bridge.[1]
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joyce Quin | 89,024 | 60.3 | ||
| Conservative | RR Cook | 39,610 | 26.8 | ||
| Liberal | BP Carroll | 19,081 | 12.9 | ||
| Majority | 49,414 | 33.5 | |||
| Turnout | 147,715 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Donnelly | 126,682 | 69.3 | +9.0 | |
| Conservative | NC Gibbon | 30,902 | 16.9 | -9.9 | |
| Green | R Stather | 18,107 | 9.9 | New | |
| SLD | Peter J Arnold | 6,101 | 3.4 | -9.5 | |
| Socialist (GB) | TP Kilgallon | 919 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 95,780 | 52.4 | +18.9 | ||
| Turnout | 182,711 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Donnelly | 107,604 | 74.4 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Ian Liddell-Grainger | 19,224 | 13.3 | -3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | PJ Maughan | 8,706 | 6.0 | +2.6 | |
| Green | GLN Edwards | 4,375 | 3.0 | -6.9 | |
| Independent (Politician) | WE Lundgren | 4,174 | 2.9 | New | |
| Independent (Politician) | AW Fisken | 650 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 88,380 | 61.1 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 144,733 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
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