Staffordshire West and Congleton (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.

Staffordshire West and Congleton
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
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The constituency of Staffordshire West and Congleton was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Congleton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North, and Stoke-on-Trent South.[1]

Michael Tappin of the Labour Party was this constituency's only MEP.

MEPs

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Elected Member Party
1994 Michael Tappin Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Staffordshire West and Congleton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Tappin 84,337 53.1
Conservative Anthony G. Brown 44,060 27.7
Liberal Democrats H. J. (John) Stevens 24,430 15.4
Green Damon L. Hoppe 4,553 2.9
Natural Law P. D. M. (David) Lines 1,403 0.9
Majority 40,277 25.4
Turnout 158,783 31.6
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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