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.
| Cheshire West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of Cheshire West was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bebington and Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, City of Chester, Nantwich, Northwich, Wallasey, and Wirral. From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of Birkenhead, City of Chester, Eddisbury, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Wallasey, Wirral South, and Wirral West.[1]
MEPs
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Andrew Pearce | Conservative | |
| 1989 | Lyndon Harrison | Labour | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished, see Cheshire West and Wirral | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Pearce | 93,589 | 56.8 | ||
| Labour | A. E. Bailey | 47,276 | 28.7 | ||
| Liberal | R. M. Green | 23,816 | 14.5 | ||
| Majority | 46,313 | 28.1 | |||
| Turnout | 164,681 | 32.6 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Pearce | 74,579 | 43.9 | −12.9 | |
| Labour | D. G. Hanson | 64,887 | 38.2 | +9.5 | |
| SDP | Eric C. H. Owen | 30,470 | 17.9 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 9,692 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 169,936 | 31.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lyndon Harrison | 102,962 | 47.2 | +9.0 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Pearce | 79,761 | 36.6 | −7.3 | |
| Green | Geoffrey L. Nicholls | 25,933 | 11.9 | New | |
| SLD | John C. Rankin | 9,338 | 4.3 | −13.6 | |
| Majority | 23,201 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 217,994 | 40.1 | +8.6 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ a b c Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
External links
edit- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
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