Greater Manchester West (European Parliament constituency)

Greater Manchester West
Greater Manchester West
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
	[1]

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 Greater Manchester West was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Altrincham and Sale, Bolton East, Bolton West, Eccles, Farnworth, Leigh, Salford East, Salford West, and Stretford.^[1] From 1984 to 1994 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury North, Bury South, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley. From 1994 to 1999 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury South, Davyhulme, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley.

MEPs

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	William Hopper	Conservative
	1984	Barbara Castle	Labour
	1989	Gary Titley	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished: see North West England

European Parliament election, 1979: Greater Manchester West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Hopper	67,127	43.3
	Labour	P. Nurse	66,825	43.1
	Liberal	E. A. O. G. Wedell	21,021	13.6
Majority			302	0.2
Turnout			154,973	29.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Greater Manchester West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Castle	93,740	55.9	+12.8
	Conservative	William Hopper	56,042	33.4	−9.9
	SDP	John R. Boddy	17,894	10.7	−2.9
Majority			37,698	22.5	N/A
Turnout			167,676	31.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Greater Manchester West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Titley	109,228	54.7	−1.2
	Conservative	Paul H. Twyman	56,093	28.1	−5.3
	Green	David W. Milne	22,778	11.4	New
	SLD	Adrian H. Cruden	6,940	3.5	−7.2
	SDP	Mrs. Beryl Archer	4,526	2.3	New
Majority			53,135	26.6	+4.1
Turnout			199,565	38.2	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Greater Manchester West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Titley	94,129	61.8	+7.1
	Conservative	David E. Newns	35,494	23.3	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Harasiwka	13,650	9.0	+5.5
	Green	Ray Jackson	3,950	2.6	−8.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000011−QINU`"'
	Independent	George Harrison	3,693	2.4	New
	Natural Law	Terry L. Brotheridge	1,360	0.9	New
Majority			58,635	38.5	+11.9
Turnout			152,276	29.7	−8.5
	Labour hold		Swing