Birmingham East (European Parliament constituency)

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Birmingham East
European Parliament constituency
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Boundary within the West Midlands (1984-1994)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
Sources
United Kingdom Election Results

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.

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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]

Boundary within the West Midlands (1994-1999) BirminghamE1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within the West Midlands (1994-1999)

MEPs

ElectionMemberParty
1984 Christine Crawley Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

Elections

European elections 1984: Birmingham East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Crawley 76,377 49.4
Conservative Norvela F Forster 54,99435.5
SDP David A Bennett21,92714.2
IndependentDC Howlett1,4400.9
Majority21,38313.9
Turnout 154,73828.2
Labour win (new seat)
European elections 1989: Birmingham East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Crawley 96,588 53.7 +4.3
Conservative Malcolm Harbour 49,64027.6−7.9
Green Phil M. Simpson22,58912.6New
SDP Joe C. Binns5,4243.0−11.2'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000013−QINU`"'
Liberal Democrats Jerry Roodhouse4,0102.2−12.0
National Front Martin Wingfield 1,4710.8New
Majority46,94826.1+12.2
Turnout 179,72233.8+4.6
Labour hold Swing
    European elections 1994: Birmingham East [2]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Christine Crawley 90,291 58.2 +4.5
    Conservative Andrew Turner 35,17122.7−4.9
    Liberal Democrats Charlotte KB Cane19,45512.6+10.4
    Green Phil M Simpson6,2684.0−8.6
    Socialist (GB) Ron Cook1,9691.3New
    Natural Law Marcus JB Brierley1,8851.2New
    Majority55,12035.5+9.4
    Turnout 155,03929.8−4.0
    Labour hold Swing

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    2. 1 2 3 "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.


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