Birmingham East (European Parliament constituency)

Birmingham East
European Parliament constituency
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.

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)

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
	1984	Christine Crawley	Labour
	1999	Constituency abolished: see West Midlands

Elections

European elections 1984: Birmingham East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Crawley	76,377	49.4
	Conservative	Norvela F Forster	54,994	35.5
	SDP	David A Bennett	21,927	14.2
	Independent	DC Howlett	1,440	0.9
Majority			21,383	13.9
Turnout			154,738	28.2
	Labour win (new seat)

European elections 1989: Birmingham East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Crawley	96,588	53.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Harbour	49,640	27.6	−7.9
	Green	Phil M. Simpson	22,589	12.6	New
	SDP	Joe C. Binns	5,424	3.0	−11.2'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000013−QINU`"'
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Roodhouse	4,010	2.2	−12.0
	National Front	Martin Wingfield	1,471	0.8	New
Majority			46,948	26.1	+12.2
Turnout			179,722	33.8	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

European elections 1994: Birmingham East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Crawley	90,291	58.2	+4.5
	Conservative	Andrew Turner	35,171	22.7	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte KB Cane	19,455	12.6	+10.4
	Green	Phil M Simpson	6,268	4.0	−8.6
	Socialist (GB)	Ron Cook	1,969	1.3	New
	Natural Law	Marcus JB Brierley	1,885	1.2	New
Majority			55,120	35.5	+9.4
Turnout			155,039	29.8	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
2. "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine