Cheshire East | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
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 Cheshire East was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Crewe, Hazel Grove, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Newton, Runcorn, and Warrington.
From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Macclesfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tatton, Warrington North, and Warrington South.
From 1994 to 1999, it consisted of Altrincham and Sale, Halton, Macclesfield, Manchester Wythenshawe, Tatton, Warrington North, and Warrington South. [1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire prior to 1984 | |||
1979 | Tom Normanton | Conservative | |
1989 | Brian Simpson | Labour | |
1999 | Constituency abolished, see North West England |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Normanton | 89,640 | 56.0 | ||
Labour | D. W. (William) Davies | 50,324 | 31.5 | ||
Liberal | Vivian N. Bingham | 19,952 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 39,316 | 24.5 | |||
Turnout | 159,916 | 31.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Normanton | 71,182 | 45.8 | -10.2 | |
Labour | Alan Stephenson | 52,806 | 34.0 | +2.5 | |
SDP | James P. Corbett | 31,374 | 20.2 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 18,376 | 11.8 | -12.7 | ||
Turnout | 155,362 | 31.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Simpson | 74,721 | 41.2 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Sir Tom Normanton | 72,857 | 40.2 | -5.6 | |
Green | Chris C. White | 21,456 | 11.8 | New | |
SLD | Mrs. Beatrice L. Fraenkel | 12,344 | 6.8 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 1,864 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 181,378 | 35.0 | +3.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Simpson | 87,586 | 53.7 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Slater | 48,307 | 29.6 | -10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. P. (Phillip) Harris | 20,552 | 12.6 | +5.8 | |
Green | David T. Wild | 3,671 | 2.2 | -9.6 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Peter A. Dixon | 1,600 | 1.0 | New | |
Natural Law | Peter D. N. Leadbetter | 1,488 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 39,279 | 24.1 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 163,204 | 32.5 | -2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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