Cheshire West (European Parliament constituency)

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Cheshire West
European Parliament constituency
CheshireW1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1994
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.

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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]

Boundary within North West England (1984-1994) CheshireW1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1984-1994)

MEPs

ElectionMemberParty
1979 Andrew Pearce Conservative
1989 Lyndon Harrison Labour
1994 Constituency abolished, see Cheshire West and Wirral

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Cheshire West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Pearce 93,589 56.8
Labour Adrian E. Bailey 47,27628.7
Liberal R. M. Green23,81614.5
Majority 46,31328.1
Turnout 164,68132.6
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Cheshire West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Pearce 74,579 43.9 −12.9
Labour David G. Hanson 64,88738.2+9.5
SDP Eric C. H. Owen30,47017.9+3.4
Majority 9,6925.7
Turnout 169,93631.5
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Cheshire West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lyndon Harrison 102,962 47.2 +9.0
Conservative Andrew Pearce 79,76136.6−7.3
Green Geoffrey L. Nicholls25,93311.9New
SLD John C. Rankin9,3384.3−13.6
Majority 23,20110.6N/A
Turnout 217,99440.1+8.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 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.