Cheshire West and Wirral (European Parliament constituency)

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Cheshire West and Wirral
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1994
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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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 and Wirral was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birkenhead, City of Chester, Crewe and Nantwich, Eddisbury, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Wallasey, Wirral South, and Wirral West. [1]

MEPs

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Lyndon Harrison Labour
1999 Constituency abolished, see North West England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Cheshire West and Wirral [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lyndon Harrison 106,160 53.6
Conservative David N. Senior58,98429.8
Liberal Democrats Ian A. Mottershaw20,74610.5
British Home RuleDavid J.E. Carson6,1673.1
Green Mike C. Money5,0962.6
Natural Law Andrew G. Wilmot9290.4
Majority47,17623.8
Turnout 198,082
Labour win (new seat)

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England". www.election.demon.co.uk.