Cleveland and Yorkshire North (European Parliament constituency)

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Cleveland and Yorkshire North
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
Dissolved 1994
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 Cleveland and Yorkshire North was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Hartlepool, Langbaurgh, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Richmond (Yorks), Skipton and Ripon, Stockton North, and Stockton South. [1]

Members of the European Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1984 Peter Vanneck Conservative
1989 David Bowe Labour

Election results

European elections 1984: Cleveland and Yorkshire North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Vanneck 73,217 40.7
Labour Co-op Paul F. Tinnion70,59239.3
SDP R.C. (Colin) Beever35,91620.0
Majority2,6251.4
Turnout 179,72531.7
Conservative win (new seat)
European elections 1989: Cleveland and Yorkshire North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bowe 94,953 47.6 +8.3
Conservative Peter Vanneck 70,86135.5-5.2
Green Owen Dumpleton17,2258.6New
SLD Thomas W. Mawston8,4704.2-15.8
SDP Ralph I. Andrew7,9704.0New
Majority24,09212.1N/A
Turnout 199,47934.9+3.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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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. "European elections 14-17 June 1984" (PDF). European Parliament Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations. July 1984 via Archive of European Integration, University of Pittsburgh.
  3. "Elections 1989 - Results and Elected Members" (PDF). European Parliament Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations. 13 July 1989 via Archive of European Integration, University of Pittsburgh.