Cumbria and Lancashire North (European Parliament constituency)

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Cumbria and Lancashire North
European Parliament constituency
CumbriaandLancashireN1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1984-1994)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1984
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 Cumbria and Lancashire North was one of them.

Contents

When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Barrow and Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Lancaster, Morecambe and Lunesdale, Penrith and the Border, Westmorland and Lonsdale, Workington, and Wyre. [1] In 1994, Wyre constituency was transferred to Lancashire Central, but otherwise the constituency's composition remained the same until its abolition in 1999.

Boundary within North West England (1994-1999) CumbriaandLancashireN1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1994-1999)

Boundaries

1984-1994: Barrow and Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Lancaster, Morecambe and Lunesdale, Penrith and the Border, Westmorland and Lonsdale, Workington, Wyre.

1994-1999: As above less the Wyre constituency.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1984 Sheila Faith Conservative
1989 Richard Fletcher-Vane Conservative
1994 Tony Cunningham Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see North West England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1984: Cumbria and Lancashire North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Faith 86,127 45.8
Labour John R. Atkinson62,33233.1
Liberal Mrs. K.C. Brooks 39,62221.1
Majority 23,79512.7
Turnout 188,08134.4
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Cumbria and Lancashire North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Fletcher-Vane 84,035 41.2 −4.6
Labour John M.P. Hutton 81,64440.1+7.0
Green Mrs. Cath E. Smith21,26210.4New
SLD Edward E. Hill12,5906.2−14.9
SDP John Bates4,2062.1New
Majority 2,3911.1−11.6
Turnout 203,73736.3+1.9
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Cumbria and Lancashire North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Cunningham 97,599 48.0 +7.9
Conservative Lord Inglewood 74,61136.7−4.5
Liberal Democrats Roger C. Putnam24,23311.9+5.7
Green R. J. (Dick) Frost5,3442.6−7.8
Natural Law Ian A. Docker1,5000.8New
Majority 22,98811.3N/A
Turnout 203,28740.8+4.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . 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 14 June 2023.