Derbyshire | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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. The constituency of Derbyshire was one of them.
When it was created in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Belper, Bolsover, Derby North, Derby South, Derbyshire South East, Derbyshire West, High Peak, and Ilkeston. [1] From 1984 until its abolition, it consisted of Amber Valley; Ashfield; Bolsover; Derby North; Derby South; Derbyshire West; Erewash; and High Peak.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1979 | Tom Spencer | Conservative | |
1984 | Geoff Hoon | Labour | |
1994 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Spencer | 81,046 | 50.9 | ||
Labour | Miss Maeve J. Denby | 62,347 | 39.2 | ||
Liberal | D. W. E. Blackburn | 15,775 | 9.9 | ||
Majority | 18,699 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 159,168 | 30.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoff Hoon | 79,446 | 43.4 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Tom Spencer | 72,613 | 39.7 | −11.2 | |
SDP | Miss Judith M. Elles | 30,824 | 16.9 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 6,853 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 182,883 | 33.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoff Hoon | 106,018 | 51.0 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | J. P. (Philip) Jenkinson | 72,630 | 34.9 | −4.8 | |
Green | Eric Wall | 20,781 | 10.0 | New | |
SLD | Simon P. Molloy | 4,613 | 2.2 | −14.7 | |
SDP | Mrs. Aileen M. Ayres | 3,858 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 33,388 | 16.1 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 207,900 | 36.8 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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