Greater Manchester South (European Parliament constituency)

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Greater Manchester South
European Parliament constituency
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Boundary within North West England (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1984
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.

Contents

The constituency of Greater Manchester South was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Cheadle, Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Central, Manchester Moss Side, Manchester Openshaw, Manchester Withington, Manchester Wythenshawe, Stockport North, and Stockport South. [1]

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty
1979 Lord Harmar-Nicholls Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Greater Manchester South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lord Harmar-Nicholls 70,688 47.5
Labour John A.D. Mills 63,21442.5
Liberal J.B. Doherty14,86910.0
Majority 7,4745.0
Turnout 148,77129.8
Conservative win (new seat)

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: Part 2