Greater Manchester West (European Parliament constituency)

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Greater Manchester West
European Parliament constituency
GreaterManchesterW1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
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.

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The constituency of Greater Manchester West was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Altrincham and Sale, Bolton East, Bolton West, Eccles, Farnworth, Leigh, Salford East, Salford West, and Stretford. [1] From 1984 to 1994 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury North, Bury South, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley. From 1994 to 1999 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury South, Davyhulme, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley.

Boundary within North West England (1984-1994) GreaterManchesterW1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1984-1994)
Boundary within North West England (1994-1999) GreaterManchesterW1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1994-1999)

MEPs

ElectedMemberParty
1979 William Hopper Conservative
1984 Barbara Castle Labour
1989 Gary Titley Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see North West England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Greater Manchester West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Hopper 67,127 43.3
Labour P. Nurse66,82543.1
Liberal E. A. O. G. Wedell21,02113.6
Majority3020.2
Turnout 154,97329.4
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Greater Manchester West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Castle 93,740 55.9 +12.8
Conservative William Hopper 56,04233.4−9.9
SDP John R. Boddy17,89410.7−2.9
Majority37,69822.5N/A
Turnout 167,67631.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Greater Manchester West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Titley 109,228 54.7 −1.2
Conservative Paul H. Twyman56,09328.1−5.3
Green David W. Milne22,77811.4New
SLD Adrian H. Cruden6,9403.5−7.2
SDP Mrs. Beryl Archer4,5262.3New
Majority53,13526.6+4.1
Turnout 199,56538.2+6.5
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Greater Manchester West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Titley 94,129 61.8 +7.1
Conservative David E. Newns35,49423.3−4.8
Liberal Democrats Frank Harasiwka13,6509.0+5.5
Green Ray Jackson3,9502.6−8.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001A−QINU`"'
Independent George Harrison3,6932.4New
Natural Law Terry L. Brotheridge1,3600.9New
Majority58,63538.5+11.9
Turnout 152,27629.7−8.5
Labour hold Swing

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    References

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    2. 1 2 3 4 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 28 January 2022.