Lancashire Central (European Parliament constituency)

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Lancashire Central
European Parliament constituency
LancashireC1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
Sources
Boundary within North West England (1984-1994) LancashireC1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1984-1994)

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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Created for the 1979 European Parliament elections in 1979, Lancashire Central was a single-member constituency formed from the grouping of numerous neighbouring UK Parliament constituencies.

Boundary within North West England (1994-1999) LancashireC1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North West England (1994-1999)

Boundaries

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMemberParty
1979 Michael Welsh Conservative
1994 Mark Hendrick Labour

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Lancashire Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Welsh 91,355 51.1
Labour I J Taylor63,70937.7
Liberal A D (David) Sanders13,8218.2
Majority 27,64616.4
Turnout 168,88531.6
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Lancashire Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Welsh 82,370 50.4 −0.7
Labour Helen Jones 56,17534.4−3.3
SDP Michael Gallagher 24,93615.2+7.0
Majority 26,19516.0−0.4
Turnout 163,48131.2−0.4
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Lancashire Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Welsh 81,125 42.1 −8.3
Labour Geoffrey Smith75,43739.2+4.8
Green Haldora Ingham28,77714.9New
SLD Janet Ross-Mills7,3783.8−9.4
Majority 5,6882.9−13.1
Turnout 192,71735.8+4.6
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Lancashire Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Hendrick 73,420 43.9 +4.7
Conservative Michael Welsh 61,22936.6−5.5
Liberal Democrats Janet Ross-Mills20,57812.3+8.5
Independent British Home RuleDavid Hill6,7514.0New
Green Christopher Maile4,1692.5−12.4
Natural Law Janet Aycliffe1,1270.7New
Majority 12,1917.3N/A
Turnout 93,85433.2−2.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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