Leeds (European Parliament constituency)

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Leeds
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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Leeds was a European Parliament constituency, centred on Leeds in the West Yorkshire area of England.

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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.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Batley and Morley, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds South, Leeds South East, Leeds West and Pudsey. In 1984, Batley and Morley, Leeds South and Leeds South West were replaced by Elmet, Leeds Central and Morley and Leeds South. [1]

In 1999, the constituency became part of the much larger Yorkshire and the Humber constituency.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1979 Derek Enright Labour
1984 Michael McGowan Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see Yorkshire and the Humber

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Leeds [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Enright 62,475 45.6
Conservative P. C. Price54,40539.8
Liberal David Austick 20,00514.6
Majority8,0705.8
Turnout 136,88528.6
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Leeds [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael McGowan 86,259 42.3 -3.3
Conservative John G. Holt60,17836.1-3.7
Liberal Stephen J. Cooksey36,09721.6+7.0
Majority10,3576.2+0.4
Turnout 182,53431.6+3.0
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Leeds [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael McGowan 97,385 52.2 +9.9
Conservative John Tweddle54,86729.4-6.7
Green Clive Lord 22,55812.1New
SLD J. Ewens11,7206.3-15.3
Majority42,51822.8+14.6
Turnout 186,53037.1+5.5
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Leeds [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael McGowan 89,160 56.9 +4.7
Conservative Neil Carmichael36,07823.0-6.4
Liberal Democrats Jane Harvey17,55711.2+4.9
Liberal Michael Meadowcroft 6,6174.2New
Green Claire Nash6,2834.0-8.1
Natural Law Sarah Jane Hayward1,0180.7New
Majority53,08233.9+11.1
Turnout 156,71330.0-7.1
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. "European Parliamentary Boundaries, David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979–99: England: Part 1