Lincolnshire and Humberside South (European Parliament constituency)

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Lincolnshire and Humberside South
European Parliament constituency
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Boundary within the East Midlands (1994-1999)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1994
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.

Contents

The constituency of Lincolnshire and Humberside South was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Brigg and Cleethorpes, East Lindsey, Gainsborough and Horncastle, Grantham, Great Grimsby, Holland with Boston, and Lincoln. [1]

MEPs

ElectionMemberParty
1994 Veronica Hardstaff Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see East Midlands

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Lincolnshire and Humberside South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Hardstaff 83,172 42.4
Conservative Bill Newton Dunn 69,42735.4
Liberal Democrats Keith M. Melton27,24113.9
Green Miss Rosemary E. Robinson8,5634.4
Liberal M.E. (Edwin) Wheeler3,4341.8
Network against the Child Support AgencyIan E. Selby2,9731.5
Natural Law Hugh W. Kelly1,1290.6
Majority 13,7457.0
Turnout 195,939
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.