London North (European Parliament constituency)

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London North
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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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.

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The constituency of London North was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Edmonton, Enfield North, Finchley, Hornsey, Islington Central, Islington North, Islington South and Finsbury, Southgate, Tottenham, and Wood Green. [1]

United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered to reflect this. The new seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Chipping Barnet, Edmonton, Enfield North, Enfield Southgate, Finchley, Hendon North, Hendon South, Hornsey and Wood Green, and Tottenham. These boundaries were used in 1984, 1989 and 1994. [2] [3]

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMembers [4] Party
1979 John Marshall Conservative
1984
1989 Pauline Green Labour
1994
1999 Constituency abolished: see London

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: London North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Marshall 74,042 49.7
Labour K. W. Little59,07739.7
Liberal Laurence S. Brass15,83810.6
Majority14,96510.0
Turnout 148,95728.5
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: London North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Marshall 74,846 41.4 -8.3
Labour Ernest G. Large69,99338.7-1.0
Liberal James S. Skinner31,34417.3+6.7
Ecology Peter S. I. Lang4,6822.6New
Majority4,8532.7
Turnout 180,86532.0
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: London North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pauline Green 85,536 41.2 +2.5
Conservative R. M. (Bob) Lacey79,69938.3-3.1
Green Simon A. Clarke30,80714.8+12.2 [lower-alpha 1]
SLD Miss Hilary F. Leighter8,9174.3-13.0
Independent P. K. Burns2,0161.0New
Communist Miss Lorna M. Reith8500.4New
Majority5,8372.9N/A
Turnout 207,82536.3+4.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
  1. Compared with Ecology Party
European Parliament election, 1994: London North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pauline Green 102,059 55.4 +14.2
Conservative Michael G. Keegan53,71129.2-9.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Henderson Mann15,7398.5+4.2
Green Mrs. Hilary J. Jago5,6663.1-11.7 [lower-alpha 1]
UKIP Ian N. Booth5,0992.8New
European People's Party Judaeo-Christian AllianceGiovanni B. Fabrizi8800.5New
Natural Law Jonathan R. Hinde8560.5New
Majority48,34826.2+23.3
Turnout 184,01034.0-2.3
Labour hold Swing
  1. Compared with Green Party (UK)

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References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times . 19 May 1989.
  3. Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN   0850212472.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Boothroyd, David (16 February 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 16 February 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2022.