London North West (European Parliament constituency)

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London North West
European Parliament constituency
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Boundary within London (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 London North West was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Brent East, Brent North, Brent South, Chipping Barnet, Harrow Central, Harrow East, Harrow West, Hendon North and Hendon South. [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: Brent East, Brent North, Brent South, Harrow East, Harrow West, Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge. [2] These boundaries were used in 1984, 1989 and 1994. [3] [4]

Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994) LondonNW1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1984-1994)
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999) LondonNW1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within South East England and London (1994-1999)

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMembers [5] Party
1979 Lord Bethell Conservative
1984
1989
1994 Robert Evans Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see London

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: London North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lord Bethell 87,596 55.3
Labour Mildred Gordon 49,26831.1
Liberal G J Bridge21,61813.6
Majority 38,32824.2
Turnout 158,48231.3
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: London North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lord Bethell 69,803 43.1 −12.2
Labour Pat Healy62,38138.6+7.5
Liberal Andrew T. Ketteringham29,60918.3+4.7
Majority 7,4224.5−19.7
Turnout 161,79331.2−0.1
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: London North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lord Bethell 74,900 41.3 −1.8
Labour A K (Keith) Toms67,50037.2−1.4
Green Ian E Flindall28,27515.6New
SLD Christopher D Noyce10,5535.8−12.5
Majority 7,4004.1−0.4
Turnout 181,22835.8+4.6
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: London North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Evans 80,192 47.4 +10.2
Conservative Lord Bethell 62,75037.1−4.2
Liberal Democrats Hilary F Leighter18,99811.2+5.4
Green Darren P Johnson4,7432.8−12.8
Communist (PCC) Anne G Murphy8580.5New
Natural Law Theresa M Sullivan8070.5New
21st Century ConservativeColin R Palmer7400.5New
Majority 17,44210.3N/A
Turnout 169,08835.1−0.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. "European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14". The Times . 16 May 1984. p. 5.
  3. "378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989". The Times . 19 May 1989.
  4. Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. London: J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. 1994. p. 277. ISBN   0850212472.
  5. "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.