Northumbria (European Parliament constituency)

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Northumbria
European Parliament constituency
Northumbria1979EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North East England (1979-1984)
Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1

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 Northumbria was one of them.

Boundary within North East England (1984-1994) Northumbria1984EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North East England (1984-1994)
Boundary within North East England (1994-1999) Northumbria1994EUConstituency.svg
Boundary within North East England (1994-1999)

Boundaries

1979-1984: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Hexham, Morpeth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne West, Wallsend
1984-1999: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Hexham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Wansbeck.

Members of the European Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1979 Gordon Adam Labour
1984
1989
1994
PartyFaction in European Parliament
Brexit Party 29 Non-Inscrits 57
DUP 1
Liberal Democrats 1617  Renew Europe 108
Alliance 1
Green 711 Greens–European Free Alliance 75
SNP 3
Plaid Cymru 1
Labour 10  Socialists and Democrats 154
Conservative 4 European Conservatives and Reformists Group 62
Sinn Féin 1   European United Left–Nordic Green Left 41
Total73Total750

Election results

Source: [2]

European Parliament election, 1979: Northumbria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. J. Adams 75,172 44.8
Conservative J.G.B. Weait67,06639.9
Liberal G. Scott25,71315.3
Majority8,1064.9
Turnout 167,95132.2
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Northumbria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. J. Adams 78,417 42.6 −2.2
Conservative Charles M.M. Crichton62,71734.1−5.8
Liberal George Scott42,94623.3+8.0
Majority15,7008.5+3.6
Turnout 184,08035.9+3.7
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Northumbria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. J. Adams 110,688 56.1 +13.5
Conservative Paul S. Yeoman50,64825.7−8.4
Green Mrs. Amanda J. Lipman24,88212.6New
SLD Viscount Morpeth 10,9835.6−17.7
Majority60,04030.4+21.9
Turnout 514,12338.4+2.5
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Northumbria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. J. Adam 103,087 59.3 +3.2
Conservative J.C. Flack 36,92921.2−4.5
Liberal Democrats Lembit Öpik 20,19711.6+6.0
UKIP David Lott 7,2104.2New
Green John P. Hartshorne5,7143.3−9.3
Natural Law Lewis J. Walch7400.4New
Majority66,15838.1+7.7
Turnout 516,68033.7−4.7
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Results by national party: 2019-2024 United Kingdom - Final results". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England". www.election.demon.co.uk. [81]. Retrieved 9 September 2020.