Northumbria | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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.
The constituency of Northumbria was one of them.
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.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1979 | Gordon Adam | Labour | |
1984 | |||
1989 | |||
1994 | |||
Party | Faction in European Parliament | |||||
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Brexit Party | 29 | Non-Inscrits | 57 | |||
DUP | 1 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | Renew Europe | 108 | ||
Alliance | 1 | |||||
Green | 7 | 11 | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 | ||
SNP | 3 | |||||
Plaid Cymru | 1 | |||||
Labour | 10 | Socialists and Democrats | 154 | |||
Conservative | 4 | European Conservatives and Reformists | 62 | |||
Sinn Féin | 1 | European United Left–Nordic Green Left | 41 | |||
Total | 73 | Total | 750 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. J. Adams | 75,172 | 44.8 | ||
Conservative | J.G.B. Weait | 67,066 | 39.9 | ||
Liberal | G. Scott | 25,713 | 15.3 | ||
Majority | 8,106 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 167,951 | 32.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. J. Adams | 78,417 | 42.6 | -2.2 | |
Conservative | Charles M.M. Crichton | 62,717 | 34.1 | -5.8 | |
Liberal | George Scott | 42,946 | 23.3 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 15,700 | 8.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 184,080 | 35.9 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. J. Adams | 110,688 | 56.1 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Paul S. Yeoman | 50,648 | 25.7 | -8.4 | |
Green | Mrs. Amanda J. Lipman | 24,882 | 12.6 | New | |
SLD | Viscount Morpeth | 10,983 | 5.6 | -17.7 | |
Majority | 60,040 | 30.4 | +21.9 | ||
Turnout | 514,123 | 38.4 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. J. Adam | 103,087 | 59.3 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | J.C. Flack | 36,929 | 21.2 | -4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lembit Öpik | 20,197 | 11.6 | +6.0 | |
UKIP | David Lott | 7,210 | 4.2 | New | |
Green | John P. Hartshorne | 5,714 | 3.3 | -9.3 | |
Natural Law | Lewis J. Walch | 740 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 66,158 | 38.1 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 516,680 | 33.7 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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