Northumbria (European Parliament constituency)

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.

Northumbria
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources

The constituency of Northumbria was one of them.

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

Election results
European Parliament election, 1979: Northumbria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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 521,530 32.2
European Parliament election, 1984: Northumbria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. J. Adams 78,417 42.6
Conservative C.M.M. Crichton 62,717 34.1
Liberal G. Scott 42,946 23.3
Majority 15,700 8.5
Turnout 512,978 35.9 3.7
European Parliament election, 1989: Northumbria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. J. Adams 110,688 56.1
Conservative P.S. Yeoman 50,648 25.7
Green Mrs. A.J. Lipman 24,882 12.6
SLD Viscount Morpeth 10,983 5.6
Majority 60,040 30.4
Turnout 514,123 38.4 2.5
European Parliament election, 1994: Northumbria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour G. J. Adams 103,087 59.3
Conservative J.C. Flack 36,929 21.2
Liberal Democrats Lembit Öpik 20,197 11.6
UKIP D.C. Lott 7,210 4.2
Green J.P. Hartshorne 5,714 3.3
Natural Law L.J. Walch 740 0.4
Majority 66,158 38.1
Turnout 516,680 33.7 4.7

References


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