Cleveland and Yorkshire North (European Parliament constituency)

Cleveland and Yorkshire North
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources
[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 Cleveland and Yorkshire North was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Hartlepool, Langbaurgh, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Richmond (Yorks), Skipton and Ripon, Stockton North, and Stockton South.[1]

Members of the European Parliament

Election Member Party
1984 Peter Vanneck Conservative
1989 David Bowe Labour

Election results

European elections 1984: Cleveland and Yorkshire North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Vanneck 73,217 40.7
Labour Co-op Paul F. Tinnion 70,592 39.3
SDP R.C. (Colin) Beever 35,916 20.0
Majority 2,625 1.4
Turnout 179,725 31.7
Conservative win (new seat)
European elections 1989: Cleveland and Yorkshire North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Bowe 94,953 47.6 +8.3
Conservative Peter Vanneck 70,861 35.5 −5.2
Green Owen Dumpleton 17,225 8.6 New
SLD Thomas W. Mawston 8,470 4.2 −15.8
SDP Ralph I. Andrew 7,970 4.0 New
Majority 24,092 12.1 N/A
Turnout 199,479 34.9 +3.2
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 14-17 June 1984" (PDF). European Parliament Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations. July 1984 – via Archive of European Integration, University of Pittsburgh.
  3. ^ "Elections 1989 - Results and Elected Members" (PDF). European Parliament Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations. 13 July 1989 – via Archive of European Integration, University of Pittsburgh.