Lancashire South (European Parliament constituency)

Lancashire South
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
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 Lancashire South was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1994, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Blackburn, Bury North, Chorley, Hyndburn, Rossendale and Darwen, South Ribble, West Lancashire.[1]

MEPs

Election Member Party
1994 Michael Hindley Labour

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Lancashire South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Hindley 92,598 54.3
Conservative C.R. (Richard) Topham 51,194 30.0
Liberal Democrats J.A. Ault 17,008 10.0
Green J.E. Gaffney 4,774 2.8
Independent Mrs. Eva Rokas 3,439 2.0
Natural Law John C. Renwick 1,605 0.9
Majority 41,404 24.3
Turnout 170,618
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2023.


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