Merseyside East (European Parliament constituency)

Merseyside East
European Parliament constituency
Boundary within North West England (1984-1994)
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 Merseyside East was one of them. It was renamed Merseyside East and Wigan at the 1994 European election, though its boundaries remained unchanged until the constituency disappeared in 1999.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Knowsley North, Knowsley South, Leigh, Liverpool Garston, Makerfield, St Helens North, St Helens South, and Wigan.[1]

MEPs

Elected Member Party
1984 Les Huckfield Labour
1989 Terry Wynn Labour
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results

European Parliament election, 1984: Merseyside East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Les Huckfield 87,086 61.2
Conservative Thomas Galbraith 38,047 26.7
SDP Terence Bishop 17,259 12.1
Majority 49,039 34.5
Turnout 142,392 26.5
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Merseyside East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Wynn 107,288 65.7 +4.5
Conservative Eric N. Farthing 30,421 18.6 −8.1
Green Ray L. Georgeson 20,018 12.3 New
SLD R. M. (Mark) Clayton 5,658 3.5 −8.6
Majority 76,867 47.1 +12.6
Turnout 163,385 31.4 +4.9
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.


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