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Cleveland and Richmond
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[2]

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 Richmond was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Hartlepool, Langbaurgh, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Richmond (Yorks), Stockton North, and Stockton South.[1]

MEPs

Election Member Party
1994 David Bowe Labour

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994: Cleveland and Richmond[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Bowe 103,355 58.7
Conservative Robert Goodwill 45,787 26.0
Liberal Democrats Brian D. Moore 21,574 12.2
Green Ged F. Parr 4,375 2.5
Natural Law Richard B. Scott 1,068 0.6
Majority 57,568 32.7
Turnout 176,159
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ [1][dead link]