Greater Manchester North (European Parliament constituency)

Greater Manchester North
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1984
MEPs	1
Sources
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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 Greater Manchester North was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury and Radcliffe, Manchester Gorton, Middleton and Prestwich, Oldham East, Oldham West, Rochdale, and Stalybridge and Hyde.

Members of the European Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1979	Barbara Castle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Greater Manchester North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Castle	79,920	50.2	N/A
	Conservative	C. C. Grantham	62,456	39.2	N/A
	Liberal	M. Steed	16,910	10.6	N/A
Majority			17,464	11.0	N/A
Turnout				31.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results