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Cumbria and Lancashire North (European Parliament constituency)

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Cumbria and Lancashire North
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1984
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
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 Cumbria and Lancashire North was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Barrow and Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Lancaster, Morecambe and Lunesdale, Penrith and the Border, Westmorland and Lonsdale, Workington, and Wyre.[1] In 1994, Wyre constituency was transferred to Lancashire Central, but otherwise the constituency's composition remained the same until its abolition in 1999.

Boundaries

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1984-1994: Barrow and Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Lancaster, Morecambe and Lunesdale, Penrith and the Border, Westmorland and Lonsdale, Workington, Wyre.

1994-1999: As above less the Wyre constituency.

Members of the European Parliament

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Elected Name Party
1984 Sheila Faith Conservative
1989 Richard Fletcher-Vane Conservative
1994 Tony Cunningham Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see North West England

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1984: Cumbria and Lancashire North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Faith 86,127 45.8
Labour John R. Atkinson 62,332 33.1
Liberal Mrs. K.C. Brooks 39,622 21.1
Majority 23,795 12.7
Turnout 188,081 34.4
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1989: Cumbria and Lancashire North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Fletcher-Vane 84,035 41.2 −4.6
Labour John M.P. Hutton 81,644 40.1 +7.0
Green Mrs. Cath E. Smith 21,262 10.4 New
SLD Edward E. Hill 12,590 6.2 −14.9
SDP John Bates 4,206 2.1 New
Majority 2,391 1.1 −11.6
Turnout 203,737 36.3 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Cumbria and Lancashire North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Cunningham 97,599 48.0 +7.9
Conservative Lord Inglewood 74,611 36.7 −4.5
Liberal Democrats Roger C. Putnam 24,233 11.9 +5.7
Green R. J. (Dick) Frost 5,344 2.6 −7.8
Natural Law Ian A. Docker 1,500 0.8 New
Majority 22,988 11.3 N/A
Turnout 203,287 40.8 +4.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ a b c 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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