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Lincolnshire (European Parliament constituency)

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Lincolnshire
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
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 Lincolnshire was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Holland with Boston, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Rutland and Stamford,[1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.

References

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.