Midlands East (European Parliament constituency)

Midlands East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1984
MEPs	1
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 Midlands East was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (under the terms of The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970, which had taken effect at the February 1974 general election) of Blaby, Bosworth, Loughborough, Meriden, Nuneaton, and Rugby.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Members	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1979	John Taylor	Conservative

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Midlands East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Taylor	85,098	55.3
	Labour	T.R. O’Sullivan	53,935	35.1
	Liberal	G.A. Gopsill	14,819	9.6
Majority			31,163	20.2
Turnout			153,852	32.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results