North Wales (European Parliament constituency)
North Wales | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | [[1979 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|1979]] |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
North Wales was a European Parliament constituency which roughly covered the unofficial region of North Wales, from 1979 until 1999. It was held by the Conservative Party from 1979 until 1989, during which time it was their only seat in Wales.
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.
When it was created in Wales in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Conwy, Denbigh, Flint East, Flint West, Merioneth, Montgomery, Wrexham. In 1984, Denbigh, Flint East, Flint West and Merioneth were replaced by Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd North West, Clwyd South West, Delyn and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, while Anglesey was renamed Ynys Môn and Caernarvon was renamed Caernarfon. In 1994, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy and Montgomery were removed from the seat.[1]
The seat became part of the much larger Wales constituency in 1999.
Members of the European Parliament
Elected | Name | Party | |
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1979 | Beata Brookes
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Conservative | |
1989 | Joe Wilson
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Labour |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beata Brookes | 71,473 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Labour | T. A. Dillon | 46,627 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Ieuan Wyn Jones | 34,171 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Nesta Wyn Ellis | 21,989 | 12.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 27,546 | 15.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35.9 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Beata Brookes | 69,139 | 31.6 | -10.3 | |
SDP | Robert Thomas Ellis | 56,861 | 26.0 | +13.6 | |
Labour | Colin Ian Campbell | 54,768 | 25.0 | -1.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Iwan | 38,117 | 17.4 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 12,278 | 5.6 | -9.9 | ||
Turnout | 42.4 | +6.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Wilson | 83,638 | 33.1 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Beata Brookes | 79,178 | 31.3 | -0.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Elis-Thomas | 64,120 | 25.3 | +7.9 | |
Green | P. H. W. Adams | 15,832 | 6.3 | N/A | |
SLD | R. K. Marshall | 10,056 | 4.0 | -22.0 | |
Majority | 4,460 | 1.8 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 46.8 | +4.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe Wilson | 88,091 | 40.8 | +7.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Wigley | 72,849 | 33.8 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | R. G. M. Hughes | 33,450 | 15.5 | -15.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. E. Parry | 14,828 | 6.9 | +2.9 | |
Green | P. H. W. Adams | 2,850 | 1.3 | -5.0 | |
Natural Law | D. E. Hughes | 2,065 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | J. M. Cooksey | 1,623 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,242 | 7.0 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 45.3 | -1.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |