Salop and Stafford (European Parliament constituency)

Salop and Stafford
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	[[1979 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|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 Salop and Stafford was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Ludlow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Stafford and Stone, Staffordshire South West, and The Wrekin.

Members of the European Parliament

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

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Salop and Stafford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Prout	90,545	57.5	N/A
	Labour	J.S. Hopkins	45,547	28.9	N/A
	Liberal	T.G. Robson	16,469	10.5	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	Mrs. P.J.E. Larney	4,804	3.1	N/A
Majority			44,998	28.6	N/A
Turnout				32.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results