Northumbria (European Parliament constituency)

Northumbria
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
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 Northumbria was one of them.

Boundaries

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Hexham, Morpeth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne West, Wallsend, although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.

Members of the European Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1979	Gordon Adam	Labour
	1984
	1989
	1994

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Northumbria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	75,172	44.8
	Conservative	J.G.B. Weait	67,066	39.9
	Liberal	G. Scott	25,713	15.3
Majority			8,106	4.9
Turnout			521,530	32.2

European Parliament election, 1984: Northumbria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	78,417	42.6
	Conservative	C.M.M. Crichton	62,717	34.1
	Liberal	G. Scott	42,946	23.3
Majority			15,700	8.5
Turnout			512,978	35.9	3.7

European Parliament election, 1989: Northumbria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	110,688	56.1
	Conservative	P.S. Yeoman	50,648	25.7
	Green	Mrs. A.J. Lipman	24,882	12.6
	Social and Liberal Democrats	Viscount Morpeth	10,983	5.6
Majority			60,040	30.4
Turnout			514,123	38.4	2.5

European Parliament election, 1994: Northumbria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. J. Adams	103,087	59.3
	Conservative	J.C. Flack	36,929	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lembit Öpik	20,197	11.6
	UKIP	D.C. Lott	7,210	4.2
	Green	J.P. Hartshorne	5,714	3.3
	Natural Law	L.J. Walch	740	0.4
Majority			66,158	38.1
Turnout			516,680	33.7	4.7

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results