Birmingham East (European Parliament constituency)
| Birmingham East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| United Kingdom Election Results | |
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 Birmingham East was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham Erdington, Birmingham Hall Green, Birmingham Hodge Hill, Birmingham Northfield, Birmingham Selly Oak, Birmingham Small Heath, Birmingham Sparkbrook, and Birmingham Yardley.[1]
MEPs[edit]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Christine Crawley | Labour | |
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see West Midlands | ||
Elections[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Crawley | 76,377 | 49.4 | ||
| Conservative | Norvela F Forster | 54,994 | 35.5 | ||
| SDP | David A Bennett | 21,927 | 14.2 | ||
| Independent | DC Howlett | 1,440 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 21,383 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 154,738 | 28.2 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Crawley | 96,588 | 53.7 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Harbour | 49,640 | 27.6 | -7.9 | |
| Green | Phil M. Simpson | 22,589 | 12.6 | New | |
| SDP | Joe C. Binns | 5,424 | 3.0 | -11.2[a] | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jerry Roodhouse | 4,010 | 2.2 | -12.0 | |
| National Front | Martin Wingfield | 1,471 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 46,948 | 26.1 | +12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 179,722 | 33.8 | +4.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
- ^ Compared with Social Democratic Party
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Crawley | 90,291 | 58.2 | +4.5 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Turner | 35,171 | 22.7 | -4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlotte KB Cane | 19,455 | 12.6 | +10.4 | |
| Green | Phil M Simpson | 6,268 | 4.0 | -8.6 | |
| Socialist (GB) | Ron Cook | 1,969 | 1.3 | New | |
| Natural Law | Marcus JB Brierley | 1,885 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 55,120 | 35.5 | +9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 155,039 | 29.8 | -4.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ a b c "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
External links[edit]
- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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