Cambridge and Bedfordshire North (European Parliament constituency)
| Cambridge and Bedfordshire North | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Cambridge and Bedfordshire North was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1984 from parts of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.
Boundaries[edit]
On its creation in 1984, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire, North East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, South East Cambridgeshire and South West Cambridgeshire.[1]
When it was abolished in 1994, the parliamentary constituencies of Cambridge, Huntingdon, North East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South West Cambridgeshire became part of the Cambridgeshire constituency, while Mid Bedfordshire and North Bedfordshire were transferred to Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.[2]
MEPs[edit]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire prior to 1984 | |||
| 1984 | Sir Fred Catherwood | Conservative | |
| 1994 | constituency abolished, see Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes | ||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir Fred Catherwood | 84,044 | 44.5 | −8.9 | |
| Labour | Martin Strube | 51,723 | 27.4 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Margaret E Wright | 37,956 | 20.1 | New | |
| SLD | Andrew Duff | 15,052 | 8.0 | −14.5 | |
| Majority | 52,459 | 32.7 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 188,775 | 33.6 | +2.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir Fred Catherwood | 86,117 | 53.4 | ||
| Labour | Henry Bottomley | 38,901 | 24.1 | ||
| Liberal | Andrew Duff | 36,341 | 22.5 | ||
| Majority | 47,216 | 29.3 | |||
| Turnout | 161,359 | 30.8 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ MEPs and their constituencies : UK MEPs, European constituencies in the UK and the House of Commons constituencies they comprise, European Parliament Information Office, December 1988.
- ^ The European Parliament 1994–1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
- ^ Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
- ^ Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979–1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.
External links[edit]
- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine