Cheshire West and Wirral (European Parliament constituency)

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Cheshire West and Wirral
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
Sources
[1]

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 Cheshire West and Wirral was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Birkenhead, City of Chester, Crewe and Nantwich, Eddisbury, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Wallasey, Wirral South, and Wirral West.[1]

MEPs[edit]

Election Member Party
1994 Lyndon Harrison Labour
1999 Constituency abolished, see North West England

Election results[edit]

European Parliament election, 1994: Cheshire West and Wirral[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lyndon Harrison 106,160 53.6
Conservative David N. Senior 58,984 29.8
Liberal Democrats Ian A. Mottershaw 20,746 10.5
British Home Rule David J.E. Carson 6,167 3.1
Green Mike C. Money 5,096 2.6
Natural Law Andrew G. Wilmot 929 0.4
Majority 47,176 23.8
Turnout 198,082
Labour win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England". www.election.demon.co.uk.

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