Cheshire West (European Parliament constituency)

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.

Cheshire West
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources

The constituency of Cheshire West was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bebington and Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, City of Chester, Nantwich, Northwich, Wallasey, and Wirral. From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of Birkenhead, City of Chester, Eddisbury, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Halton, Wallasey, Wirral South, and Wirral West.[1]

MEPs
ElectionMemberParty
1979 Andrew Pearce Conservative
1989 Lyndon Harrison Labour
1994 Constituency abolished, see Cheshire West and Wirral

Election results
European Parliament election, 1979: Cheshire West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Pearce 93,589 56.8
Labour A. E. Bailey 47,276 28.7
Liberal R. M. Green 23,816 14.5
Majority 46,313 28.1
Turnout 164,681 32.6
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Cheshire West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Pearce 74,579 43.9 -12.9
Labour D. G. Hanson 64,887 38.2 +9.5
SDP Eric C. H. Owen 30,470 17.9 +3.4
Majority 9,692 5.7
Turnout 169,936 31.5
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Cheshire West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lyndon Harrison 102,962 47.2 +9.0
Conservative Andrew Pearce 79,761 36.6 -7.3
Green G. L. Nicholls 25,933 11.9 New
SLD J. C. Rankin 9,338 4.3 -13.6
Majority 23,201 10.6 N/A
Turnout 217,994 40.1 +8.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2022.


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