Lincolnshire (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.

Lincolnshire
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources

The constituency of Lincolnshire was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Holland with Boston, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Rutland and Stamford,[1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.

MEPs
ElectedMemberParty
1979 Bill Newton Dunn Conservative
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results
European Parliament election, 1979: Lincolnshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Newton Dunn 104,460 61.5
Labour Carl A. James 44,616 26.3
Liberal C. W. Phillips 20,815 12.2
Majority 59,844 35.2
Turnout 169,891 31.3
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Lincolnshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Newton Dunn 92,606 52.3 -9.2
Labour Chris W. Sewell 47,161 26.7 +0.4
Liberal Gavin B. Purves 37,244 21.0 +8.8
Majority 45,445 25.6
Turnout 177,011 32.1
Conservative hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1984: Lincolnshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Newton Dunn 92,043 45.4 -6.9
Labour Steven Taggart 71,393 35.2 +8.5
Green Miss J. S. Steranka 24,908 12.3 New
SLD James P. Heppell 14,341 7.1 -13.9
Majority 20,650 10.2 -15.4
Turnout 202,685 34.6 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". 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 29 January 2022.


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