Staffordshire East (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.

Staffordshire East
European Parliament constituency
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Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1979
Dissolved1994
MEPs1
Sources

The constituency of Staffordshire East was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Burton, Cannock, Leek, Lichfield and Tamworth, Stoke-on-Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North, Stoke-on-Trent South,[1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.

MEPs
ElectedMemberParty
1979 Robert Moreland Conservative
1984 George Stevenson Labour
1994 Constituency abolished

Election results
European Parliament election, 1979: Staffordshire East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Moreland 70,836 48.7
Labour M. P. Tracy 64,230 44.1
Liberal B. Hargreaves 10,409 7.2
Majority 6,606 4.6
Turnout 145,475 28.4
Conservative win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Staffordshire East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Stevenson 76,753 44.7 +0.6
Conservative Robert Moreland 68,886 40.1 -8.6
SDP Roger G. Fox 26,093 15.2 +8.0
Majority 7,867 4.6 N/A
Turnout 171,732 30.5 +2.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Staffordshire East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Stevenson 94,873 50.4 +5.7
Conservative M. F. Spungin 63,104 33.5 -6.6
Green S. Parker 23,415 12.4 New
SLD R. C. Dodson 7,046 3.7 -11.5
Majority 31,769 16.9 +12.3
Turnout 188,438 32.4 +1.9
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.


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