European Parliament Constituency Lancashire East
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.
| Lancashire East | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The constituency of Lancashire East was one of them.
Boundaries
1979-1984: Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Darwen, Heywood and Royton, Nelson and Colne, Rossendale
1984-1994: Blackburn, Burnley, Heywood and Middleton, Hyndburn, Littleborough and Saddleworth, Pendle, Rochdale, Rossendale and Darwen
MEPs
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Edward Kellett-Bowman | Conservative | |
| 1984 | Michael Hindley | Labour | |
| 1994 | Constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 77,087 | 49.9 | ||
| Labour | M. Walsh | 62,729 | 40.6 | ||
| Liberal | P. R. Easton | 12,268 | 7.9 | ||
| Independent Democratic | F. Tyrrall | 2,473 | 1.6 | ||
| Majority | 14,358 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 154,557 | 33.2 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Hindley | 75,711 | 44.6 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 67,806 | 39.9 | -10.0 | |
| Liberal | Gordon Lishman | 26,320 | 15.5 | +7.6 | |
| Majority | 7,905 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 169,837 | 31.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Hindley | 96,946 | 51.5 | +6.9 | |
| Conservative | Robert W. Sturdy | 57,799 | 30.7 | -9.2 | |
| Green | Steve P. Barker | 20,741 | 11.0 | New | |
| SLD | Mike Hambley | 12,682 | 6.8 | -8.7 | |
| Majority | 39,147 | 20.8 | +16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 188,168 | 35.5 | +3.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
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