Salop and Stafford (European Parliament constituency)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salop and Stafford European Parliament constituency |
|
---|---|
European Parliament logo | |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1984 |
MEP(s) | 1 |
Member State | United Kingdom |
Source(s) | [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 Salop and Stafford was one of them.
When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Ludlow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Stafford and Stone, Staffordshire South West, The Wrekin,[1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.
[edit] References
- ^ David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.