Tyne and Wear (European Parliament constituency)
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| Tyne and Wear European Parliament constituency |
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| Created | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| 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 Tyne and Wear was one of them.
When it was created in England in 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Gateshead East, Houghton and Washington, Jarrow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, South Shields, Sunderland North, Sunderland South, Tyne Bridge,[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.
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