Durham (European Parliament constituency)
| Durham | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
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 Durham was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Darlington, Durham, Durham North West, Easington, and Houghton-le-Spring.[1]
Members of the European Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Roland Boyes | Labour | |
| 1984 | Stephen Hughes | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
Election results
| European elections 1979: Durham[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roland Boyes | 81,982 | 54.2 | ||
| Conservative | R. Sheaf | 53,043 | 35.1 | ||
| Liberal | C. Foote Wood | 16,094 | 10.7 | ||
| Majority | 28,939 | 19.1 | |||
| Turnout | 546,265 | 27.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| European elections 1984: Durham[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Hughes | 106,073 | 57.9 | ||
| Conservative | Hon. W.R.F. Vane | 44,846 | 24.5 | ||
| Liberal | C. Foote Wood | 32,307 | 17.6 | ||
| Majority | 61,227 | 33.4 | |||
| Turnout | 530,103 | 34.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| European elections 1989: Durham[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Hughes | 124,448 | 65.8 | ||
| Conservative | R. Hull | 37,600 | 19.9 | ||
| Green | Miss H.I. Lennox | 18,770 | 9.9 | N/A | |
| Social and Liberal Democrats | P. Freitag | 8,369 | 4.4 | ||
| Majority | 86,848 | 45.9 | |||
| Turnout | 530,194 | 35.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| European elections 1994: Durham[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Hughes | 136,671 | 72.1 | ||
| Conservative | P.C. Bradbourn | 25,033 | 13.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | N. Martin | 20,935 | 11.1 | ||
| Green | S.R. Hope | 5,670 | 3.0 | ||
| Natural Law | C.J. Adamson | 1,198 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 111,638 | 58.9 | |||
| Turnout | 532,051 | 35.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epe1.html