Greater Manchester South (European Parliament constituency)
| Greater Manchester South | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| 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 Greater Manchester South was one of them.
It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Cheadle, Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Central, Manchester Moss Side, Manchester Openshaw, Manchester Withington, Manchester Wythenshawe, Stockport North, and Stockport South.[1]
Members of the European Parliament
| Elected | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Lord Harmar-Nicholls | Conservative | |
Results
| European Parliament election, 1979: Greater Manchester South[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Lord Harmar-Nicholls | 70,688 | 47.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | J.A.D. Mills | 63,214 | 42.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal | J.B. Doherty | 14,869 | 10.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,474 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29.8 | N/A | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||