Essex North and Suffolk South (European Parliament constituency)

Essex North and Suffolk South
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1994
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Essex North and Suffolk South was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1994 from parts of Essex North East and Suffolk, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.

Boundaries

It consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Braintree, Harwich, North Colchester, Saffron Walden, South Colchester and Maldon, Suffolk South.^[1] Braintree, North Colchester and South Colchester and Maldon had previously been part of Essex North East, while Harwich, Saffron Walden and Suffolk South had been part of the Suffolk constituency.

The entire area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999.

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
Essex North East and Suffolk prior to 1994
	1994	Anne McIntosh	Conservative
1999		constituency abolished, East of England from 1999

Election results

European Parliament election, 1994 (United Kingdom): Essex North and Suffolk South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh	68,311	33.2	N/A
	Labour	Christopher Alan Pearson	64,678	31.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Mole	52,536	25.6	N/A
	Independent Anti European Superstate	Somerset de Chair	12,409	6.0	N/A
	Green	Jim Abbott	6,641	3.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Nick Pullen	884	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,633	1.8
Turnout				41.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ The European Parliament 1994-1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
↑ Europe elections 1994 : results and elected members, Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations, Luxembourg: European Parliament, 15 June 1994.

External links

David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results

1989–1994 ← European Parliament constituencies 1994–1999 → 1999–2004

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