Cheshire East (European Parliament constituency)

Cheshire East
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
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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 Cheshire East was one of them.

From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Crewe, Hazel Grove, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Newton, Runcorn, and Warrington.

From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Macclesfield, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tatton, Warrington North, and Warrington South.

From 1994 to 1999, it consisted of Altrincham and Sale, Halton, Macclesfield, Manchester Wythenshawe, Tatton, Warrington North, and Warrington South.

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire prior to 1984
	1979	Tom Normanton	Conservative
	1989	Brian Simpson	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished, see North West England

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Cheshire East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	89,640	56.0
	Labour	D. W. (William) Davies	50,324	31.5
	Liberal	Vivian N. Bingham	19,952	12.5
Majority			39,316	24.5
Turnout			159,916	31.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Cheshire East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	71,182	45.8	−10.2
	Labour	Alan Stephenson	52,806	34.0	+2.5
	SDP	James P. Corbett	31,374	20.2	+8.7
Majority			18,376	11.8	−12.7
Turnout			155,362	31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Cheshire East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Simpson	74,721	41.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Sir Tom Normanton	72,857	40.2	−5.6
	Green	Chris C. White	21,456	11.8	New
	SLD	Mrs. Beatrice L. Fraenkel	12,344	6.8	−13.4
Majority			1,864	1.0	N/A
Turnout			181,378	35.0	+3.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Cheshire East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Simpson	87,586	53.7	+12.5
	Conservative	Peter Slater	48,307	29.6	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	C. P. (Phillip) Harris	20,552	12.6	+5.8
	Green	David T. Wild	3,671	2.2	−9.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Peter A. Dixon	1,600	1.0	New
	Natural Law	Peter D. N. Leadbetter	1,488	0.9	New
Majority			39,279	24.1	+23.1
Turnout			163,204	32.5	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine