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Lincolnshire and Humberside South (European Parliament constituency)

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Lincolnshire and Humberside South
European Parliament constituency
Member stateUnited Kingdom
Created1994
Dissolved1999
MEPs1
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 Lincolnshire and Humberside South was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Brigg and Cleethorpes, East Lindsey, Gainsborough and Horncastle, Grantham, Great Grimsby, Holland with Boston, and Lincoln.[1]

MEPs

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Election Member Party
1994 Veronica Hardstaff Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see East Midlands

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Lincolnshire and Humberside South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Hardstaff 83,172 42.4
Conservative Bill Newton Dunn 69,427 35.4
Liberal Democrats Keith M. Melton 27,241 13.9
Green Miss Rosemary E. Robinson 8,563 4.4
Liberal M.E. (Edwin) Wheeler 3,434 1.8
Network against the Child Support Agency Ian E. Selby 2,973 1.5
Natural Law Hugh W. Kelly 1,129 0.6
Majority 13,745 7.0
Turnout 195,939
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
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