London East (European Parliament constituency)

London 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 London East was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Barking, Dagenham, Hornchurch, Ilford North, Ilford South, Newham North East, Romford, Upminster, and Wanstead and Woodford.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Alan Tyrrell	Conservative
	1984	Carole Tongue	Labour
	1989
	1994
1999		Constituency abolished: see London

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: London East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Tyrrell	77,955	48.8
	Labour	Peter D. O'Neill	64,925	40.7
	Liberal	D. C. Blackburn	16,783	10.5
Majority			13,030	8.1
Turnout			159,663	29.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: London East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Tongue	73,870	45.6	+4.9
	Conservative	Alan Tyrrell	61,711	38.1	−10.7
	SDP	Mrs. Jackie Horne	26,379	16.3	+5.8
Majority			12,159	7.5	N/A
Turnout			161,960	30.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: London East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Tongue	92,803	49.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Alan Tyrrell	65,418	34.9	−3.2
	Green	Miss E. M. (Liz) Crosbie	21,388	11.4	New
	SLD	John K. Gibb	7,341	3.9	−12.4
	International Communist	D. A. O’Sullivan	717	0.4	New
Majority			27,385	14.5	+7.0
Turnout			187,667	35.4	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: London East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Tongue	98,759	57.8	+8.4
	Conservative	Mrs. Virginia F. M. Taylor	41,370	24.2	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	W. K. (Ken) Montgomery	15,566	9.1	+5.2
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	5,974	3.5	New
	Green	John M. Baguley	4,337	2.6	−8.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000012−QINU`"'
	National Liberal	Oliver S. Tillett	3,484	2.0	New
	Natural Law	Nigel D. Kahn	1,272	0.8	New
Majority			57,389	33.6	+19.1
Turnout			170,762	38.0	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results