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Staffordshire East and Derby (European Parliament constituency)

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Staffordshire East and Derby
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 Staffordshire East and Derby was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies (on their 1983 boundaries) of Burton, Cannock and Burntwood, Derby North, Derby South, Mid Staffordshire, South Derbyshire, and South East Staffordshire.[1]

MEPs

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Election Member Party
Part of Staffordshire East and Derbyshire prior to 1994
1994 Phillip Whitehead Labour
1999 Constituency abolished, part of East Midlands from 1999

Election results

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European Parliament election, 1994: Staffordshire East and Derby[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phillip Whitehead 102,393 55.6
Conservative Mrs. Jane C. Evans 50,197 27.3
Liberal Democrats Mrs. Diana J. Brass 17,469 9.5
UKIP Ian E. Crompton 6,993 3.8
Green Richard J. Clarke 4,272 2.3
National Front Robert P. Jones 2,098 1.1
Natural Law Mrs. Dinah Grice 793 0.4
Majority 52,196 28.3
Turnout 184,215 35.5
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David (21 August 2020). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 2". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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