Yorkshire North (European Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with North Yorkshire (European Parliament constituency).

Yorkshire North
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1984
MEPs	1
Sources
United Kingdom Election Results

Yorkshire North was a European Parliament constituency covering much of North Yorkshire and part of Humberside in England.

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 consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Barkston Ash, Goole, Harrogate, Ripon, Skipton, Thirsk and Malton, York. In 1984, most of the seat became part of the new York constituency, with small parts going to Humberside and Yorkshire South.

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Neil Balfour		Conservative
1984	Constituency abolished

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Yorkshire North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Balfour	98,464	59.1
	Labour	Fred Singleton	41,408	24.8
	Liberal	Claire Brooks	26,812	16.1
Majority			57,056	34.3
Turnout			166,684	34.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results