Lancashire Central (European Parliament constituency)

Lancashire Central
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources

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.

Created for the 1979 European Parliament elections in 1979, Lancashire Central was a single-member constituency formed from the grouping of numerous neighbouring UK Parliament constituencies.

Boundaries

1979-1984: Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Chorley, Fylde South, Preston North, Preston South, Westhoughton, Wigan
1984-1994: Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Chorley, Fylde, Preston, Ribble Valley, South Ribble, West Lancashire
1994-1999: Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Burnley, Fylde, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Wyre

Members of the European Parliament

Elected		Member	Party
	1979	Michael Welsh	Conservative
	1994	Mark Hendrick	Labour

Election results

European Parliament election, 1979: Lancashire Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	91,355	51.1
	Labour	I J Taylor	63,709	37.7
	Liberal	A D Sanders	13,821	8.2
Majority			27,646	16.4
Turnout				31.6

European Parliament election, 1984: Lancashire Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	82,370	50.4
	Labour	Helen Jones	56,175	34.4
	Social Democratic	Michael Gallagher	24,936	15.2
Majority			26,195	16.0
Turnout				31.2

European Parliament election, 1989: Lancashire Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	81,125	42.1
	Labour	G Smith	75,437	39.2
	Green	H Ingham	28,777	14.9
	Social and Liberal Democrats	J Ross-Mills	7,378	3.8
Majority			5,688	2.9
Turnout				35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Lancashire Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Hendrick	73,420	43.9
	Conservative	Michael Welsh	61,229	36.6
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Ross-Mills	20,578	12.3
	Independent British Home Rule	D Hill	6,751	4.0
	Green	C Maile	4,169	2.5
	Natural Law	J Aycliffe	1,127	0.7
Majority			12,191	7.3
Turnout				33.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

External links

David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results

1977–1979 ← European Parliament constituencies 1979–84 → 1984–89

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* Constituency created 1981

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