Northamptonshire (European Parliament constituency)

Northamptonshire
European Parliament constituency

Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1994
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.

The constituency of Northamptonshire was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Aylesbury, Buckingham, Daventry, Harborough, Kettering, Northampton North, Northampton South, [1] although this may not have been true for the whole of its existence.

Results

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European Parliament election, 1979: Northamptonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative A.M.H. Simpson 103,638 59.6 N/A
Labour A. Gordon 47,029 27.1 N/A
Liberal S.B. Crooks 23,134 13.3 N/A
Majority 56,609 32.5 N/A
European Parliament election, 1984: Northamptonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative A.M.H. Simpson 88,668 49.7 -9.9
Labour J. Dickie 48,809 27.4 +0.3
Social Democratic C.M. Goodhart 37,421 21.0 +7.7
Independent Ecology A.T. Bryant 3,330 1.9 N/A
Majority 39,859 22.3 -10.2
Conservative hold Swing -9.9
European Parliament election, 1989: Northamptonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative A.M.H. Simpson 86,695 41.8
Labour M.A. Coyne 66,248 31.9
Green A.T. Bryant 43,071 20.7
Social and Liberal Democrats R.W. Church 11,619 5.6
Majority 20,447 9.9
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing -7.9

References

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