Lancashire East | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1994 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
[1] |
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 Lancashire East was one of them.
1979-1984: Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Darwen, Heywood and Royton, Nelson and Colne, Rossendale[1]
1984-1994: Blackburn, Burnley, Heywood and Middleton, Hyndburn, Littleborough and Saddleworth, Pendle, Rochdale, Rossendale and Darwen[2]
Elected | Member | Party | |
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1979 | Edward Kellett-Bowman | Conservative | |
1984 | Michael Hindley | Labour | |
1994 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 77,087 | 49.9 | ||
Labour | M. Walsh | 62,729 | 40.6 | ||
Liberal | P. R. Easton | 12,268 | 7.9 | ||
Independent Democratic | F. Tyrrall | 2,473 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 14,358 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 154,557 | 33.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Hindley | 75,711 | 44.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Kellett-Bowman | 67,806 | 39.9 | -10.0 | |
Liberal | Gordon Lishman | 26,320 | 15.5 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 7,905 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 169,837 | 31.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Hindley | 96,946 | 51.5 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Robert W. Sturdy | 57,799 | 30.7 | -9.2 | |
Green | Steve P. Barker | 20,741 | 11.0 | New | |
SLD | Mike Hambley | 12,682 | 6.8 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 39,147 | 20.8 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 188,168 | 35.5 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |