Durham (European Parliament constituency)
| Durham | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| 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 Durham was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Darlington, Durham, Durham North West, Easington, and Houghton-le-Spring.[1] From 1984 to 1999 it consisted of: Bishop Auckland, Blaydon, City of Durham, Darlington, Easington, North Durham, North West Durham, Sedgefield.
Members of the European Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Roland Boyes | Labour | |
| 1984 | Stephen Hughes | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | Constituency abolished: see North East England | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roland Boyes | 81,982 | 54.2 | ||
| Conservative | R. Sheaf | 53,043 | 35.1 | ||
| Liberal | Chris Foote Wood | 16,094 | 10.7 | ||
| Majority | 28,939 | 19.1 | |||
| Turnout | 151,029 | 27.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Hughes | 106,073 | 57.9 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Hon. W.R.F. Vane | 44,846 | 24.5 | −10.6 | |
| Liberal | Chris Foote Wood | 32,307 | 17.6 | +6.9 | |
| Majority | 61,227 | 33.4 | +14.3 | ||
| Turnout | 183,226 | 34.6 | +6.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Hughes | 124,448 | 65.8 | +7.9 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hull | 37,600 | 19.9 | −4.6 | |
| Green | Miss Hazel I. Lennox | 18,770 | 9.9 | New | |
| SLD | Peter Freitag | 8,369 | 4.4 | −13.2 | |
| Majority | 86,848 | 45.9 | +11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 189,187 | 35.7 | +1.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Hughes | 136,671 | 72.1 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Philip Bradbourn | 25,033 | 13.2 | −6.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Martin | 20,935 | 11.1 | +6.7 | |
| Green | Simeon R. Hope | 5,670 | 3.0 | −6.9 | |
| Natural Law | Christopher J. Adamson | 1,198 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 111,638 | 58.9 | +13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 532,051 | 35.6 | −0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
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