Tyne and Wear (European Parliament constituency)

Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
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 Tyne and Wear was one of them.

MEPs[edit]

Elected		Member	Party
	1984	Joyce Quin	Labour
	1989	Alan Donnelly	Labour
1999		Constituency abolished: see North East England

European Parliament election, 1984: Tyne and Wear
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joyce Quin	89,024	60.3
	Conservative	Roger R Cook	39,610	26.8
	Liberal	Brendan P Carroll	19,081	12.9
Majority			49,414	33.5
Turnout			147,715
	Labour win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1989: Tyne and Wear
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Donnelly	126,682	69.3	+9.0
	Conservative	Nicholas C Gibbon	30,902	16.9	-9.9
	Green	Ralph Stather	18,107	9.9	New
	SLD	Peter J Arnold	6,101	3.4	-9.5
	Socialist (GB)	TP Kilgallon	919	0.5	New
Majority			95,780	52.4	+18.9
Turnout			182,711
	Labour hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Tyne and Wear
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Donnelly	107,604	74.4	+5.1
	Conservative	Ian Liddell-Grainger	19,224	13.3	-3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J Maughan	8,706	6.0	+2.6
	Green	Gareth LN Edwards	4,375	3.0	-6.9
	Independent	Winifred E Lundgren	4,174	2.9	New
	Independent	Alexander W Fisken	650	0.4	New
Majority			88,380	61.1	+8.7
Turnout			144,733
	Labour hold		Swing