Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes (European Parliament constituency)
| Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1994 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| Election Demon | |
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes was a
European elections in the United Kingdom. It was mostly succeeded by the East of England region, with the remaining part succeeded by the South East England region
.
Boundaries
It consisted of the
parliamentary constituencies of Luton North, Luton South, Mid Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes South West, North Bedfordshire, North East Milton Keynes and South West Bedfordshire.[1]
Mid Bedfordshire and North Bedfordshire had previously been part of the Cambridge and Bedfordshire North constituency, while Luton North, Luton South, Milton Keynes South West, North East Milton Keynes and South West Bedfordshire had been part of the Bedfordshire South constituency.
Most of the area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999; the Milton Keynes constituencies became part of the South East England constituency.
MEPs
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| part of Cambridge and Bedfordshire North and Bedfordshire South prior to 1994 | |||
| 1994 | Eryl McNally | Labour | |
| 1999 | constituency abolished, part of East of England from 1999 | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eryl McNally | 94,837 | 46.6 | ||
| Conservative | Edwina Currie | 61,628 | 30.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Monica Howes | 27,994 | 13.7 | ||
UKIP
|
Alan Sked | 7,485 | 3.7 | ||
| Green | Alan H Francis | 6,804 | 3.3 | ||
| New Britain | Andrew J Howes | 3,878 | 1.9 | ||
| Natural Law | Lawrence R Sheaff | 939 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 33,209 | 16.3 | |||
| Turnout | 203,565 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ The European Parliament 1994-1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
- ^ Europe elections 1994 : results and elected members, Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations, Luxembourg: European Parliament, 15 June 1994.
- ^ "Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99, part 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
External links
- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
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