Lancashire South (European Parliament constituency)
| Lancashire South | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1994 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Prior to its uniform adoption of
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 South was one of them.
When it was created in England in 1994, it consisted of the
Westminster Parliament constituencies of Blackburn, Bury North, Chorley, Hyndburn, Rossendale and Darwen, South Ribble, West Lancashire.[1]
MEPs
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Michael Hindley | Labour | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Hindley | 92,598 | 54.3 | ||
| Conservative | C.R. (Richard) Topham | 51,194 | 30.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | J.A. Ault | 17,008 | 10.0 | ||
| Green | J.E. Gaffney | 4,774 | 2.8 | ||
Independent
|
Mrs. Eva Rokas | 3,439 | 2.0 | ||
| Natural Law | John C. Renwick | 1,605 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 41,404 | 24.3 | |||
| Turnout | 170,618 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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