Northumbria (European Parliament constituency)
| Northumbria | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
| MEPs | 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 Northumbria was one of them.
Boundaries
1979-1984:
Newcastle-upon-Tyne West, Wallsend
1984-1999: .
Members of the European Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Gordon Adam | Labour | |
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| Party | Faction in European Parliament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brexit Party
|
29 | Non-Inscrits | 57 | |||
| DUP | 1 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 17 | Renew Europe
|
108 | ||
| Alliance | 1 | |||||
| Green | 7 | 11 | Greens–European Free Alliance | 75 | ||
| SNP | 3 | |||||
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | |||||
| Labour | 10 | Socialists and Democrats | 154 | |||
| Conservative | 4 | European Conservatives and Reformists | 62 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 1 | European United Left–Nordic Green Left
|
41 | |||
| Total | 73 | Total | 750 | |||
Election results [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. J. Adams | 75,172 | 44.8 | ||
| Conservative | J.G.B. Weait | 67,066 | 39.9 | ||
| Liberal | G. Scott | 25,713 | 15.3 | ||
| Majority | 8,106 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 167,951 | 32.2 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. J. Adams | 78,417 | 42.6 | -2.2 | |
| Conservative | Charles M.M. Crichton | 62,717 | 34.1 | -5.8 | |
| Liberal | George Scott | 42,946 | 23.3 | +8.0 | |
| Majority | 15,700 | 8.5 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 184,080 | 35.9 | +3.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. J. Adams | 110,688 | 56.1 | +13.5 | |
| Conservative | Paul S. Yeoman | 50,648 | 25.7 | -8.4 | |
| Green | Mrs. Amanda J. Lipman | 24,882 | 12.6 | New | |
SLD
|
Viscount Morpeth | 10,983 | 5.6 | -17.7 | |
| Majority | 60,040 | 30.4 | +21.9 | ||
| Turnout | 514,123 | 38.4 | +2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. J. Adam | 103,087 | 59.3 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | J.C. Flack | 36,929 | 21.2 | -4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lembit Öpik | 20,197 | 11.6 | +6.0 | |
UKIP
|
David Lott | 7,210 | 4.2 | New | |
| Green | John P. Hartshorne | 5,714 | 3.3 | -9.3 | |
| Natural Law | Lewis J. Walch | 740 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 66,158 | 38.1 | +7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 516,680 | 33.7 | -4.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Results by national party: 2019-2024 United Kingdom - Final results". European Parliament. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England". www.election.demon.co.uk. [81]. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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