Salop and Stafford (European Parliament constituency)
| Salop and Stafford | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 European Parliament logo | |
| Member state | United Kingdom |
| Created | 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1984 |
| 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 Salop and Stafford was one of them.
It consisted of the
Staffordshire South West, and The Wrekin.[1]
Members of the European Parliament
| Elected | Members[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Christopher Prout
|
Conservative | |
| 1984 | Constituency abolished | ||
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Prout
|
90,545 | 57.5 | ||
| Labour | J.S. Hopkins | 45,547 | 28.9 | ||
| Liberal | T.G. Robson | 16,469 | 10.5 | ||
Ind. Conservative
|
Mrs. P.J.E. Larney | 4,804 | 3.1 | ||
| Majority | 44,998 | 28.6 | |||
| Turnout | 157,365 | 32.2 | |||
| Conservative 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: London". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: Part 2
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