Cambridge and Bedfordshire North (European Parliament constituency)

Cambridge and Bedfordshire North
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1994
MEPs	1
Sources

Cambridge and Bedfordshire North was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1984 from parts of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, it was abolished in 1994 and succeeded by Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.

Boundaries

On its creation in 1984, it consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire, North East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, South East Cambridgeshire and South West Cambridgeshire.^[1]

When it was abolished in 1994, the parliamentary constituencies of Cambridge, Huntingdon, North East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South West Cambridgeshire became part of the Cambridgeshire constituency, while Mid Bedfordshire and North Bedfordshire were transferred to Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.^[2]

MEPs

Election		Member	Party
Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire prior to 1984
	1984	Sir Fred Catherwood	Conservative
1994		constituency abolished, see Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes

Election results

European Parliament election, 1989 (United Kingdom): Cambridge and Bedfordshire North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Fred Catherwood	84,044	44.5	−8.9
	Labour	M Strube	51,723	27.4	+3.3
	Green	M E Wright	37,956	20.1	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff	15,052	8.0	−14.5
Majority			52,459	32.7
Turnout				33.6	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.1

European Parliament election, 1984 (United Kingdom): Cambridge and Bedfordshire North[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Fred Catherwood	86,117	53.4	N/A
	Labour	Henry Bottomley	38,901	24.1	N/A
	Liberal	Andrew Duff	36,341	22.5	N/A
Majority			47,216	29.3	N/A
Turnout				30.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. MEPs and their constituencies : UK MEPs, European constituencies in the UK and the House of Commons constituencies they comprise, European Parliament Information Office, December 1988.
2. The European Parliament 1994-1999 : MEPs and European constituencies in the United Kingdom, London : UK Office of the European Parliament, November 1994.
3. Europe votes 3 : European parliamentary election results 1989, ed. by T.T. Mackie, Dartmouth, 1990.
4. Europe votes 2 : European Parliamentary election results, 1979-1984, eds. T.T. Mackie and F.W.S. Craig, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services, 1985.

External links

• David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results