Humberside (European Parliament constituency)

Humberside
European Parliament constituency
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Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1979
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
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Humberside was a European Parliament constituency, covering most of the Humberside district of England.

Before its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the 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.

When the constituency was created in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Bridlington, Brigg and Scunthorpe, Haltemprice, Howden, Kingston upon Hull Central, Kingston upon Hull East and Kingston upon Hull West. In 1984, Brigg and Scunthorpe, Haltemprice, Howden and Kingston upon Hull Central were replaced by Beverley, Brigg and Cleethorpes, Great Grimsby and Kingston upon Hull North. In 1994, Brigg and Cleethorpes and Great Grimsby were replaced by Boothferry and Glanford and Scunthorpe.^[1]

In 1999, the constituency became part of the much larger Yorkshire and the Humber constituency.

Boundaries

1979-84: Bridlington, Brigg and Scunthorpe, Haltemprice, Howden, Kingston upon Hull Central, Kingston upon Hull East and Kingston upon Hull West

1984-94: Bridlington, Kingston upon Hull East and Kingston upon Hull West, Beverley, Brigg and Cleethorpes, Great Grimsby and Kingston upon Hull North

1994-99: Bridlington, Kingston upon Hull East and Kingston upon Hull West, Beverley, Kingston upon Hull North, Boothferry and Glanford and Scunthorpe

Members of the European Parliament

Elected	Name	Party
1979	Robert Battersby		Conservative
1989	Peter Crampton		Labour

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Humberside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Battersby	79,531	51.7	N/A
	Labour	Michael Wheaton	56,521	36.8	N/A
	Liberal	Robert Walker	17,643	11.5	N/A
Majority			23,010	14.9	N/A
Turnout				30.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

European Parliament election, 1984: Humberside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Battersby	61,952	43.2	-8.5
	Labour	Peter Crampton	53,937	37.7	+0.9
	Social Democratic	Will Unwin	27,318	19.1	+7.6
Majority			8,015	5.5	-9.4
Turnout				28.5	-1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

European Parliament election, 1989: Humberside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Crampton	74,163	45.4	+7.7
	Conservative	Robert Battersby	57,835	35.4	-7.8
	Green	Jan Clark	23,835	14.6	N/A
	Social and Liberal Democrats	F. L. Parker	3,989	2.5	-16.6
	Social Democrat	Will Unwin	3,419	2.1	N/A
Majority			16,328	10.0	+4.5
Turnout				32.2	+3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

European Parliament election, 1994: Humberside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Crampton	87,296	51.9	+5.5
	Conservative	Donald Stewart	46,678	27.8	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Wallis	28,818	17.1	+14.6
	Green	Sharon Mummery	4,170	2.5	-12.1
	Natural Law	Anna Miszewska	1,100	0.7	N/A
Majority			40,618	24.1	+14.1
Turnout				32.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

External links

David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results

1977–1979 ← European Parliament constituencies 1979–1984 → 1984–1989

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