Sheffield (European Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield
European Parliament constituency
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Member state United Kingdom
Created 1979
Dissolved 1999
MEPs 1
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Sheffield was a European Parliament constituency covering the City of Sheffield and parts of Derbyshire in England.

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Prior to 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 Chesterfield, Derbyshire North East, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Hallam, Sheffield Heeley, Sheffield Hillsborough and Sheffield Park. In 1984, Park was replaced by Sheffield Central, and the boundaries of the other constituencies changed. Larger changes occurred in 1994, when the Derbyshire constituencies were removed to Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield and replaced by Barnsley West and Penistone. [1]

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1979 Richard Caborn Labour
1984 Bob Cryer Labour
1989 Roger Barton Labour
1999 Constituency abolished: see Yorkshire and the Humber

Results

European Parliament election, 1979: Sheffield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Caborn 77,219 50.7
Conservative S. L. Batiste 64,15742.1
Liberal K. A. Salt10,9517.2
Majority13,0628.6
Turnout 152,32729.4
Labour win (new seat)
European Parliament election, 1984: Sheffield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Cryer 93,530 56.8 +6.1
Conservative David R. Grayson47,24728.7–13.4
Liberal G. M. (Margareta) Holmstedt23,93514.5+7.3
Majority46,28328.1+19.5
Turnout 164,71229.5+0.1
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1989: Sheffield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Barton 109,677 58.2 +1.4
Conservative T. S. R. (Simon) Mort40,40121.4–7.3
Green Peter L. Scott26,84414.2New
SLD A. H. (Tony) Rogers10,9105.8–8.7
International Communist D. E. Hyland6570.4New
Majority69,27636.8+8.7
Turnout 188,48933.7+4.2
Labour hold Swing
European Parliament election, 1994: Sheffield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Barton 76,937 58.5 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Agninotti26,10919.9+14.1
Conservative Kay Twitchen22,37417.0–4.4
Green Barry A. New4,7423.6–10.6
International Communist Michael England8340.6+0.2
Natural Law Richard E. Hurford5770.4New
Majority50,82838.6+1.8
Turnout 131,57327.5–6.2
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. "European Parliamentary Boundaries, David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results" . Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979–99: England: Part 2