Cleveland (European Parliament constituency) explained

Cleveland
Map:Europarl logo.svg
Mapcaption:European Parliament logo
Created:1979
Dissolved:1984
Meps:1
Memberstate:United Kingdom
Memberstatelink2:the United Kingdom
Sources:http://www.election.demon.co.uk/

Cleveland was a European Parliament constituency covering Cleveland and parts of North Yorkshire in England.

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.

The seat consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Cleveland and Whitby, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Richmond (Yorkshire), Scarborough, Stockton-on-Tees, and Thornaby.[1] In 1984, almost all the seat became part of the new Cleveland and Yorkshire North constituency.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Parliamentary Boundaries, David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 2011-05-18 . 2008-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080105070909/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/epbound.html . dead .