Leeds (European Parliament constituency) explained

Leeds
Map:Europarl logo.svg
Mapcaption:European Parliament logo
Created:1979
Dissolved:1999
Meps:1
Memberstate:United Kingdom
Memberstatelink2:the United Kingdom
Sources:http://www.election.demon.co.uk/

Leeds was a European Parliament constituency, centred on Leeds in the West Yorkshire area of 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.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Batley and Morley, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds South, Leeds South East, Leeds West and Pudsey. In 1984, Batley and Morley, Leeds South and Leeds South West were replaced by Elmet, Leeds Central and Morley and Leeds South.[1]

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

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedNameParty
1979Derek Enright
1984Michael McGowan
Constituency abolished: see Yorkshire and the Humber

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Parliamentary Boundaries, David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 18 May 2011.