London East (European Parliament constituency) explained

London East
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/

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 constituency of London East was one of them.

It consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Barking, Dagenham, Hornchurch, Ilford North, Ilford South, Newham North East, Romford, Upminster, and Wanstead and Woodford.[1]

Members of the European Parliament

Elected Member Party
1979Alan TyrrellConservative
1984Carole TongueLabour
1989
1994
1999Constituency abolished: see London

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 2008-01-20.