London North West (European Parliament constituency) explained

London North West
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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 North West was one of them.

When it was created in England in 1979, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Brent East, Brent North, Brent South, Chipping Barnet, Harrow Central, Harrow East, Harrow West, Hendon North and Hendon South.[1] United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies were redrawn in 1983 and the European constituencies were altered to reflect this. The new seat comprised the following Westminster constituencies: Brent East, Brent North, Brent South, Harrow East, Harrow West, Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge.[2] These boundaries were used in 1984, 1989 and 1994.[3] [4]

Members of the European Parliament

ElectedMembers[5] Party
1979Lord BethellConservative
1984
1989
1994Labour
1999Constituency abolished: see London

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results . 2008-01-20 . 2008-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080209182341/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ . dead .
  2. News: European Elections 84. Candidates named for European Parliament elections on June 14. 16 May 1984. 5. The Times.
  3. News: 378 candidates fight the 81 UK European seats; European Elections 1989. The Times. 19 May 1989.
  4. Book: Whitaker's Concise Almanack 1995. 277. J Whitaker & Sons Ltd.. London. 0850212472. 1994.
  5. Web site: Elections to the European Parliament 1979-99: London . Election Demon . 2010-05-09 . 2010-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100512110151/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/eplon.html . live .